{"id":2983,"date":"2011-11-18T09:06:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2014-09-24T09:40:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T13:40:28","slug":"nats-off-season-news-items-wrap-up-111811-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=2983","title":{"rendered":"Nats Off-season News Items Wrap-up 11\/18\/11 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3087\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Marlins_win2003WS_Counsell_AP-Photo-via-infopop.cc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3087\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3087\" title=\"Marlins_win2003WS_Counsell_AP Photo via infopop.cc\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Marlins_win2003WS_Counsell_AP-Photo-via-infopop.cc.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With more Wild Cards, get ready to see scenes like this more and more. AP Photo via infopop.cc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a weekly wrap up of Nats-related news items, along with other general interest baseball articles, with my thoughts as appropriate.\u00a0 (Note: these news items are more or less chronological in the Saturday-to-Friday blog post news cycle i&#8217;m using, with me going back and adding in clarifying links as needed).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great news: <strong>Wilson Ramos<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/11\/12\/world\/americas\/venezuela-mlb-player-kidnapped\/index.html?hpt=hp_t1\">was rescued<\/a> with apparently on 11\/11\/11 no bodily harm and no ransom paid.\u00a0 This is a great end to this saga, which really could have gone so much worse for Ramos and his family.\u00a0 <strong>Mark Zuckerman<\/strong> reports on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsinsider.com\/2011\/11\/ramos-home-details-of-rescue-emerge.html\">details of the rescue<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Interesting read from <strong>Jon Paul Morosi<\/strong>, who <a href=\"http:\/\/msn.foxsports.com\/mlb\/story\/wilson-ramos-kidnapping-insider-dishes-on-reality-of-venezuela-baseball-111111\">interviews an anonymous american player<\/a> about life in the Venezuelan Winter League.\u00a0 The player wanted to stay anonymous, but he didn&#8217;t seem to really say anything of note that would require protecting his identity.\u00a0 Better safe than sorry though.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Sheehan<\/strong>, writing for si.com, mentions both <strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong> and <strong>Sammy Solis<\/strong> in his <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2011\/writers\/joe_sheehan\/11\/10\/arizona.fall.league\/index.html?eref=writers\">AFL review of players to watch <\/a>on 11\/10\/11.\u00a0 He saw Solis&#8217; 4-inning\/9 K game and was impressed.\u00a0 I would be to if a 6&#8217;5&#8243; lefty could throw 94mph and punch out guys at will.\u00a0 That&#8217;s Solis&#8217; &#8220;ceiling.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>As if it wasn&#8217;t enough to do analysis of the current FA crop, <strong>Buster Olney<\/strong> apparently was bored and did a year-too-early analysis of the <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.espn.go.com\/mlb\/blog\/_\/name\/olney_buster\/id\/7211049\/for-teams-hoping-turn-their-franchise-better-active-winter-mlb\">2012 free agent crop<\/a>.\u00a0 I only post this because it corresponds with one of my frequent matras about this off season; don&#8217;t waste your FA dollars competing for 2-3 front-line pitchers.\u00a0 Wait for 2012 when there&#8217;s 10-12 good candidates.<\/li>\n<li>More BA links related to the Nats top 10 prospects, announced last week.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the free version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/online\/prospects\/rankings\/organization-top-10-prospects\/2012\/2612573.html\">top-10 with scouting reports<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/today\/prospects\/rankings\/organization-top-10-prospects\/2012\/2612574.html\">Organization quick-overview page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>BA&#8217;s <strong>Jim Callis <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/online\/prospects\/column\/2011\/2612575.html\">11\/9\/11 editorial piece<\/a> about how the Nats picked &#8220;a good time to be bad.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>For <strong>Yu Darvish<\/strong> fans, <a href=\"http:\/\/projectprospect.com\/article\/2011\/11\/08\/yu-darvish-scouting-report\">yet another scouting report<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/hardballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2011\/11\/09\/the-yu-darvish-scouting-report\/\">And another one<\/a>.\u00a0 <strong>Tom Verducci<\/strong> posted a very well done piece demonstrating how <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2011\/writers\/tom_verducci\/11\/15\/japanese.players.yu.darvish\/index.html\">most pitchers from NPB hit &#8220;The Wall<\/a>&#8221; 2 years into their MLB careers, also noting that there has never been a single Japanese pitcher to make more than one all-star team.\u00a0 Fangraphs.com has a bunch more articles on Darvish from a few weeks ago, and BaseballAmerica has some as well for you to find at your leisure.\u00a0 Side-story: In one of the weekly chats last week (can&#8217;t remember which one) a very good point was made about using previous Japanese pitchers as comparisons to Darvish.\u00a0 The chat-host flat out called it racist.\u00a0 I have certainly drawn those same comparisons, looking at player&#8217;s birth place (as a way of determining NPB-graduates) and asking whether or not there&#8217;s ever been a huge success story for a Japanese-born pitcher.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t view this as racist; just factual.\u00a0 When I point out that there&#8217;s never been (for example) a French-born star baseball player, there isn&#8217;t a subsequent implication that &#8220;there fore all French baseball players are crap.&#8221;\u00a0 Therefore I will continue to point out that Darvish, as a NPB-graduate, comes with risk no matter what his scouting report or genetic make up happens to be.\u00a0 And my stance is that the risk involved isn&#8217;t worth the likely 9-figure price tag.<\/li>\n<li>Wow the Marlins are doing some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2011\/11\/marlins-to-meet-with-pujols.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">serious FA inquiries<\/a>.\u00a0 Rumors this week that they&#8217;re talking with <strong>Jose Reyes<\/strong>, <strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong>, <strong>Mark Buehrle<\/strong> AND new Cuban FA <strong>Yoenis Cespedes<\/strong>.\u00a0 Those players alone would probably represent something in the range of $400M of guaranteed contracts.\u00a0 I just have a really hard time believing that this club, which has sucked revenue sharing money for years and easily transferred it into the owner&#8217;s pockets, will suddenly do an about-face and actually spend the money they need to be competitive.\u00a0 Really hard time believing it until I see it.\u00a0 <strong>Jeff Passan<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/news?slug=jp-passan_marlins_new_stadium_free_agents_111111\">agrees with me<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/districtondeck.com\/2011\/11\/11\/rizzo-speaks-to-bowden-mlb-network-radio\/\">DistrictOnDeck for transcribing a few points <\/a>of the <strong>Mike Rizzo<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>Jim Bowden<\/strong> conversation on mlb radio this week.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t help but taking note of the glaring discrepancy in Rizzo&#8217;s double-speak when it comes to pitching.\u00a0 Despite having his 1-2-3 already being set for the 2012 rotation (<strong>Strasburg, Zimmermann, Lannan<\/strong>) and re-signing <strong>Wang <\/strong>this week, Rizzo still says that at the same time he wants to &#8220;bring in another starter&#8221; AND have the likes of <strong>Milone<\/strong>\/<strong>Peacock<\/strong>\/<strong>Detwiler <\/strong>compete for the 5th starter.\u00a0 Well, which is it?\u00a0 Because if you buy another FA starter, there is no 5th spot available.\u00a0 Not unless we&#8217;re about to see a non-tender for John Lannan.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent post from <strong>David Schoenfeld<\/strong>, in the wake of the <strong>Ryan Madson<\/strong> $44M contract being withdrawn, about the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/sweetspot\/post\/_\/id\/18369\/do-you-need-a-great-closer-to-win-it-all\">value of closers<\/a> and the need to have a marquee closer at all in the modern game.\u00a0 In the post, he lists the named closers of the past 10 WS winners, and his point is this; its littered with names of guys who were clearly not elite-level closers.<\/li>\n<li>Interesting opinion piece from <strong>Jim Breen<\/strong> on FanGraphs about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/blogs\/index.php\/hard-slotting-is-bad-for-baseball\/\">Hard-Slotting<\/a>.\u00a0 Breen posits the same opinion i&#8217;ve read over and over from <strong>Keith Law<\/strong> in the anti-draft slotting camp; they both claim it will &#8220;drive players to other sports.&#8221;\u00a0 They use names like <strong>Zach Lee<\/strong>, <strong>Bubba Starling<\/strong>, and <strong>Archie Bradley<\/strong> as recent examples of guys who were legitimate 2-sport stars and were &#8220;bought&#8221; out of football commitments at major Div-I universities by virtue of the large bonuses they received.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the problem I have with this stance: where&#8217;s the proof?\u00a0 I just have a hard time believing that these athletes, when presented with a choice, would have a larger-than-slot bonus make up their minds.\u00a0 You&#8217;re either a baseball-first player or not, irrespective of your talents and desires in a secondary sport.\u00a0 Nowhere in these arguments have I ever seen an interview or a survey where these two-sport stars are actually asked the basic question, &#8220;Would you be playing college football if your guaranteed baseball bonus was smaller than what you got.&#8221;\u00a0 Its all assumptions, and this article is no different (posting the assumption that Lee &#8220;would not be playing\u00a0 baseball right now if there was a hard-slotting system.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Good information to know from <strong>Dave Cameron<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/blogs\/index.php\/fangraphs-chat-11911-2\/\">fangraphs chat<\/a>: the BABIP on ground-balls is .235 for ground balls, .130 for fly balls, .720 for line drives.\u00a0 Cool.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a funny article from Baseball Prospectus on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballprospectus.com\/article.php?articleid=15509\">Hot Stove League terminology<\/a> and how to interpret it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Lemire<\/strong> writes a great piece <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2011\/writers\/joe_lemire\/11\/11\/ramos.kidnapping\/index.html\">highlighting the safety issues<\/a> and general decline of Venezuelan baseball over the past decade, in light of the Ramos kidnapping.<\/li>\n<li>I first took note of Tax issues during last off-season&#8217;s <strong>Cliff Lee<\/strong> sweepstakes, noting that he faced perhaps a 12% difference in salary by taking a deal to stay in Texas versus New York.\u00a0 <strong>Eric Seidman<\/strong> looks at the same issue and more with his great article in FanGraphs titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/blogs\/index.php\/the-jock-tax\/\">Jock Tax<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 Conclusion; taxes for athletes are ridiculously complex.<\/li>\n<li>Phillies sign <strong>Jonathan Papelbon<\/strong> to a <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/news?slug=ap-phillies-papelbon\">4 yr\/$50M contract<\/a>.\u00a0 Well, I guess they&#8217;re not going to be re-signing <strong>Ryan Madson.<\/strong> The Phillies resign Papelbon basically for the same money they had been paying <strong>Brad Lidge<\/strong>, so its not going to directly lead to an increase in their <a href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/pub?key=0Ah4PW47PiAi-dHM0S1Z1WHhKbVRTdHlXdlh4TDd0WGc&amp;output=html\">payroll<\/a>.\u00a0 But as someone who openly questions the value of closers in general, I have to criticize the move as wasting money on a player they could replace from within for a fraction of the cost.\u00a0 <strong>David Schoenfield<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/sweetspot\/post\/_\/id\/18410\/phillies-overpay-to-sign-papelbon\">agrees with this sentiment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Kilgore<\/strong> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/post\/nationals-at-the-gm-meetings-a-primer\/2011\/11\/13\/gIQAmLkdJN_blog.html?wprss=nationals-journal\">nice little primer<\/a> on the upcoming GM and Owners meetings in Milwaukee.\u00a0 He does some quick Nats off-season planning analysis, and I agree with him that it&#8217;s looking more and more like the team is going to pursue someone like <strong>Mark Buehrle<\/strong> or <strong>Roy Oswalt<\/strong>, meaning that the <strong>Detwiler\/Peacock\/Milone <\/strong>battle for 5th starter may not actually happen.\u00a0 This would imply the team is looking to trade these guys, presumably for CF talent.\u00a0 Lots of moving parts.<\/li>\n<li>Si.com&#8217;s <strong>Jon Heyman<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/SI_JonHeyman\/status\/136188846051299328\">broke news<\/a> on 11\/14 from the GM meetings that prospective Houston Astro&#8217;s owner <strong>Jim Crane<\/strong> has accepted the condition of moving his team to the AL west as a prerequisite to ownership approval.\u00a0\u00a0 Interleague blurring, here we come.\u00a0 ESPN reports that this MLB &#8220;demand&#8221; was a <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/7242906\/approval-houston-astros-sale-conditional-move-american-league\">condition of the sale<\/a> of the team to Crane.\u00a0 You have to love <strong>Bud Selig<\/strong> and his hard-line ways, given his precious anti-trust exemption.<\/li>\n<li>The Nats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsinsider.com\/2011\/11\/kimball-claimed-by-jays-brown.html#comment-form\">outrighted both<\/a> <strong>Cole Kimball<\/strong> and <strong>Corey Brown<\/strong> from the 40-man on 11\/16\/11 and lost Kimball to Toronto.\u00a0 <a href=\"..\/?p=3073\">My thoughts here<\/a> along with a healthy discussion.<\/li>\n<li>Courtesy of <strong>Craig Caltaterra<\/strong>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrdestructo.com\/2011\/11\/man-who-wouldnt-learn.html\">fantastic blog entry<\/a> just crucifying <strong>Peter Angelos<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Op-ed piece about <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/sweetspot\/post\/_\/id\/18472\/draft-proposal-would-sell-out-amateurs\">proposed draft changes<\/a>, from ESPN&#8217;s David Shoenfeld.<\/li>\n<li>Another Collective bargaining agreement fall out: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2011\/11\/type-b-compensation-likely-to-be-eliminated-this-offseason.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">elimination of compensation picks<\/a> for type-B free Agents.\u00a0 Probably a wise move; type B free agents are usually not valued nearly as much as a supplemental first round pick, leading to hijinks in the draft system by teams who covet these picks.\u00a0 Frankly, the revampment to the system that needs to be done is the reliever classification.\u00a0 How is <strong>Darren Oliver<\/strong>, a 41-yr old loogy possibly a type A free agent??\u00a0 That classification immediately eliminates half the league from even looking at him, and probably the other half as well (meaning they&#8217;d be giving up a 2nd round pick at worst).\u00a0 The union has to be upset at the way their veteran players have their job movement limited by this classification.\u00a0 Ironically, about 5 minutes after I wrote this, <strong>Buster Olney<\/strong> also <a href=\"http:\/\/insider.espn.go.com\/mlb\/blog\/_\/name\/olney_buster\/id\/7237046\/type-free-agents-seeing-their-markets-shrink-current-compensation-rules-mlb\">used Oliver as an example as to why the system needs to change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In the &#8220;no surprise here&#8221; category, <strong>Hanley Ramirez<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.sbnation.com\/2011\/11\/15\/2563150\/hanley-ramirez-jose-reyes-marlins\">isn&#8217;t keen on switching positions<\/a> should the Marlins, who have been woo-ing every FA out there this off season, somehow acquire <strong>Jose Reyes<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ramirez is pretty much the ultimate non-team player and the Marlins have spent far too long coddling him and cow-towing to his demands.\u00a0 Good luck EVER getting him to agree to anything that isn&#8217;t Hanley-first.<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Nats rumors: <strong>Jason Marquis<\/strong> apparently has interest from his &#8220;hometown&#8221; NY Mets for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2011\/11\/mets-interested-in-jason-marquis.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">2012 contract<\/a>.\u00a0 I say that&#8217;s great news for the Veteran hurler, who had to be dismayed when he broke his leg in a contract year.\u00a0 Even if its a non-guaranteed deal, or for significantly less money than he got from us two years ago (2yrs $15M), he deserves another shot.<\/li>\n<li>Interesting side effect of MLB&#8217;s obscure player transaction rules: by virtue of the Angels only sending <strong>Mike Trout<\/strong> down for 17 days instead of 20, the demotion still counted towards his 2011 service time.\u00a0 This has two implications: Trout officially now has served his rookie season and won&#8217;t be eligible for the 2012 Rookie of the Year award, AND the Angels now are in serious jeopardy of exposing Trout to eventual &#8220;Super-2&#8221; status.\u00a0 The first point is a slight shame for Trout, who seems set to rocket into prominence in this league based on his minor league production.\u00a0 The second point is &#8220;shame on the Angels&#8221; for not knowing the rules; if Trout is as good as promised, this mistake could cost them millions and millions of dollars.\u00a0 WP <strong>Dave Sheinin<\/strong> did a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/03\/19\/AR2010031904323.html\">great study<\/a> about <strong>Stephen Strasburg<\/strong>&#8216;s super-2 status, comparing it to <strong>Tim Lincecum<\/strong>&#8216;s, and concluded that avoiding super-2 for superstars can save a team almost $20Million.\u00a0 Seriously.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nationals\/dodgers-deal-with-matt-kemp-is-latest-reminder-that-nationals-have-yet-to-extend-ryan-zimmermans-contract\/2011\/11\/15\/gIQACg7ePN_story.html\">Why is this news<\/a>?\u00a0 The Nats and <strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong>, a player who is signed through 2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2011\/11\/latest-on-ryan-zimmerman-extension-talks.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">havn&#8217;t talked about a contract extension<\/a>.\u00a0 So what?\u00a0 This shouldn&#8217;t be news until NEXT off-season.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t care that <strong>Kemp<\/strong> signed a big deal, or that <strong>Braun<\/strong> got locked up for a few more years, or that <strong>Tulowitzki<\/strong> signed a ridiculous deal through 2020.\u00a0 Just because YOU jumped off a bridge doesn&#8217;t mean I have to.\u00a0 If i&#8217;m the Nats GM, I wouldn&#8217;t sign on for an 8year contract, let alone a 5year, for a guy who has missed significant chunks of the last few seasons through injury until I saw him back at the 155-160 game level.\u00a0 He&#8217;s only 26, but has already had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballprospectus.com\/card\/card.php?id=ZIMMERMAN19840928A\">three major injuries<\/a> (hamate bone surgery, left labrum and this year&#8217;s abdomen surgery).\u00a0 Plus he missed the last couple weeks of the 2010 season with a muscle strain.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a lot of medical on a young guy.\u00a0 Maybe the musings of some other Nats bloggers on the topic could have some credence.<\/li>\n<li>Its official; <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/dailypitch\/post\/2011\/11\/mlb-wild-cards-2013-jim-crane-houston-astros-american-league\/1?csp=34sports&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomSports-TopStories+%28Sports+-+Top+Stories%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">two wild cards coming in 2013<\/a>.\u00a0 <strong>Judge Landis <\/strong>is rolling in his grave.\u00a0 Actually I&#8217;m somewhat ok with this news; I think more needs to be done to mitigate the possibilities of Wild Cards winning the World Series.\u00a0 If a play-in round is introduced that thins your pitching staff and makes it harder to advance, i&#8217;m all for it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a 100% traditionalist but I do like to see teams that win the most regular season games actually competing for the World Series, instead of the St. Louis Cardinals sneaking in as a last-second wild card and winning the championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a weekly wrap up of Nats-related news items, along with other general interest baseball articles, with my thoughts as appropriate.\u00a0 (Note: these news items are more or less chronological in the Saturday-to-Friday blog post news cycle i&#8217;m using, with me going back and adding in clarifying links as needed). 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