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jdgoat
The Nationals should just roll with Kelley as their closer. He’s much better than any realistic closer they could find and was one of the best relievers last year anyways
SuperSinker
And he’s a ticking time bomb to get hurt.
Rock139
Why not try? His injury at the end of last season was hyped up and it wasn’t as serious as people believe it to be.
thegreatcerealfamine
Are you on the Nats medical staff or did you stay at a Holiday Inn?
bjd1207
Huh? He had to be held out of back to back games for most of the season and towards the end there were reports that he couldn’t move his arm when he woke up. He couldn’t move it until he came into the stadium and received treatment and they would loosen it up enough for him to throw and then immediately after he would be back in treatment.
And it’s not just this year. He’s never thrown more than 60 innings in a season, which would put him around 80th among 2016 relievers in IP. Only 2 of the top 10 leaders in saves last year did it in less than 60 IP. I’m definitely up for trying, but you’d be stupid not to have a really good backup plan ready.
Rocco
Thoughts and prayers.
jackt
Hahahaha
thegreatcerealfamine
Careful or the snowflakes will have you banned!
allfonats
He lost feeling in his fingers. I’m sorry but to me at least that seems pretty serious.
hyraxwithaflamethrower
Don’t blame the Nats for not being serious on Robertson. The Sox got such a good deal on Eaton that I think they’re overvaluing their players. I wish they’d realize they aren’t getting a Sale-like return for Quintana and that Frazier, Robertson, Abreu, etc. aren’t worth as much as they thought.
Kayrall
Just because they haven’t doesn’t mean that they won’t get a Sale like return for Q.
comebacktrail28
The Nationals aren’t that good it’s just that they play in the worst Division in baseball
jdgoat
They’re pretty good
66TheNumberOfTheBest
I agree. If any of the teams mentioned as likely to make the playoffs won the World Series I wouldn’t be surprised…except the Nationals.
Lots of good pieces, but there are always holes.
hojostache
The worst Division in baseball?
Baseball Prospectus has the AL Central as the worst division:
AL Central
CLE: 92
DET: 79
MIN: 78
CWS: 76
KC: 71
NL East
WAS: 89
NYM: 88
MIA: 77
ATL: 76
PHL: 73
The AL Central has Cleveland and….*crickets*. The NL East at least has WAS and NYM…with a sneaky good ATL team. I don’t expect much from MIA or PHL…but PHL at last has some young arms that could keep it competitive for a bit.
Steven P.
Why should the Sox settle for anything less than a big haul for Quintana?
His cheap 4 year contract is affordable for every mlb club, he’s a great teammate and an excellent starting left-handed pitcher
Just because a trade has not happened yet, does not mean the Sox won’t get a haul for him eventually
ASapsFables
Yes, the key being 4 years of control. Jose Abreu has 3 and even David Robertson has 2 years left, meaning that the White Sox have time on their side to deal them. It’s the 2017 expiring contracts of Todd Frazier and Melky Cabrera that they need to be more urgent with in moving by the non-waiver trade deadline.
bradthebluefish
True that Aaron. I think with Frazier there aren’t many teams in need of someone at the hot corner, but by mid season there could be a need. Frazier just needs to keep up his game and the White Sox should be able to fetch a good catch from him.
JFree47
Koda glover is going to be a boss closer for a very long time for this team
Joe Kerr
“We feel that he’s here. We’ll figure out which one it is.” Simply put: We wish we had someone better and will hope for the best.
slider32
To me the most concerning thing for the Nats is the play of Werth and Zimmerman. They both have under achieved for their contracts. Zimmerman has really looked bad. As for the pitching i think they have good starting pitching if healthy and I like Kelly and Glover as possible closers. If they can’t do the job Rizzo will make a move to get someone like Betances at the deadline. Maybe this is the year the Nats go to the world series since nobody is picking them like past years. I like the Dodgers to make it. Both have as good a chance as any top contender, except the Cubs. They look like a dynasty!
hojostache
I think Harper bounces back and Murphy continues to hit, but it’ll be interesting to see how Weiters does in place of Ramos (w. his career year). Werth and Zimmerman hurt bc you can’t move them and they basically have to play. The SP will be fine (assuming Straus stays healthy) and their BP…no idea. They have a bunch of question marks, which could be solid or could provide a couple dozen blown saves.
white_sox9195
Cubs wont repeat because of their rotation i know they have the same rotation but they threw to much innings last year