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Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 3:02 pm
by Ruzious
And the one thing I thought he lacked was great base-running ability. The kid is an absolute phenom.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:22 pm
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:53 pm
by Ruzious
And if they do re-sign him, who do they trade? Eaton's the likely man out, and he's got 3 years left on his contract. They could get a decent starting pitcher for him but probably not any more than that - considering his injury problems and the fact that he's going to turn 30 in December.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:50 pm
by 80sballboy
Ruzious wrote:And if they do re-sign him, who do they trade? Eaton's the likely man out, and he's got 3 years left on his contract. They could get a decent starting pitcher for him but probably not any more than that - considering his injury problems and the fact that he's going to turn 30 in December.
I would just let him go. Try and sign a couple of starters, beef up the middle relief, sign or trade for a catcher.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 4, 2018 9:50 pm
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 4, 2018 11:36 pm
by Ruzious
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Full disclosure - I'm a Braves fan. So does signing Corbin to a very large deal make it much more likely that Haper's gone?
Regardless, gotta be impressed with what the Nats have done. That's a real impressive big 3 in Scherzer, Strass, and Corbin.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 11:08 am
by Wizardspride
Ruzious wrote:Wizardspride wrote:?s=19
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Full disclosure - I'm a Braves fan. So does signing Corbin to a very large deal make it much more likely that Haper's gone?
Regardless, gotta be impressed with what the Nats have done. That's a real impressive big 3 in Scherzer, Strass, and Corbin.
No. Corbin's contract shouldn't factor into signing Harper.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 2:21 pm
by 80sballboy
I think Harper is gone. They will have to increase the offer tremendously. If they lose Harper but add a second baseman and trade Eaton to get another OF, they’ll have had a good offseason.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 3:45 pm
by Ruzious
80sballboy wrote:I think Harper is gone. They will have to increase the offer tremendously. If they lose Harper but add a second baseman and trade Eaton to get another OF, they’ll have had a good offseason.
Why trade Eaton to get another OFer? He's a very good all-around player with 3 reasonable years left on his contract. If Harper leaves, I'd think it would be important to keep Eaton.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 5, 2018 10:44 pm
by 80sballboy
Ruzious wrote:80sballboy wrote:I think Harper is gone. They will have to increase the offer tremendously. If they lose Harper but add a second baseman and trade Eaton to get another OF, they’ll have had a good offseason.
Why trade Eaton to get another OFer? He
WAS a very good all-around player with 3 reasonable years left on his contract. If Harper leaves, I'd think it would be important to keep Eaton.
Fixed it for you. You probably can't get more than a prospect for him. Has had 470 at-bats the last two seasons. He can't move like he used to due to the injuries and he can't play center field. It's great that he can hit singles and get on base but he doesn't steal. I also would rather have more power in the corner outfield position. You replace Harper with every day Eaton and you lose about 30 home runs. Robles in center and Soto in left. Would like more power in right.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 6, 2018 12:04 am
by Ruzious
80sballboy wrote:Ruzious wrote:80sballboy wrote:I think Harper is gone. They will have to increase the offer tremendously. If they lose Harper but add a second baseman and trade Eaton to get another OF, they’ll have had a good offseason.
Why trade Eaton to get another OFer? He
WAS a very good all-around player with 3 reasonable years left on his contract. If Harper leaves, I'd think it would be important to keep Eaton.
Fixed it for you. You probably can't get more than a prospect for him. Has had 470 at-bats the last two seasons. He can't move like he used to due to the injuries and he can't play center field. It's great that he can hit singles and get on base but he doesn't steal. I also would rather have more power in the corner outfield position. You replace Harper with every day Eaton and you lose about 30 home runs. Robles in center and Soto in left. Would like more power in right.
Yes, he's gotta stay healthy, but he's had his 2 highest OPS seasons with the Nats - .854 and .805, and while he's really NEVER... been a good CFer, he's STILL clearly above average defensively as a corner OFer. I didn't watch more than a third of the Nats games, and even I saw him making spectacular diving catches in RF towards the end of the season. As long as he stays healthy, he's essentially the same player he was when the Nats acquired him. Yeah, he's not a big power guy - and he NEVER was. If they're going to compete with kid OFers in LF and CF, it makes a lot of sense to go with a veteran leader who can play as well as Eaton - and Eaton was definitely a mentor for Soto last season.
Btw, don't change my quotes - I'm not cool with that.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 7, 2018 10:16 pm
by Ruzious
Looks like Harper is moving on. From mlbtraderumors.com;
Obviously, Harper and agent Scott Boras passed on the offer in favor of free agency. In the two and a half months since that offer was said to be put forth, the Nationals have added starter Patrick Corbin, catchers Kurt Suzuki and Yan Gomes, and relievers Trevor Rosenthal and Kyle Barraclough. Corbin was promised $140MM over a six-year term. Suzuki signed for two years and a total of $10MM, while Gomes is owed $9MM in 2019 and can earn as much as $27MM over the next three seasons by virtue of a pair of club options. Rosenthal received a $7MM guarantee, and Barraclough projects to earn $1.9MM next year.
While Nats president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo reiterated earlier that the club sees its negotiations with Harper as “independent” of the high-dollar signing of Corbin, as MLB.com’s Jamal Collier tweets, Lerner suggested some connectivity. In light of the team’s new commitments, he said, it “may very well be” that the $300MM offer to Harper is now off the table even in the event that he and Boras have a change of heart and wish to accept those terms.
Ultimately, Lerner dumped a big bucket of cold water on the notion of a reunion. “I really don’t expect him to come back at this point,” he stated. “I think they’ve decided to move on. There’s just too much money out there that he’d be leaving on the table. That’s just not Mr. Boras’ MO to leave money on the table.”
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Sat Dec 8, 2018 2:20 am
by long suffrin' boulez fan
He gone
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:23 pm
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 3:15 am
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 3:55 am
by FAH1223
BOras just trying to drive up the price for Bryce
White Sox and Phillies clearly ain’t overwhelming em it sounds like.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 11:30 pm
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 3, 2019 11:57 pm
by trast66
Sounds like 93 year old Ted Lerner still in charge, and Mark Lerner reseated at the children’s table.
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 5, 2019 1:49 pm
by Wizardspride
Re: The Washington Nationals Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 6, 2019 1:44 am
by Dark Faze
i wouldn't go over 300 million, transition that money from Bryce to others, along with our young outfield and we can win some games
starting to cut guys because of Bryce's contract when we couldn't win with him on a cheap deal would be a mistake