William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Nats pass on Kearns' option - nationals.com RF Austin Kearns' Washington career appears to be over. THe Nationals declined to pick up the 2010 option on his contract, buying him out for $1 million instead of paying him to play for $10 million. It is obviously the right decisions because Kearns can no longer hit. Kearns arrived with Felipe Lopez in a 2006 trade with the Cincinnati Reds for relievers...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Steve Slowinski wrote a piece a week ago about the importance of developing trade strings, particularly for the teams in small to mid-markets. I'll let Steve explain: To lead off this series (no pun intended), I want to look at a concept that has always fascinated me: trade strings. I'm pretty sure I just made that phrase up, so let me explain what I mean. "Trade strings" are trades that...
Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
1981 Cincinnati Reds View full size photo » One of the charming things about baseball is that it typically really means something if you get to the playoffs. If your team is good enough to survive 162 games with a great record, you most likely are one of the best teams in the league. The downside of that is that you can still be a very good team and not make it to the playoffs. Here are 5 such...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Click charts to enlarge. Full data after the jump. 2009 STATS & VALUE First basemen AGE TYPE CLUB OPTION WAR UZR/150 wOBA ISO Russell Branyan 34 2.8 2.4 0.368 0.269 Adam LaRoche 30 B 2.4 -0.5 0.357 0.211 Nick Johnson 31 B 2.4 -6.6 0.373 0.114 Fernando Tatis 35 B 1.5 3.0 0.338 0.156 Eric Hinske 32 0.8 26.0 0.344 0.189 Carlos Delgado 38 B 0.8 -2.0 0.394 0.223 Miguel Cairo 36 0.2 N/A 0.304 0.156 Jeff...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
More photos » by Pablo Martinez Monsivais - AP about 5 hours ago: Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman, left, circles the bases after hitting a solo home run against Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Derek Lowe, right, in the first inning of a baseball game in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Browse more photos » • Ryan Zimmerman and Josh WIllingham...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Nationals News Former Nationals Dmitri Young spoke with Chico Harlan, and it sounds like he's getting ready to retire . In another move away from the Jim Bowden era, the Nationals are getting close to fully reestablishing themselves in Latin America . The Nationals may not have a great record, but Josh Willingham thinks they can compete with anyone . The Cristian-Guzman-to-Second debate has received...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
A fresh batch of links as Saturday afternoon baseball gets underway... Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune believes Ryne Sandberg has "added to his managerial portfolio by guiding Double-A Tennessee into the Southern League playoffs." Could "Ryno" eventually replace Cubs skipper Lou Piniella? Mark Zuckerman of The Washington Times spoke Friday with Dmitri Young, who isn't sure if...
DCist (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Photo by Kevin H. Two Fridays ago, a friend and I were sitting in the third base club seats at Nationals Park on the cheap, thanks to the team's recent dollar seat offer . It was then that a thought that I've had numerous times in the past struck me once again: why don't the Nationals -- who obviously have little to offer in terms of the baseball on display -- take the remainder of the season and...
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Nats Sign Hernández; Send Balester to Syracuse - The Post Nats sign Hernandez to ease burden on young arms - The Wash. Times ¡LIVAN! has returned! The Nationals original, Opening Day pitcher, #61 on your roster and #1 in the heart of one distinguished blogger, has been signed to eat up innings like he was at a buffet. I'm pretty sure he knows a thing or two about the latter. ¡LIVAN!...
More Hardball...... (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
There are currently 16 sets of brothers that are in the majors, or have played in the majors and are trying to get back in the minors. Lets take a look... B.J. & Justin Upton- Boss Man Jr. (BJ) has regressed this season while playing center field for the Tampa Bay Rays. The younger Justin really came into his own this season with the Diamondbacks, but is currently laid up on the DL. Delmon &...
Redleg Nation (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
November 10, 1997: Dmitri Young traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Jeff Brantley. February 5, 1998: Roberto Petagine is traded by the New York Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Yuri Sanchez (minors). March 30, 1998: Sean Casey is traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave [...]
social network (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
1.Nomar Garciaparra 2.Manny Ramirez 3.Johnny Damon 4.Trot Nixon 5.David Ortiz 6.Shea Hillenbrand 7.Derek Lowe 8.Pedro Martinez 9.Brian Roberts 10.Jay Gibbons 11.Melvin Mora 12.Jerry Hairston 13.Jason Giambi 14.Alfonso Soriano 15.Raul Mondesi 16. Aaron Boone 17.Andy Pettitte 18.Jose Contreras 19.Roger Clemens 20.Carlos Delgado 21.Vernon Wells 22.Frank Catalanotto 23.Kenny Rogers 24.Magglio Ordonez...
Newsvine - Circling the Bases's Column - Articles and... (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
I wrote about Dmitri Young a couple of times a couple of weeks ago, with the gist being "hey, I like the guy and I hope he can make his way back." Seems that's never gonna happen now:
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
I'll admit it. When I saw Austin Kearns coming up with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, I started to wonder whether Beimel was going to pitch again in the 11th. Thankfully, I didn't have to wonder long -- Kearns delivering that hit was incredible , moving the Nationals to 4-7 (?) in extra innings. Kearns has maintained a good attitude all season and even got a little misty-eyed (maybe?) in the postgame...
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Young, an All-Star in 2007, Likely Finished With Club - The Post Quad tear ends Young's year - The Wash. Times Another one of Jim Bowden's inspirational stories friends who got an irresponsible contract from the former GM is done with Washington. Dmitri Young , the NL Comeback Player of the Year, is out for the rest of his second season of his $10-million contract with a quad tear. Young was a nice...
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