As said at the time (early late April) we said we'd come back and look at the trade returns in June. It's June! Yes time it goes so fast (when you're having fun... which I assume the Nats opponents are). Each one of these guys has gotten about 6 more weeks of playing so you can actually say something about them. This time we'll add in the age
Aldo Ramirez (Schwarber) - 21 - SP - Still hurt! It doesn't look good.*
Riley Adams (Hand) - 26 - C - In the majors as a back-up C for some reason where he barely plays and hasn't been good, but I mean let him hit everyday somewhere. Yes I did just copy the exact same text from last time.
Richard Guasch (Gomes/Harrison) - 24 - SP - Last time I said they should try him as a reliever bc starting wasn't working for him. Last time out they did! Tune in next time.
Drew Millas (Gomes/Harrison) - 24 - C - started playing as soon as I wrote the last article and didn't do that well but they moved him to AA anyway as he is 24. And he's struggling as you'd expect someone who didn't do well in A+ ball would.
Seth Shuman (Gomes/Harrison) - 24 - SP - He might just replace Guasch. After a middling start has had three straight good outings. Still there isn't anything that excites you, not a K guy he limits homers, but how about pushing a guy that gets results?
Gerardo Carillo (Scherzer/Turner) - 23 - was bad and might have hurt his shoulder? Uh oh.
Donovan Casey (Scherzer/Turner) - 26 - OF - K-See (47 in 132 PA as of last night) strikes out too much! Power is there still in AAA but man he'd whiff like at 50% in the majors
Josiah Gray / Keibert Ruiz (Scherzer/Turner) - Jo Jo See-Ya has been more down than up recently as the summer weather brings back his Achilles heel of the long ball. Ruiz slowly worked his average back up. Still no power but most catchers stink so he's already pretty good for the position
Lane Thomas (Lester) - 26 - OF - had a brief run of decent hitting but very brief. Not good.
Mason Thompson (Hudson) - 24 - RP - After saying it wasn't a big deal has been put on the 60 Day IL.
Jordy Barley (Hudson) - 22 - SS - So bad. So so bad.
Doesn't look like the Nats got anything immediately surprisingly good, but again these are long plays. See you kids at the ASB!
*Translation - God Willing I'll be back better than ever.
10 comments:
Of the ten updated thumbnail sketches (you copied Adams):
3 players are hurt;
1 is so, so bad;
1 is not good;
1 would likely whiff 50% of the time in the majors;
1 flailed in A+ but was promoted to AA anyway;
1 might be a reliever because he's not good as a starter;
1 might be a half-decent starter, but hasn't been pushed to get results;
and a pitcher who surrenders HRs at a prodigal rate throwing to a catcher who hits them at a miserly rate.
No wonder the Nats' opponents (and their GMs) are having fun.
The Nats are still funnier than you, Harper. But as the team drifts closer to the "sad" end of the humour spectrum, you'll soon be far funnier.
Josiah gray asked people not to call him Jojo. Clever enough to come up with a new name?
Rizzo says that this team is rebuilding "ahead of schedule", that they're way ahead of the 2009 (worst) Nats. What say yee, Harper?
What's the saying? "A year away from being a year away." Besides, the Nats always lie.
Rizzo is wrong. And he knows it. The 2009 roster included Ryan Zimmerman, Ian Desmond, Tyler Clippard, Craig Stammen and Jordan Zimmermann. The 2022 roster includes the following prospects who might produce 2+ WAR seasons: Kiebert Ruiz, Josiah Gray, and Luis Garcia. And yes, the 2022 roster includes Juan Soto (in the worst slump, by far, of his career). But the 2009 Nats then proceeded to draft the following: Strasburg (2009), Harper (2010), Rendon (2011). Unless Rizzo can draft three All-Stars in the next 3 years, and then sign the next Max Scherzer, I don't see how the Nats are ahead of schedule. Unless they are on a 10-year schedule.
Doesn't matter what Rizzo says, he won't be around when (if!) the Nats are good again.
Rizzo has DFA'd telling the truth
Given how stingy teams are with trading prospects, I think Gray and Ruiz were good pickups for rentals of Scherzer and Turner. The rest of the players traded were also rentals that didn't have nearly the star power of Max and Trea, so could one reasonably expect in return? Most lottery tickets don't win.
That said, I don't want to give Rizzo too much credit. Strasburg's rotation spot is going to be another hole they'll need to fill sooner or later. If they can't re-sign Soto, then they will have basically one position filled with a (probably) decent player in Ruiz.
Rizzo is clearly trying to make it seem like he has a plan in order for whoever takes over to think they should let him see it through. I almost want to see this ploy work and for him stick to around under new ownership just so we can determine if the issue was him or the Lerners.
Anon @ 8:59 - so I’d consider a different nickname even though it seems like everyone calls him Jo Jo anyway (even the Nats commentators) BUT he blocked me from reading his Tweets. Since I’ve never @ him that means he probably searched out his name? And then blocked me? That seems too sensitive and I can also be petty. So no.
ploy work and for him stick to around under new ownership just
i had been tring this info
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