{"id":13569,"date":"2017-03-28T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13569"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:52:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T18:52:02","slug":"final-week-of-spring-training-placeholder-for-chatting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13569","title":{"rendered":"Final Week of Spring training; placeholder for chatting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11645\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RobinsonClint-nats-via-yearofletters.com_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11645\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RobinsonClint-nats-via-yearofletters.com_-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Robinson is out. Photo via minorleagueball.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RobinsonClint-nats-via-yearofletters.com_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/RobinsonClint-nats-via-yearofletters.com_.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robinson is out. Photo via minorleagueball.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting down to the wire; still no idea who the last bullpen spots will be, who the last outfielder will be, nor who the closer will be, but we did get an expected if unfortunate piece of news today: fan favorite\u00a0<strong>Clint Robinson<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2017\/03\/nationals-place-clint-robinson-on-outright-waivers.html\">given his outright waivers<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Who do I think will get the call for these last roster questions?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I still like\u00a0<strong>Vance Worley<\/strong> for the 7th spot &#8230; though <strong>Enny Romero<\/strong> might be tough to cut. \u00a0We may see a &#8220;soft&#8221; D\/L injury, or perhaps carrying 8 relievers for a bit.<\/li>\n<li>I am not entirely buying the buzz out there that\u00a0<strong>Koda Glover<\/strong> will be &#8220;the closer.&#8221; \u00a0<strong>Dusty Baker<\/strong> is too much of a player&#8217;s manager to give that spot to a rookie (for all intents and purposes) over either of the other two candidates, both of whom have a ton more experience. \u00a0I still think its\u00a0<strong>Shawn Kelley<\/strong> until otherwise proven inadequate.<\/li>\n<li>Final OF spot still goes to\u00a0<strong>Michael Taylor<\/strong> even if\u00a0<strong>Wilmer Difo<\/strong> is playing the OF this spring.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Otherwise, lets use this as a running commentary on the final moves as they happen prior to the 25-man roster announcement.<\/p>\n<p>ps: Robinson&#8217;s waiving now leaves not one but two open spots on the 40-man roster &#8230; perhaps room for a NRI to slip in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re getting down to the wire; still no idea who the last bullpen spots will be, who the last outfielder will be, nor who the closer will be, but we did get an expected if unfortunate piece of news today: fan favorite\u00a0Clint Robinson given his outright waivers today. Who do I think will get the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2729,845,3445,2827,708,3277,429,2650],"class_list":["post-13569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsgeneral","tag-clint-robinson","tag-dusty-baker","tag-enny-romero","tag-koda-glover","tag-michael-taylor","tag-shawn-kelley","tag-vance-worley","tag-wilmer-difo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13571,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13569\/revisions\/13571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}