Yardball85

I would not give up on him yet; a guy with his pedigree who has been in the top 30 since he got here, I would like to see him get his chance. He should be ahead of Grenier and possibly even Urias/Martin/Mateo. I hope they DFA Franco ASAP and get Jones and Bannon up here while they are hot. Probably won't happen until September though.

Just looked and saw it's 4-0. I mean, it's really something how awful this team is. Not competitive in any of these games. Pathetic.

Agreed. If they want Westburg at SS and Henderson at 3B, then play them there. Get them the reps. There is no good reason I can think of to keep bouncing them around.

If and until Jones comes up, this should be the regular infield. Is it something to get excited about? Of course not. But that's how low the bar is right now, and Franco should not be playing.

I'm excited to see Westburg everyday at SS, as well as the Mundy promotion. Also excited to see Mayo and Cowser at Delmarva.

Sounds like a season of the Bachelorette.

I cannot think of a single reason why Franco still starts 6 times a week for this team. It's absurd.

To me, he comes off as such a Nats homer (Jim Hunter esque), thinks the Nats can do no wrong, and has a lot of cheesy lines (that's a loud sound! when a home run is it). Maybe it's just a personal thing. I don't hate him as a person, I just think he's fun to laugh at.

How long has Garceau been away for? Seems like it's been at least a month. Hope everything is okay with him physically.

I don't think anyone is worse than Bob Carpenter. I watch the Nationals games sometimes just so I can laugh at him and FP.

Best of luck to Chris. We will always have fond memories of him in the years after acquiring him for Koji and before resigning him. One thing that sticks out was that solo homer in 2012 in the second to last game of the season at Tropicana Field to dead center, in a 1-0 win that either clinched the playoffs, or brought us closer to them. Effortless power, good OBP, seemed like a wholesome guy. Still, his was by far the worst contract the Orioles-and perhaps any MLB team-has ever given out. I will do my best to remember the pre-contract years.

https://www.mlb.com/news/guide-to-baseball-s-waiver-trade-system-c140073380 When a player is on waivers, other teams can submit a claim. If more than one team does, those in the same league as that player's team get first priority, starting with the club with the worst record on the day of the claim. Then, the priority moves to the other league, starting with the worst record. For example, if a National League team puts a player on waivers, the NL team with the worst record gets the first shot at him, and the last-place American League club would be right behind the top NL club.

I don't know exactly how the claiming rules work. Are we before AZ because he is in the AL?

100%. No reason to not have the bullpen be a revolving door until you find people that can get outs.

Just DFA'ed by Oakland today, has been in their system since 2016, usually averages over 1K per inning. Could be a solid bullpen piece, especially considering the struggles we have seen this year form the pen. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wendejb01.shtml

It's a message board.... Posters on here are smart enough to post their thoughts/analytics over simple "Yays!." That's what makes it a good board.

DFAing Franco is a very tempting option.

Mateo>> Gutierrez.

Interestingly, Mateo was a top 100 prospect for a little while. Seems he was the big piece acquired by Oakland in the Gray trade four years ago. He's 26 now, put up solid numbers in AAA in 2019. Worth a shot, especially over Valaika.

Please please please mean that Jahmai is coming up.

Exactly. Jones should be starting at second base 5-6 times a week for the rest of the season unless he completely and utterly falls off. If he's average/decent at second, great. If not, you know that going into next season.

Man I would have LOVED Madgrigal. I would've given them Scott, Fry, Sulser - really anyone in the pen.

Berrios is the more established pitcher, sure, but he is a FA after next season. Means has three more years of control after this year. It isn't as far apart as you think.

I wonder if the haul the Twins got for Berrios would sway Elias to trade Means for a similar package... SD and even TB could provide that.