{"id":168,"date":"2010-08-27T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2013-02-07T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T16:07:15","slug":"2011-rotation-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"2011 Rotation impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Strasburg<\/strong>&#8216;s injury will change the way the Nats approach the offseason and the 2011 rotation.\u00a0 Instead of having Strasburg leading the rotation, I believe this injury will result in the exploration of the FA market, the resigning of <strong>Livan Hernandez <\/strong>sooner than later, and the end of the &#8220;injury test cases&#8221; for Rizzo and Lerner.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve got for 2011 right now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Locks: <strong>Zimmermann<\/strong>, <strong>Marquis <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Considered: <strong>Maya<\/strong>, <strong>Lannan<\/strong>, <strong>Olsen<\/strong>, <strong>Detwiler<\/strong>, <strong>Wang<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>FAs to be: <strong>Livan Hernandez<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>DL for 2011: <strong>Strasburg<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Minors\/relievers\/Left out: <strong>Atilano, Martin, Chico, Mock, Martis, Thompson, Stammen<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think the rotation might be filled out exactly in the &#8220;considered&#8221; order, unless we resign Livan.\u00a0 Right now I give Lannan the slight edge over Olsen and Detwiler based on past performances and pay.\u00a0 I think Olsen is pitching his way off the team, and until Detwiler puts together 3 healthy starts he can&#8217;t be counted on.\u00a0 I&#8217;m curious to see what Maya does during his call up and I think he&#8217;s a lock for the rotation next year.\u00a0 Wang?\u00a0 If he doesn&#8217;t show some progress why would we pay his freight next year?\u00a0 IF we can get him in arbitration for a veteran minimum then he may be worth it.\u00a0 $2M?\u00a0 no way.<\/p>\n<p>Atilano, Martin, Chico, Mock and Martis seem to be as close to your AAA rotation next year as can be.\u00a0 Martin and Chico might be done; too old, too little production at the major league level, and in the way of AA promotion candidates like <strong>Peacock<\/strong>, <strong>Milone<\/strong> and the guys we got in the Guzman trade (<strong>Roark <\/strong>and <strong>Tatusko<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>So, what does a rotation of Zimmermann, Marquis, Livan, Maya and Lannan get you in 2011?\u00a0 70 wins?\u00a0 more?\u00a0 less?\u00a0 Do we need to look into free agency?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strasburg&#8216;s injury will change the way the Nats approach the offseason and the 2011 rotation.\u00a0 Instead of having Strasburg leading the rotation, I believe this injury will result in the exploration of the FA market, the resigning of Livan Hernandez sooner than later, and the end of the &#8220;injury test cases&#8221; for Rizzo and Lerner. 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