Milledge Traded to Nats

[Boy Howdy]

Conceivably, Billy Beane would prefer Ryan Church to Lastings Milledge, in which case this deal may be a prelude to something bigger for Haren or Blanton.

It's a theory anyway.

I hope you're right davearm. I can't really think about it rationally right now.

Other than bringing Guillermo Mota back last year after the steroid revelations, I like most of the moves Minaya made before this. Got to give him the benefit of the doubt until opening day.

[wildcard]

Interesting. The Nats home page has pictures of Andruw Jones and Corey Patterson on it. I guess those guys can cross the Nats off their list. Kearns, Milledge, and Pena.

[Birds08]

In a chat on ESPN.com right now, Stark is defending the move, saying that Milledge really didn't have much value.

[Elbren]

I just heard an interview with Omar on WFAN out of NY. It is a done deal.

One interesting thing that I was said in the interview was that he (Omar) went to both Baltimore and Oakland first to see if they had any intrest in Milledge. Both said no. He said they needed a catcher badly.

Wow, that had sooooooo better not be true.

Not to turn this into an O's discussion, but what else does MacPhail think he can actually get for Ramon?? We have holes in LF and CF and he (supposedly) turns down a deal for a 5-tool OF?

[crstrobel]

Wow, that had sooooooo better not be true.

Not to turn this into an O's discussion, but what else does MacPhail think he can actually get for Ramon?? We have holes in LF and CF and he (supposedly) turns down a deal for a 5-tool OF?

I was floored too. He said Andy turnd him down very quickly and that Washington was plan C. There must be some dirt on Milledge that hasn't come to light yet.

[ChaosLex]

I just heard an interview with Omar on WFAN out of NY. It is a done deal.

One interesting thing that I was said in the interview was that he (Omar) went to both Baltimore and Oakland first to see if they had any intrest in Milledge. Both said no. He said they needed a catcher badly.

Maybe MacPhail and Beane know something about Milledge that we don't?

[NewMarketSean]

Wow, if that is the case then it's the first bad thing that AM has done since being in Baltimore.

[ChaosLex]

I was floored too. He said Andy turnd him down very quickly and that Washington was plan C. There must be something we don't know about Milledge

Great minds think alike.

[NewMarketSean]

Funny, the sponsor on the Lasting Milledge baseball-reference page says "Hold onto this guy Omar!"

Wonder what that guy is thinking now. Although Church is a decent OF.

[66-70-83-??]

I just heard an interview with Omar on WFAN out of NY. It is a done deal.

One interesting thing that I was said in the interview was that he (Omar) went to both Baltimore and Oakland first to see if they had any intrest in Milledge. Both said no. He said they needed a catcher badly.

Rosenthal is listing it now....

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7508946?FSO2&ATT=MA

Yeah, what don't we know about Milledge ?

I can't believe NYM couldnt do better. Neither of those players are anything special.

[BedardisAce]

Don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but Milledge was traded to WAS for Schneider and Ryan Church. IMO, this really weakens any Bedard to Mets deals.

Too bad we couldn't have done a Ramon and someone else (Liz) for Milledge.

[Dr. FLK]

I think it's already been posted and moved to the ML forum.

[66-70-83-??]

Maybe MacPhail and Beane know something about Milledge that we don't?

LOL. You beat me to it. Great minds think alike.

Or another thought just struck me..... They know something about Ramon that we don't.

[blueberryale77]

I think it's already been posted and moved to the ML forum.

Twice. What's the over/under on number of new threads started in the wrong forum about Milledge to the Nats?

[square634]

Macphail better have something up his sleeve, and I guess it's possible that he does. I think we would all be jumping for joy if we had pulled off a package centered around Ramon for Milledge.