Edwin Jackson is a free agent and John Lannan may be non-tendered, so the Nationals will be in the market for a starting pitcher this offseason. GM Mike Rizzo told Amanda Comak of The Washington Times that he isn't seeking one specific kind of starter and will instead be open minded.
"We want to get as qualified and impactful a starting pitcher as we can," said the GM. "We want to get as good of a starting pitcher as we possibly can. He may pitch fifth in our rotation but we don't necessarily want a No. 5-quality starter … I'm much more open-minded with it this year. It doesn't necessarily have to be a veteran, it doesn't have to necessarily need to be a fifth starter type of guy."
As our Free Agent Tracker shows, this winter's crop of free agent pitchers includes everything from an ace (Zack Greinke) to workhorses (Jeremy Guthrie, Ryan Dempster) to reclamation projects (Francisco Liriano, Scott Baker). The Nationals will have both Christian Garcia and Ryan Perry work as starters in camp, giving the team some internal options behind Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, and Ross Detwiler.
Go get Anibal Sanchez just to eliminate the chance of him pitching against the Nationals. Dude owns them.
I think they should get Grienke and trade one of the surplus starters if nothing else.
Not offering Jackson a Qualifying Offer seems to suggest they will be in on either Greinke or Sanchez.
What about Rendon for Bauer
Gavin Floyd+deaza+ 4.5 million for rendon( dream I know) realistic those guys and cash for Espinosa(sliding either him or beckham to 3rd) this gives the nats the cf they want(had a very good year and is cheap) a solid starter and cash.
do you have something against commas?
Ryan Perry is awful, that’s not happening. Garcia is a possibility but he might not pitch enough innings.
Perry looked good after being sent down and transitioned starting
Dan Haren. assume he is not 100% yet and don’t count on him to start season. However the guy alwaysThe opposite of Strasburg situation. Need 6th starter still for injury/bait. Haren has potential to be healthy and post 20 win season in NL. He’d be good experience on the staff too.
and they should hire Nick Johnson to teach the Nats how to take a walk and strike out less.
Nats were a one hit wonder
Whatever you have to say to make yourself feel better…
You’re in for an awful surprise in 2013
RA D*ckey is available, but we aren’t going to want Morse in that deal. It would cost more like Purke and Giolito.
Greinke!
That’s only a possibility if LaRoche returns and even then I don’t think it’d happen. The Rays want top prospects and I don’t think Rizzo would trade any of his.
Not sure how dealing Desmond for Hellickson would help the Nats. Why wouldn’t they just keep Desmond and sign a free agent pitcher given the lack of shortstop alternatives? I guess they could put Espinosa there and go after a 2B, but this is just a bad idea.