Nats 25 man roster

[Jollay]

SP
LHP John Lannan
LHP Scott Olsen
RHP Daniel Cabrera
RHP Shairon Martis

Infielders
Ronnie Belliard
Alberto Gonzalez
Cristian Guzman
Willie Harris
Nick Johnson
Ryan Zimmerman

RP
LHP Joe Beimel
RHP Joel Hanrahan
LHP Mike Hinckley
LHP Wil Ledezma
RHP Saul Rivera
RHP Steven Shell
RHP Julian Tavarez

OF
Elijah Dukes
Adam Dunn
Austin Kearns
Lastings Milledge
Josh Willingham

C
Josh Bard
Jesus Flores
Wil Nieves

[Jollay]

Don't see much point in Tavarez. Like the 3 lefties, but I think thats overstated division wise--except I guess against the Phillies. Three catchers--should mean a parade of pinch hitters whenever the Nats are down.

I hope Dunn is only a fill-in guy at first. I'd just start him in left and go with Johnson most of the time. Milledge in center, Kearns apparently in right.

You really have to trade one of these OFs still, but I think Willingham and Dukes will get a decent amount of ABs as PHs, filling in for Dunn versus lefties occasionally, and spelling Kearns and Milledge. And of course its not like Kearns will be given forever if he struggles...

Pretty encouraging because of Dunn's bat and depth this year. If the pitching even approaching average...

Jordan Zimmerman will start in Syracuse and come up in a few weeks, I believe for one of the catchers according to Boswell's blog in the Post...