{"id":14321,"date":"2017-08-22T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14321"},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:07:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:07:41","slug":"ask-collier-82117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14321","title":{"rendered":"Ask Collier 8\/21\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kendrick<\/a>

Kendrick has been a revalation. Photo via Federal Baseball\/USA Today<\/p><\/div>\n

Sorry for the break in action; i’ve had a difficult month. \u00a0And we’re actually on vacation this week, which means we missed last night’s Game of Thrones, which means I’ve got to avoid a dozen different outlets I normally read on Mondays and Tuesdays so as not to spoil it for myself. \u00a0But I did see that Mlb.com Nats beat reporter\u00a0Jamal Collier\u00a0<\/strong>put out a mailbag<\/a>, and since i haven’t put up content in a month or so, I thought i’d do a response while the kids slept.<\/p>\n

Here’s the questions he took and how i’d have responded.<\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0Updates on the remaining DL members and timing? Who are likely to be September call ups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: I’m not going to speculate on the exact days these guys will come back, just note that this team has gone 7-3 in its last ten games, 13-7 in its last twenty, and 18-12 in its last thirty games despite leading the league in D\/L spots, having their entire opening day outfield on the D\/L, and having 3\/5ths of their original rotation on the D\/L. \u00a0That’s patently ridiculous. \u00a0When they get their team back, it’ll be like they went crazy at the trade deadline. \u00a0A better question might be who makes the playoff roster if everyone is healthy … because guys like\u00a0Howie Kendrick<\/strong> are going to make it tough for some long-time players to make that roster. \u00a0A post for another time.<\/p>\n

September call-ups: If i have my notes right, here’s who’s on the 40-man in the minors currently:<\/p>\n

SP: Fedde, Cole, Voth
\nRP: Gott, Adams
\nC: Severino, Read
\nINF: Marmolejos
\nOF: Bautista<\/p>\n

I’m guessing the team re-calls\u00a0everyone save Voth, Read<\/strong> and Marmolejos<\/strong>. \u00a0Voth hasn’t merited it with his performance this year and both Read and Marmolejos may just be too young.<\/p>\n

Collier gives some rehab updates on our now 12-man long D\/L, and also says that we’ll call up “virtually” every player on the 40-man<\/em><\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0If Werth comes back and doesn’t hit, do you think there’s a possibility he becomes a bench guy with Howie\/Lind in left field?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Absolutely yes. \u00a0As I alluded to above,\u00a0Kendrick<\/strong> may be putting Werth to the bench. \u00a0I can’t imagine the team insulting him and leaving him off the playoff roster, not while he has a career .924 OPS in the playoffs. \u00a0Adam Lind<\/strong> will not be the starting LF, not in a playoff situation. \u00a0You need a real outfielder, not a lumbering pinch hitter. \u00a0I know that I often call for “hiding” a guy out there … but Lind is a stretch even by my theory.<\/p>\n

Collier thinks there’s no way Werth doesn’t retain his starting spot, unless he’s clearly still hurt.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0Is there any chance that Adam Eaton can come back from his injury late in the postseason?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: No chance. \u00a0ACL tears are a year long recovery and then another year past that to regain the confidence to turn on the knee. \u00a0He may be optimistic with his rehab, but (following up on the previous question) there’s just no way you’d weaken your bench for a guy coming off an ACL tear.<\/p>\n

Collier agrees.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Q :\u00a0What is your guess on the post-season roster assuming full health except for Eaton?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: we’ll save it for a separate post. \u00a0Collier gives his and its similar to what i’d probably go with.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sorry for the break in action; i’ve had a difficult month. \u00a0And we’re actually on vacation this week, which means we missed last night’s Game of Thrones, which means I’ve got to avoid a dozen different outlets I normally read on Mondays and Tuesdays so as not to spoil it for myself. \u00a0But I did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3142,689,17,3379,1815,2425,1940,115,404,3370,2000,2760,3067],"class_list":["post-14321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chatmailbag-responses","tag-adam-eaton","tag-adam-lind","tag-aj-cole","tag-austin-adams","tag-austin-voth","tag-erick-fedde","tag-howie-kendrick","tag-jayson-werth","tag-jose-bautista","tag-jose-marmolejos","tag-pedro-severino","tag-raudy-read","tag-trevor-gott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321","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=14321"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14328,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14321\/revisions\/14328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}