Nationals Scouting Outfield Options?

its gonna be awfully hard for Dunn to DH in the NL...

trade dunn to the mets for jeremy reed

No way the Braves would give up Schafer, let alone to a team from their own division. Once Schafer turns things around and pulls his head from the depths of his rectum (he has to come off the DL first, but soon enough) and starts hitting again, the Braves will have a great outfield (starting mainly next year) of McLouth in Left, Schafer in Center and (possibly by June or July of 2010) Jason Heyward in Right. Then we can dump the ever-slumping headcase that is Jeff Francoeur and finally be done with him. That outfield would not only rake at the plate, but provide Plus-Plus defense across the board.

The Braves are not moving Shaffer to the Nats. That's just bonkers. Nats need to move Dunn, Johnson and Guzman for any young hitters they can get. Gosh the Nationals suck! I try to think up ways to fix things and I just know it will never happen.

Getting guys who are controlled for a while AND can play good defense will be the best thing the Nats can do. And flip Dunn, Johnson, and Willingham for these guys/other prospects.

A rotation of Zimmermann-Detwiler-Lannan-Stammen-Martis is actually not that bad (this is not counting anyone in the '09 draft).

If the Nationals want to trade for Schafer I would imagine Jordan Zimmermann would have to be involved. Schafer is a blue-chip prospect and he'd demand a blue-chip return. And he's still very much in the team's long-term plans. Then the Braves could try to salvage the position player portion of the farm by trading Vazquez, Soriano, Gonzalez, and others. I don't see the Nationals acquiring Schafer, but if I were Wren and they offered Zimmermann I'd probably do it.

Martinez from the mets.

Fernando Perez from TB. Coming off injury, but looks like the Rays will have trouble finding a spot for him in the OF in the near future (w/ Jennings being the better prospect if Crawford leaves)

if they're thingking about moving Hernandez, whome do they have left at second? Gonzales is Guzman's back-up and Ronnie Belliard has been essentially lyaing goose eggs in each at bat this season. If the deal Johnson, Dunn, and Willingham, they can pretty much kiss any offense goodbye. as elit as Rzimm will be, he, Guzman and young guys can't carry a team with young pitching. Personally. I think they should hold onto Johnson and try and use Dmitri as a backup, if he can ever get into shape. Johnson's and injury risk sure, but i am not comfortable with Dunn at 1st. They should trade Olsen and Villone to the pirates for Morgan. Put Morgan in center, dunn in left and willingham in right.. Get rid of Kearns (or deal him to the pirates) and get a backup outfielder from someone.

I don't see how they're gonn ahve Dunn DH, you cant DH inthe NL, they must be thinking of moving him

wouldn't dunn be the bat the braves need? schafer & a prospect (not hanson) could maybe get it done. now is the time for the braves to try & compete; since the mets injuries have done them in, and the phils are too inconsistent.

the braves do NOT need Dunn, they need plate discipline and patience. One player is not going to fix our troubles, especially one who is a career .247 hitter. He may hit some bombs but he is not worth the package we would need to send to the nats.

the Braves didnt have the money for Dunn this offseason and they didnt want his defense, which surprises me that they signed Anderson, so there is no way they trade a top prospect for him.

they already traded Gorkys and Im sure they'd like to move McLouth to RF or LF soon. I dont see them moving Schafer anytime soon.

They're 6 games under .500 with one of the best pitching staffs in baseball. They need more than just an Adam Dunn in order to compete. After the Phils beat them they'll become sellers

Eat the majority (if not all of) Dunns contract and I'd consider moving Schafer. The potential this kid has is crazy, and it's not like his path became blocked by McLouth. Pay attention to the guys in the corner OF spots right now and you will realize that there is one if not 2 openings next year, and the only competiton he'll have is Heyward who I don't expect to be ready next year

Nats aren't moving Zimmermann, period. Don't bother throwing his name out, even if the offer sounds like it makes sense, because they wouldn't trade him.

@ KEllis

I don't know that Dunn wouldn't be worth the prospects he'd command from the Braves. Keep in mind that plate discipline is not ONLY about batting average, and that baseball is more about run production than plate discipline.

While you are correct that his career BA is around .250, his career OBP is close to .400.

We're talking about a guy who has almost averaged 100 runs, 40 HRs, 100 RBI, 100+ walks, and a .900 OPS for six straight years.

Adam Dunn creates a lot of runs.

Or maybe the Braves should just try to snag Mark Teahen from the Frenchy-loving Dayton Moore.

I would say Schafer for Willingham and a low level prospect would be good for both teams.

Quote: "What would the Braves want from the Nationals in order to even consider trading Schafer? Secondly, why would they want to trade him?"

Cause Nate's in front of him and Schafer has no power like Nate does. If Jordan can get us players like Willingham or Dunn in return, then I'm all for it. Of course it would not be Jordan alone in order to get that deal done.

Chris Young from the Diamondbacks would be a perfect fit and not too much of a gamble. Problem that the Nats have is in matching up with the d'backs on something in return.

Willingham would be a great addition *if* the Braves could get him away from the Nats Bravesalltheway. I watched him for years on the Fish, you give this guy steady AB's as a regular and this guy will CRUSH the baseball and play adequate "D" as a corner OF. Maybe try and send them Frenchy as a salary dump, pay his ENTIRE salary, then give them a good prospect as well and Willingham will more than out produce Garret Anderson and provide power, he would be capable of hitting middle of order with McCann and Jones easily.

"Willingham would be a good addition.....but not at the expense of giving up a blue chip prospect like Schafer."

I understand that. Have never really heard what exactly type of prospect that they are looking for in return, only that he was available and has been rotating w/Kearns in the Nat's OF.

"Hammer" Willingham has 2 years left under team control, so the Braves would not be getting a short term rental of protection if they could somehow grab this guy. he could really be a perfect fit. The guy hustles 100% of the time on both offense and defense and is a crowd favorite wherever he plays.

Hey you can send Elijah Dukes to the White Sox and the Nats can have Brian Anderson and Dewane Wise...

So the Nationals have Adam Dunn, Josh Willingham, Austin Kearns, Elijah Dukes, Lastings Milledge, Corey Patterson, Justin Maxwell, Willie Harris, Roger Bernadina, Michael Burgess, Destin Hood and J.P. Ramirez in the organzation, but they're looking at going after Jordan Schafer?

Shouldn't the Nationals be trying to add pitching and middle infielders, where they have an absolute dearth?

Adam Dunn and Josh Willingam for Jordan Schafer and Brandon Hicks?

scribble i would never do that why wouldnt you try to work out a package with the orioles for brian roberts and luke scott send them frenchy/kjohnson/jjreyes/and 2 minor leaguers if it took more then ok but dont send schafer no where he is the future