tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post4069624357080559147..comments2024-03-28T10:50:33.234-07:00Comments on Nationals Baseball: Monday Quickie : Bum PhillipsHarperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-63692011705959920312015-12-24T15:01:16.091-08:002015-12-24T15:01:16.091-08:00I could not have been more wrong.
http://www.mlbt...I could not have been more wrong.<br /><br />http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/12/nationals-to-sign-daniel-murphy.html<br /><br />Mea culpa.sircnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-29233170238760011202015-12-21T13:09:27.512-08:002015-12-21T13:09:27.512-08:00Definitely avoid "Prophet Akim Saves Christma...Definitely avoid "Prophet Akim Saves Christmas" at all costs.blovy8https://www.blogger.com/profile/06888192019412533415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-83906460584370537422015-12-21T12:27:24.242-08:002015-12-21T12:27:24.242-08:00I know Reds fans who are relieved to see the Phill...I know Reds fans who are relieved to see the Phillips deal fall through, hoping he stays put. It's a deal we would have hated later, but might have liked in 2016. Ah well.<br /><br />@sirc: Agreed in part, but Rizzo did sign Rafael Soriano and Papeljerk in non-Rube-Goldberg, direct fashion. Maybe he needs to be more circuitous when developing the back of the pen?<br /><br />BTW I think I inadvertently stumbled across Harper's movie source. Comcast On Demand - Free Movies - Holiday Movies. They're all there, and all terrible.JE34noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-79926730991341231642015-12-21T11:48:58.434-08:002015-12-21T11:48:58.434-08:00I didn't say it makes sense to sign Davis. I s...I didn't say it makes sense to sign Davis. I said that it's possible, and Rizzo signings are rarely covered by the media ahead of time.<br /><br />The Max signing didn't make sense and wasn't covered. The he signed, and it turned out that it was because the team had moved on from Zimmermann and were thinking of life after 2016. <br /><br />Rizzo doesn't think "I need a lefty bat and a second baseman, I should sign Daniel Murphy." We've been watching this guy operate for years now. It's almost always either a 1 year deal, meaning it's *only* about the upcoming season, or it's more than a one year deal and he's thinking about several moving partsparts Rizzo doesn't do simple.<br /><br />It might be, as an example, something like this:<br /><br />Sign Davis, trade Werth and truckload of cash to team X, bring back bullpen arm.<br /><br />It's Rizzo.<br /><br />This is the guy who turned Souza and Clippard into Zimmermann's replacement (Ross) and Desmond's replacement (Turner), plus a year of Escobar and then 5 years of Clippard's replacement (Trevor Gott).<br /><br />And no reporter had these before they happened. No fans had them either.<br /><br />Who saw any of that coming? My point is that Rizzo does things differently than the 29 other guys with his job.sircnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-62164443134656267472015-12-21T11:31:14.058-08:002015-12-21T11:31:14.058-08:00Seems like the Nats and the Reds agreed on a set o...Seems like the Nats and the Reds agreed on a set of prospects that was contingent on the Reds getting Phillips to consent to the trade. If the Reds ALSO wanted the Nats to sweeten the pot for Bp, serves to reason that the Nats would have wanted to pull a name or two out of the deal... <br /><br />or what Needham said about the deferred money.Zimmerman11https://www.blogger.com/profile/14524103974207323535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-56847300469613474872015-12-21T11:13:26.572-08:002015-12-21T11:13:26.572-08:00@sirc:
I think Davis is very unlikely (despite th...@sirc:<br /><br />I think Davis is very unlikely (despite that his LH power bat would play very nicely in the lineup) because it means an outfield with Harper in CF and Werth and Davis/Zimm in the corners and all our fly-ball pitchers going on suicide watch. (Not to mention an increased chance of Harper hurting himself doing something crazy in the outfield because he's trying to cover three-fourths of it by himself.)<br />DezoPenguinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-71372690737880000472015-12-21T11:04:28.826-08:002015-12-21T11:04:28.826-08:00MOAR CRISMAS REEVUWZ!!!MOAR CRISMAS REEVUWZ!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-55372162245885868282015-12-21T10:30:06.479-08:002015-12-21T10:30:06.479-08:00Phillips was very close to being an overpay at jus...Phillips was very close to being an overpay at just his current salary level. We don't know what prospects the Nats would have been giving up to get him. But any more money would have certainly been an overpay for Phillips. <br /><br />So like Zobrist, yeah it sucks to miss out on a player the team wanted, but you can't be overly critical for them trying to maximize value and prevent later burdens on competitiveness. The Werth and Zimm contracts are enough bad contracts for the Nats.JWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-42650975729840312862015-12-21T09:58:10.930-08:002015-12-21T09:58:10.930-08:00You didn't mention Chris Davis, Harper. It isn...You didn't mention Chris Davis, Harper. It isn't an obvious fit, but the Boras connection is hard to deny at this point. Plus he's a lefty bat who can play a corner outfield position, or switch Zim to a corner outfield spot and put Davis at first.<br /><br />I'm just saying, it's possible.sircnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-80722208171067425462015-12-21T09:39:26.682-08:002015-12-21T09:39:26.682-08:00At this point I feel the Nats should forget this o...At this point I feel the Nats should forget this overpriced 2b search madness and just dance with who they have: Turner at 2b and Espi at SS, bring up Difo for seasoning, etc. <br /><br />Go find one more starter, Kazmir or Chen, get one more OF Blackmon or CarGo (with Mary Tyler Moore as part of the trade package), and be done with it. Don't forget den Decker could be the sleeper of next season. <br /><br />...oh, I see that Papsmear does not have any Korean or Japanese teams on his no-trade list. Beat it roach!Froggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425616684415704428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-89481763803425957002015-12-21T09:33:53.576-08:002015-12-21T09:33:53.576-08:00I saw the same thing. Phillips had deferred payme...I saw the same thing. Phillips had deferred payments and he wanted them paid before he would agree to trade. Pretty much everything I've read say it's a bad move by Phillips. I think the Nats need a LH or switch hitting 2b anyway. They probably need a LH or switch hitting OF as well. I'm very curious about how this offseason goes. Rizzo is a great GM, but he seems reluctant to go for it and trade some legitimate prospects. George McPhee for years with the Caps always made small moves, but he refused to make any big ones in case it hurt the farm system. New GM has made some move in free agency and trades. The Caps are now one of the best teams in the league. We'll see how the Nats do. Doing nothing would be ridiculous.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-83262683662266607402015-12-21T08:41:24.727-08:002015-12-21T08:41:24.727-08:00ah ok - I saw that but didn't understand it co...ah ok - I saw that but didn't understand it completely. So he kind of had a Max Scherzer type delayed payout planned and wanted it sooner. Ok I can see that. I wonder then how spread out those things actually were - gotta assume paying it all upfront for what was already owed would have squared things away. Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738813756060133236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207681.post-81589837228543153972015-12-21T08:25:43.019-08:002015-12-21T08:25:43.019-08:00I think I saw something that he had recently accep...I think I saw something that he had recently accepted some salary deferrals from the Reds.<br /><br />I wonder if how they'd be paid out (and whether the Reds or the Nats would be on the hook) were the hold-up.Chris Needhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455692848328638937noreply@blogger.com