1. Atilano.\u00a0 In 16 starts he’s now 6-7, 5.15 era, 1.49 whip.\u00a0 The team is 6-10 in his starts. More telling: in 5 of his 16 starts now he’s given up as many earned runs as innings pitched.\u00a0 That’s just not acceptable.\u00a0 I realize there’s nobody really better (Chico?\u00a0 Martis?) until one of Detwiler\/Wang\/Zimmermann\/Marquis\/Olsen recovers from injury but man.\u00a0 Its brutal.<\/p>\n
2. Leake.\u00a0 Like this kid.\u00a0 He looks a lot like Bronson Arroyo, even down to the stupid haircut. A ton of movement with a mlb-average fastball and decent control.\u00a0 I know everyone is talking about the St. Louis rookie pitcher Garcia\u00a0 but i like this guy.\u00a0 Taken 2 picks before Storen; imagine if he had fallen to us at the #10 spot lastyear?<\/p>\n
3. At what point in the season do we do what is obviously right for the team and stick Bernadina in center and Morse in right?\u00a0 Morse is hitting .324\/.375\/.554 with 4 homers in 80 plate appearances.\u00a0 That’s almost a 30 homer clip extrapolated out to a full season.\u00a0 Have we found our right field solution by accident?\u00a0 Bernadina is doing great; he has some power, hits for average, has some decent speed (7 sbs).\u00a0 Maybe we stick him in center.\u00a0 Morgan has easily the worst OPS+ on the team right now and has a .315 on base percentage at leadoff.\u00a0 Unacceptable.\u00a0 Even Guzman, he of the 4 walks in 600 plate appearances last season, has a better OBP this year.\u00a0 And nearly as many walks as Morgan!<\/p>\n
Nats currently on track for 69-93 season and the 7th overall pick.\u00a0 And if we succumb to pressure and trade Dunn or Willingham or both, we may not score the rest of the season…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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