{"id":4107,"date":"2012-04-09T08:29:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2012-04-09T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T12:29:09","slug":"lannan-for-byrd-yes-yes-100times-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=4107","title":{"rendered":"Lannan for Byrd? Yes Yes 100times Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Could Marlon Byrd be coming back to the Nats? Photo Jonathan Daniel\/Getty Images via bleachereport.com<\/p><\/div>\n

If this MLB rumor<\/a> is true, then make that trade tomorrow. \u00a0 If Chicago is inquiring “again,”<\/a> then make the deal before they stop calling.<\/p>\n

Marlon Byrd<\/strong> for John Lannan<\/strong> straight up. \u00a0Or even if Washington throws in some salary or perhaps a low-level prospect. \u00a0We know why this trade makes sense for Washington; we’ve done Lannan badly, we’re paying him $5M to sit in Syracuse, and he’s a tradeable asset that has asked for a trade and probably has mentally checked out of the organization. \u00a0Why does the trade make sense for Chicago? \u00a0Because their pitching is a mess right now.<\/p>\n

Past their good 1-2 punch of Ryan Dempster<\/strong> and Matt Garza<\/strong>, the Cubs have 3 big question marks for starters penciled in right now. \u00a0 Here’s the rest of their planned rotation:<\/p>\n

3. Jeff Samardzija<\/strong> was a great reliever (and an even better wide receiver), but has never started in the majors. \u00a0Despite great scouting reports and good spring numbers (and April 8th’s start where he took a 3 hitter into the 9th) its a risk. \u00a0And with Kerry Wood<\/strong> walking 3 straight guys to spoil a fantastic start from Dempster on opening day, the Cubs probably could use some back-of-the-bullpen stability that Samardzija formerly provided.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Paul Maholm<\/strong> was decent last year, but as put up some big ERA<\/a>s in the recent past and now will be pitching in a hitter’s park (though not yesterday, 41 degrees with the wind in… hey everyone looks like Cy Young<\/strong> when you pitch in those conditions). \u00a0 On most teams he’s barely a #5 starter.<\/p>\n

5. Chris Volstad<\/strong> has been awfu<\/a>l for Florida (ahem, Miami) for the past few years, and now is a good bet to be even more awful for Chicago.<\/p>\n

Lannan easily slots into the #4 spot and gives the team better innings than what they would have gotten from Volstad. \u00a0Or, Lannan puts Samardzija back in the bullpen until Volstad puts up a 6.00 ERA in April and the team’s hand is forced.<\/p>\n

Chicago could put Reed Johnson<\/strong> in center, or call someone up. \u00a0In either case they’re patently in a rebuilding phase and don’t need a veteran playing in Center. \u00a0They’re not hurting for money, but a little pay<\/p>\n

Make this move! \u00a0It’ll be better for everyone. \u00a0Washington gets a real CF with some offensive capabilities, moves Lannan (who’s clearly disgruntled and finished with the organization), and everyone wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If this MLB rumor is true, then make that trade tomorrow. \u00a0 If Chicago is inquiring “again,” then make the deal before they stop calling. Marlon Byrd for John Lannan straight up. \u00a0Or even if Washington throws in some salary or perhaps a low-level prospect. \u00a0We know why this trade makes sense for Washington; we’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[779,45,839,39,515,496,131,840,841,838],"class_list":["post-4107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlbpitching","category-natsgeneral","tag-chris-volstad","tag-cy-young","tag-jeff-samardzija","tag-john-lannan","tag-kerry-wood","tag-marlon-byrd","tag-matt-garza","tag-paul-maholm","tag-reed-johnson","tag-ryan-dempster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107","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=4107"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4117,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4107\/revisions\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}