http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 01:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15366 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:41:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15366 To be fair to the Nats, the Royals were reportedly interested in Rodriguez, and with Dayton Moore doing the negotiating, they may have ended up offering 4 years at $11 per. The Nats should get credit for signing him to a contract before the price went up.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15365 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:16:41 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15365 The Giants are not in NEED of a veteran catcher. What they NEED is to give the job to their young catching prospect.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15364 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:14:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15364 The SF Giants are clearly in need of a veteran catcher. Perhaps they were the other team.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15363 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:53:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15363 Um, has anyone told them that Scott always uses the “multiple mystery teams for more money” line? And that part of your job as GM is to distinguish between possibility vs. sheer lunacy? Good grief!

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15362 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:10:13 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15362 You’re funny.
Bryce Harper is going to be 17. He’s not making the jump to the bigs for 2-3 years. Nor, do I believe, he’s a catcher. Probably an OF if he doesn’t flame out.
There is no valid justification for this deal. Just a bad decision all around for the Nats. Too long, too expensive, too old, too little production.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15361 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:25:40 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15361 Maybe Omar Minaya is secretly running the Nats, too. That was the same justification for giving Julio Franco a second year. You know, when he was 46.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15360 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15360 My prediction: Nats move Flores for some kind of help (starter, reliever, middle infielder, – hell they need everything except 3b), then platoon Pudge nad some recycled never was (Nieves?) for one year. Isn’t the jewel of next years draft supposedly a big time catcher prospect? (Infact isn’t this the kid who just became availabe by getting his GED? someone help me here with his name please)
And yes, his agent is Mr. “Best Interest of Baseball” Boras.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/08/the-nats-are-totally-full-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15359 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:59:44 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2606#comment-15359 Who is his agent?

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