The Nationals host the Braves on Thursday, when Livan Hernandez and Derek Lowe will face off. The latest on the club…
- The Nationals currently have 37 players on their 40-man roster after putting pitchers Chien-Ming Wang and Elvin Ramirez on the 60-day DL. The move buys the Nats extra time with Ramirez, a Rule 5 pick from the Mets who has little experience above High-A.
- The team's lone remaining 25-man roster decision is Alex Cora versus Alberto Gonzalez for a backup infield job, reports Ben Goessling of MASNsports.com. Cora would need a 40-man spot, as will Laynce Nix, Chad Gaudin, and Matt Stairs.
- Rule 5 pick Brian Broderick, a righty taken from the Cardinals, made the team according to Goessling (Twitter link). For much more on Broderick, check out Buster Olney's blog if you have ESPN Insider.
A few things here…whats up with chien ming wang?…how many years does he need to recover…60 more days on the dl..whats it been like 2 and a half years now…and I’m a little curious about Broderick who got absolutely hammered sunday vs the marlins…blew the game really…he did have a nice year in the minors last year but that was AA…11-2 2.77…rule 5 from the Cards, 25 yrs old…if he was any good wouldn’t the cards have protected him. Don’t they need pitching over there…just a little curious because the Nats sent down Balester another young pitcher and the whole nats bench is left handed…??
Balester has options, thats why. and other than sunday, Broderick has been lights out. and Wang has the best job ever: do nothing for 2 years and pick up 3 mil. as for the lefty bench players, that will end up hurting us. Off the top of my head, Hairston is the only righty bench guy
Natstown, I agree and it does allow them to control 2 pitchers. Maybe we see a rh bat picked up here to bolster that bench.
You have to stop the opposing manger from just bringing in a lefty and killing a rally.
Last I heard on Wang he was throwing pretty well but then I didn’t hear anything else.
I was going to go get a bat sunday vs Broderick…lol…after detweiler (who I love BTW) pitched a nice 5 inn Broderick
had 5 hard hit balls in a row off him. What do you think his role is…long relief? I guess??
Do you feel good with ankiel and Hairston in Center?
I love Detwiler too. I have to believe someone is getting traded mid season and he will be called up. I think Broderick will be a long relief guy a la Miguel Batista last year. I’m not sure how hard he throws so I dunno his chances of pitching later in the game, plus he’s a starter so I dunno if thatll happen.
As for CF, Im not really thrilled but its better than what we’re used to. I cant be too mad because they obvioius are stop gaps until we have a long-term solution out there. In order for us to be more successful we really needed Nyjer to win the job becuase we wont have a real lead-off man
Ur right…I see they moved desmond to lead off the last few games…he’s a little bit of a free swinger though…I have to say…I really like espinosa and ramos…morse in left is a beast…he has so much power to right and right center its amazing….plus he is a real good hitter..watched a lot of nats spring training games…so I got a pretty good look at some of these young guys…jordon zim…hit 98 on the radar gun last start….he looks good too…should be a decent season..we hope