Teams contacted the Nationals about third baseman Carter Kieboom this offseason, manager Dave Martinez told reporters (including Todd Dybas of NBC Sports Washington). Kieboom hasn’t found any success at the MLB level to date, but it’s no surprise rival clubs would have interest in the 23-year-old. Washington held onto the former top prospect, who looks like the favorite to open the season as the starter at the hot corner.
More from Washington and other Senior Circuit cities:
- Stephen Strasburg had a normal offseason, he told reporters today (via Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com). The Nationals star right-hander was limited to five innings last season by carpal tunnel syndrome in his throwing hand. Fortunately, the procedure he underwent last summer addressed the issue. The former World Series MVP will be a key piece in the Nats’ hopes of contending in a difficult NL East.
- Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi discussed the team’s newest addition to the pitching staff this afternoon (via Andrew Baggarly of the Athletic). Right-hander Shun Yamaguchi, who worked exclusively out of the bullpen last season for the Blue Jays, will come to camp as a starting pitcher. The 33-year-old can opt out of his minor-league deal at the end of spring training if he doesn’t make the team, Zaidi said. That’s a rather typical feature for non-roster arrangements.
- When Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond opted out of the 2020 season, Colorado signed Matt Kemp the following day. With Desmond announcing his intent to sit out in 2021 as well, some speculation had arisen the Rockies could again turn to Kemp, who is back in free agency. Colorado manager Bud Black cast doubt on the idea, though, telling reporters (including Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post) the organization hasn’t recently discussed signing Kemp, even though Desmond had notified the team he was considering opting out a few weeks ago.
- The Marlins signed Ross Detwiler to a one-year contract in January. Detwiler has started 95 games across his 12-year MLB career (including 12 starts for the 2019 White Sox). However, Miami views the veteran southpaw as strictly a bullpen option in 2021, manager Don Mattingly told reporters (including Craig Mish of SportsGrid). Detwiler worked solely in relief for Chicago in 2020, tossing 19.2 innings of 3.20 ERA/3.90 SIERA ball.
Strausburg won’t ever be the same after this last surgery. I’ll be shocked if he’s a league average starter again
Is there history on carpel tunnel surgery that players can’t come back as strong? Not a huge fan of Stras and believe he has hard time staying healthy so to me he is not worth his big contract, but not even league average? Doubt that statement.
Not huge history but It isn’t major. He just needs to condition well in ST
Carpal tunnel is not a major injury for a pitcher. He should be fine. His age (33 this year) might get him, but that won’t.
Rockies should spend Desmond money on pitching.
The Rockies should do a lot of things but Montfort will be celebrating the money saved
Of all the things you can fairly accuse the Rockies ownership of, not spending isn’t one of them. They’ve long been in the top half of baseball in terms of spending on payroll relative to their market size.
Not true
They can always spend more – just as all teams can and should, but dont because the owners have hijacked the sport into some dumb money making scam for them, and the brainwashed fans actually cheer them making more money by not spending it on players – players salaries shouldnt even be public if all other aspects of the games economics arent.
The game would make so much more sense if the unionized active players all owned the means of production (MLB) and all the retired players owned the teams (any team they played on), and then they would hire the top 30 GMs to run the teams based on actual talent and knowledge, not nepotism or other corruption.
So the new owners wouldn’t want to make money? Not a single former player would be out for more?
Amazing.
Rockies pitching (starting variety anyhow) is just fine. If they signed the best available, Odorizzi, he’d be their 5th starter. Their issue is MUCH more the lineup, which sucks especially without Arenado.
I never said they didn’t spend. I grew up a Rockies fan so I’ve watched it all. This year they haven’t spent one dollar on a major league contract. They got rid of Arenado due to finances. Dahl due to finances. Tulowitzki due to finances. Etc. Bad spending is just as bad as not spending.
Also the bullpen was atrocious the last two seasons the pitching is NOT fine.
better then Gray and Freeland imo
The Giants and Farhan Zaidi putting a lot of effort into the Battle for 4th place in the NL West. LOL
stfu Padres fan. The Giants have won more than the Padres in their whole history. Start talking when you actually do something
@luc, @tony isn’t a real Padres fan, he just a DB Giants troll. Don’t waste your time on him.
@ Luc 2 Good lord, Giants fans. Wow
Conversation between a Padre fan and a Giants fan:
Padre Fan: ” Looks like things aren’t going well up there considering that your team has booked 4 consecutive Losing seasons below .500 and probably will book their 5th this season”
Giants Fan: “WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST 4 YEARS DOESN’T MATTER. WHAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR DOESN’T MATTER………… NONE OF IT MATTERS BECAUSE WE WON THE WORLD SERIES 7 YEARS AGO!!!!!!”
Im a Nats fan lol. Stop talking until you have results, that what I care about mostly
battle for 3rd place with Arizona, as Colorado has spiked the ball for 5th place
No idea why people think the Dbacks are any good. I look at that roster and I see worse than the Rockies. Giants are unpredictable as they’ve signed a bunch of mediocre guys, some of whom might have a dead cat bounce.
dont have to be that good to be 3rd in a division
#THIS hahahaha
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If teams are calling on Carter Kieboom then you gotta listen and look to make a deal. He ain’t never looked like the elite prospect he has been touted as. He has been awful every time he gets called up. Kieboom and the Brendan Rodgers dude in Colorado. The talent don’t match the hype!
If teams are calling on Carter Kieboom…tranlates into “teams see his potential and will grab him up if the Nats have the impatience of your typical MLBTR poster”.
What? Buy Hi and sell Lo?
did anyone realistically think Detwiler would start?
Nope.
Easy to see why the Rockies signed CJ Cron now. Wouldn’t be surprised if they took fliers on recently released Harold Ramirez and Phil Ervin, too.
No DH would mean Kemp playing LF and I’m not sure anyone wants to see that. The Rockies could certainly use more Outfield options, especially in CF. While it’s safe to assume the Rockies will not be in on JBJ, a waiver claim on Guillermo Heredia or a minor league invite for Jarrod Dyson may not be bad ideas
Maybe Inciarte if the Braves are willing to cover 2/3 of his salary.
Would Rockies ever reach out to Ryan Braun, if he were even interested? Hoping for no snarky comments.
Honestly, i don’t think they would. And Braun really isn’t an everyday Outfielder at this point. Hilliard and Tapia are probably fine for LF but they need a CF option that is not an Infielder (Hampson, Owings)
Kemp only made sense for the Rockies in 2020 because they had a DH slot. What they need now is a cheap veteran who can do a decent job in the big OF at Coors. I bet they wouldn’t have let Dahl go had they known Desmond was going to opt out.
Desmond is done. Too much time off, and he wasn’t very good when he was active last. Isn’t he the last player drafted/signed by the Montreal Expos left?
I see many on here proclaiming Strasburg’s surgery to be simple. I’m no surgeon but I know this, any surgery on anything attached to a pitcher’s arm is not simple especially when that arm is attached to a piece of glass like Strasburg.
He’s recovered from every injury he’s suffered. Including the major ones (TJ, etc). This is minor in comparison.
Looky. at the bedwetting about an injury which is fixed by a generally minor surgical procedure with a high rate of full recovery. And who’s doing most of the bedwetting? Braves fans who cant even spell his name right. Shocker.
I would’ve liked for the Marlins to have added a veteran innings eater. I love our young talent, and understand that we have about 8 or 9 kids that may be taking turns starting games throughout the course of this season, but I would’ve preferred having a veteran in the mix to keep the young pitchers’ innings down even more.
Are they still looking at Anibal Sanchez? Would be nice to bring him back at this point in his career.
I heard the Nats are looking to trade Strasbourg to the American League. Toronto or Boston.
Yeah and I heard from Sofia Vergara. She wants me to come over for a sleepover.