2K24: Washington Nationals

[Pauly]

Nationals closer....hmmmm.....
Rotoworld says:

"Drew Storen was pulled from a Grapefruit League appearance Monday with an apparent injury."

So who do you like if both Storen and Janssen are injured? There's Aaron Barret, Craig Stammen, Matt Thornton...if you had to pick one to nab via waivers, who would you take for saves?

[Erik]

As a Phillies fan and a Giles owner...

PLEASE trade for Papelbon... PLEASE trade for Papelbon...

[Pauly]

As a Phillies fan and a Giles owner...

PLEASE trade for Papelbon... PLEASE trade for Papelbon...

I find that difficult to believe...they would go back to Soriano first.

[joncarlos]

Nationals closer....hmmmm.....
Rotoworld says:
So who do you like if both Storen and Janssen are injured? There's Aaron Barret, Craig Stammen, Matt Thornton...if you had to pick one to nab via waivers, who would you take for saves?

I think I'd go with Barrett.

[Pauly]

turns out it was just a blister on storen's foot. false alarm.

[Boone]

The Nationals are not having a great spring. There are holes in the bullpen and in the everyday offense, even after all the injured players come back (and who knows how long Rendon will be on the shelf)?

I think we are going to see this team lose a lot of 3-1 games where the other team scores its runs in the sixth, seventh, or eighth inning (except on days like today where the Marlins are beating up on JZimm). [And I think the Marlins are going to surprise a lot of folks who have not been paying attention].

As a Nats fan and STH, I sure hope I am wrong.

[joncarlos]

Let's not forget, they do have Roark back there in the bullpen. He could be a stabilizer.

But I do agree with you - their depth is getting exposed. I actually like the Dan Dekker move, but I'm not sure they could spare another functional RP right now (they traded Blevins for him)

[chancellor]

I'm surprised they haven't tossed a 1-year deal at Soriano

[Bob Kohm]

I'm surprised they haven't tossed a 1-year deal at Soriano

I'd think that bridge is burnt.

[revo]

Rendon expected to miss about 3 weeks of the reg season, as per Heyman.

[Boone]

The Nationals are not having a great spring. There are holes in the bullpen and in the everyday offense, even after all the injured players come back (and who knows how long Rendon will be on the shelf)?

I think we are going to see this team lose a lot of 3-1 games where the other team scores its runs in the sixth, seventh, or eighth inning (except on days like today where the Marlins are beating up on JZimm). [And I think the Marlins are going to surprise a lot of folks who have not been paying attention].

As a Nats fan and STH, I sure hope I am wrong.

Mets 3, Nats 1 ... runs score in 6th and 7th ... the sky is falling ...

[Boone]

Mets 3, Nats 1 ... runs score in 6th and 7th ... the sky is falling ...

Three losses where opponents tie the game or take the lead with runs in 6th, 7th, or 8th innings.

Today is the third time in seven games (really the fourth) in which a Desmond fielding miscue leads to critical runs for the opposing team).

It's a long season and most likely the ship will be righted, but for a fan this is excruciating.

Silver lining is that if things go bad enough, they can trade Desmond, Zimmermann and Span and reload the prospects for later.

[Bodhizefa]

Three losses where opponents tie the game or take the lead with runs in 6th, 7th, or 8th innings.

Today is the third time in seven games (really the fourth) in which a Desmond fielding miscue leads to critical runs for the opposing team).

It's a long season and most likely the ship will be righted, but for a fan this is excruciating.

Silver lining is that if things go bad enough, they can trade Desmond, Zimmermann and Span and reload the prospects for later.

So we already have a Nats fan who's thinking about trading good players for prospects? Yay baseball season!

[revo]

Bullpenner Craig Stammen out for the season with a flexor tear.

[swampdragon]

Let's not forget, they do have Roark back there in the bullpen. He could be a stabilizer.

But I do agree with you - their depth is getting exposed. I actually like the Dan Dekker move, but I'm not sure they could spare another functional RP right now (they traded Blevins for him)

Any reason to believe Roark will do much this year for a standard 12 team mixed league

Cecil is out there - along with a bunch of medium level starters - lohse - porcello - peralta - tillman - leake - etc