Hi everyone, i'm here today to talk about the Washington Nationals, a great team who time and time again fails to win a postseason series, interestingly enough they are not the only sports team in Washington that can't win in the postseason, the Washington Capitals can't get over the hump as well, and these aren't borderline playoff teams, these are truly great teams, the 4 times the Nats have lost in the NLDS, they lost to teams with a worse record than them. It is remarkable.
Mike Rizzo has done a terrific job as the GM, getting Harper and Strasburg with the top picks wasn't a bad way to start, but if you look at it, the Murphy sign, great, how about the Trea Turner trade, high way robbery, he always seems to have good prospects, the Felipe Rivero deal wasn't his best moment, but all in all, he has a lot to be proud of.
But you guys already know all of this, i am here to talk about what they should do, Washington has one of the best teams in baseball, which doesn't leave a lot of room for improvement, they have 2 of the top 5 starters in baseball, 2 other very capable ones, a good bullpen, a loaded infield, and a very good OF, their only clear weakness is at Catcher.
They should absolutely pursue Yasmany Grandal looking at the WAS roster it would be hard to find an offer that would really interest LA, but Matt Wieters is too bad to play every day, it's bad enough to give a below average hitter 550 at bats, andhis defense doesn't do him any favors, they have to pursue a catcher and the best one available is Yas, maybe you can work out something if not, i'd give Detroit a call on McCann he'd be an improvement, and lastly if i could offer a prospect haul that does not include Robles obviously to Miami for JT Realmuto, that'd be great, maybe they like one of the young pitchers, Erik Fedde, Joe Ross, a toolsy outfielder lile Juan Soto, thinking about it, i actually really like that.
The second thing isn't as necessary as the first but it could be very helpful, i'd pursue Wade Davis, going as high as 15 per year, which should keep them under the luxury tax, number one Wade is great but he's not Kenley Jansen or Craig Kimbrel, hence the ceilling at 15, in the postseason Davis has proved he can do it, great performances, it also takes some of the burdens off Madson, Doolittle, and Kintzler, giving you an elite bullpen, if they are going to sign a free agent starter they should either go small, very small like Jaime Garcia, Tyson Ross, Hector Santiago not necessarilly those guys but just 1 year, 4-6 mil guys or go very big and sign Jake Arrieta or Yu Darvish, big name guys, preferably Arrieta if cheaper, Darvish's postseason woes in Washington it juat wouldn't feel right, what they should not do is aign Lance Lynn, Alex Cobb, not that those guys are bad, is just that you're already close to the luxiry tax, they cost quite a bit and you're probably winjing the division with or without them and lastly in the postseason they don't do much for you, usually 1 or 2 short starts and make no mistake, right now for Washington it's all about the poatseason no fan will care if they 100 games, they need to win playoff series
Mike Rizzo has done a terrific job as the GM, getting Harper and Strasburg with the top picks wasn't a bad way to start, but if you look at it, the Murphy sign, great, how about the Trea Turner trade, high way robbery, he always seems to have good prospects, the Felipe Rivero deal wasn't his best moment, but all in all, he has a lot to be proud of.
But you guys already know all of this, i am here to talk about what they should do, Washington has one of the best teams in baseball, which doesn't leave a lot of room for improvement, they have 2 of the top 5 starters in baseball, 2 other very capable ones, a good bullpen, a loaded infield, and a very good OF, their only clear weakness is at Catcher.
They should absolutely pursue Yasmany Grandal looking at the WAS roster it would be hard to find an offer that would really interest LA, but Matt Wieters is too bad to play every day, it's bad enough to give a below average hitter 550 at bats, andhis defense doesn't do him any favors, they have to pursue a catcher and the best one available is Yas, maybe you can work out something if not, i'd give Detroit a call on McCann he'd be an improvement, and lastly if i could offer a prospect haul that does not include Robles obviously to Miami for JT Realmuto, that'd be great, maybe they like one of the young pitchers, Erik Fedde, Joe Ross, a toolsy outfielder lile Juan Soto, thinking about it, i actually really like that.
The second thing isn't as necessary as the first but it could be very helpful, i'd pursue Wade Davis, going as high as 15 per year, which should keep them under the luxury tax, number one Wade is great but he's not Kenley Jansen or Craig Kimbrel, hence the ceilling at 15, in the postseason Davis has proved he can do it, great performances, it also takes some of the burdens off Madson, Doolittle, and Kintzler, giving you an elite bullpen, if they are going to sign a free agent starter they should either go small, very small like Jaime Garcia, Tyson Ross, Hector Santiago not necessarilly those guys but just 1 year, 4-6 mil guys or go very big and sign Jake Arrieta or Yu Darvish, big name guys, preferably Arrieta if cheaper, Darvish's postseason woes in Washington it juat wouldn't feel right, what they should not do is aign Lance Lynn, Alex Cobb, not that those guys are bad, is just that you're already close to the luxiry tax, they cost quite a bit and you're probably winjing the division with or without them and lastly in the postseason they don't do much for you, usually 1 or 2 short starts and make no mistake, right now for Washington it's all about the poatseason no fan will care if they 100 games, they need to win playoff series
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