2015 Washington Nationals Thread - Hot Stove News: Daniel Murphy signed, Phillips is an idiot.

[Dan T.]

 

If you think of the areas where we crippled ourselves with the assumption that an all-time great rotation could carry the weight (1B, SS and at least two pen arms are needed going forward; hopefully Turner brings major league stuff to SS), performances like this are more necessary than the luxury the media assumed them to be when we were a preseason lock make the playoffs and possibly win it all.

 

 

I'm not sure of your point here.  Where did we "cripple ourselves" going into the season?  Are you saying that counting on Ian Desmond and Ryan Zimmerman at short and first going into the season should be considered a crippling shortcoming? Really? Only a fortune teller could have foreseen a month-long slump and plantar fasciitis.   Or are you talking about something else?

 

Granted, we all assumed the starting rotation would be the strength of this team, but the starting eight figured to be pretty solid too.  Hardly "crippling."

[Riggo#44]

Yes I believe we had to rally to not get swept there earlier this year. Feeling confident though given recent trends.

 

There was a game last year, Freddy Galvis hit a an eye-level fast ball for his 1st homerun of the season that year, for 369 ft. I believe Citizen's Bank Park was the only place it would have left the yard on. 

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340826122

 

Only Fenway has shorter power alleys: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/661740-mlb-ballparks-9-shortest-porches-in-major-league-baseball/page/6

 

 

Citizens Bank Park now has the shortest power alleys in baseball with the exception of Fenway. 

 

Left center field is 355 feet away from home plate, and right field is just 357 feet. 

[Dan T.]

There was a game last year, Freddy Galvis hit a an eye-level fast ball for his 1st homerun of the season that year, for 369 ft. I believe Citizen's Bank Park was the only place it would have left the yard on. 

 

 

 

Bryce may hit one out on a checked swing.

[CRobi21]

We just can't have too much fun..

 

Washington Nationals ‏@Nationals  40s40 seconds ago

#Nats select INF Emmanuel Burriss from Triple-A & place INF Anthony Rendon on the 15-day DL: http://atmlb.com/1Hl3wvk 

[StillUnknown]

health was the only knock on Rendon, proving to still be an issue

[skinswillwin06]

Unreal

[Riggo#44]

We just can't have too much fun..

 

Washington Nationals ‏@Nationals  40s40 seconds ago

#Nats select INF Emmanuel Burriss from Triple-A & place INF Anthony Rendon on the 15-day DL: http://atmlb.com/1Hl3wvk 

 

The Baseball gods best reward us at the end of the season for this...

[TheGoodBits]

health was the only knock on Rendon, proving to still be an issue

Yep. Got through last year fine but should have figured we'd see this pop up again.

[Riggo#44]

Desi really needs to get hot now...

[TheGoodBits]

Turner's quick promotion to AAA makes more sense now. Needed a guy there with Burriss coming up. Not that Turner wasn't ready or hadn't earned it though.

[Dan T.]

Sucks about Rendon.  Seemed like he was just starting to find his groove at the plate.

 

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Saw this earlier today:

 

Longest consecutive scoreless innings pitched by starting rotations in the modern era:

 

1974 Orioles  54

 

2008 Indians  44.1

 

1995 Orioles  42

 

2015 Nationals  41.1

[Riggo#44]

Nails it:

 

 

harpergordek ‏@harpergordek  14s15 seconds ago

Anthony Rendon is a funny way to spell Nick Johnson.

[Dan T.]

Nails it:

 

 

He's got some kind of strain...

 

New nickname:

 

Anthony Tendon?

 

Tony Two Weeks?

 

Anthony Run Down?

[Riggo#44]

He's got some kind of strain...

 

New nickname:

 

Anthony Tendon?

 

Tony Two Weeks?

 

Anthony Run Down?

 

Anthony Ren-DL.

[StillUnknown]

Bryce sitting out tonight

[skinfan2k]

Honestly giving these guys time now will only benefit later in the season.   

[Riggo#44]

Bryce sitting out tonight

 

This worries me...a lot.

[skinswillwin06]

I wonder if Charlie Manuel will get his job back

[Riggo#44]

At least there is some good news on the Rendon front:

 

 

Mark Zuckerman ‏@ZuckermanCSN  6m6 minutes ago

Rendon said it didn't bother him at plate, only in field and on bases. Good news is he can keep swinging while on DL, just can't run.

[skinfan2k]

This worries me...a lot.

 

with the soggy conditions and Max going on the hill, this is a good decision

[skinfan2k]

ok no i know why Anthony didn't stretch his hit into a double.  based on the hit, it was a easy double but he stopped for a single

[skinswillwin06]

Mark Zuckerman ‏@ZuckermanCSN 3s4 seconds ago

 

New #Nats lineup: Taylor CF, Espinosa 2B, Escobar 3B, Robinson LF, Ramos C, Desmond SS, Moore 1B, den Dekker RF, Scherzer P

 

Span has back spasms again. Gonna need another no no, Max.

[skinfan2k]

Dspan just scratched too

[Slateman]

Turner's quick promotion to AAA makes more sense now. Needed a guy there with Burriss coming up. Not that Turner wasn't ready or hadn't earned it though.

Still think Turner gets called up at some point

[TheGoodBits]

Still think Turner gets called up at some point

We'll definitely see him in Sept, maybe sooner if injuries dictate. But I'd rather keep him at AAA otherwise if he was only going to ride the bench here.