Riggo#44 Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Bacon said: If you have been witness to something great, you shouldn't cast it aside when it ends. Many aren't so lucky. If anything, use it to strengthen your resolve and belief that maybe, just maybe, you'll see that shooting star again. If anything, now is the time to put your confidence back in Mike Rizzo; he and Juan Soto are the present and future of this team and they are both extremely good at what they do. That was beautiful, Bacon. I think this sums up the last couple of days perfectly. I keep telling myself "don't be sad that it's over, rejoice that it happened." We got to watch a Hall of Famer every 5 days, and he will go into the Hall in our Curly W. We got to watch this team grow from losing 298 games across three seasons, to one of the best teams over 9 years. Very few teams can say that at any point in their history. And, we got to watch the most epic, improbable, unforgettable runs to a title, and that flag will fly for ****ing ever and no one can take it. Now it's time to do it all over again. I'm ready. Let's go! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Mike Rizzo and the Oakland A's. Trading partners forever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, CRobi21 said: Very logical moves, but I am really going to miss those two. I barely got to know Josh Harrison but he seems like an awesome dude lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Rizzo and the 2021 Nationals... Edited July 30, 2021 by Dan T. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 It goes without saying but do NOT read anything on Nats Twitter today if you value your sanity. It's horrible. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Should try to find someone to dump Corbin’s contract on. Nats would have to pay for a good bit of it. But he’d *at worst* one hell of a bullpen addition for the playoffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, skinsfan_1215 said: Should try to find someone to dump Corbin’s contract on. Nats would have to pay for a good bit of it. But he’d *at worst* one hell of a bullpen addition for the playoffs. At this point, hope he rebounds next year. We'd have to include Ruiz to get it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Bacon said: Very logical moves, but I am really going to miss those two. I barely got to know Josh Harrison but he seems like an awesome dude lol he quickly became my favorite (non-superstar) player on the team this year. he was so entertaining the watch, and always seemed like he was happy. definitely going to miss him Edited July 30, 2021 by mammajamma 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burgold Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 As a good a GM as Rizzo is, and he is very good, is he a poor drafter? Seems like forever since we've had good farm prospects rise up to be every day contributors (I could be wrong about this. I follow haphazzardly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, mammajamma said: Eh, I think she’s overselling this. Overall I like what Rizzo is doing, but these three are long shots to help the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammajamma Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 pretty fitting that we're playing the cubs tonight. theyre selling off all their main guys that finally got them their WS too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Borgold said: As a good a GM as Rizzo is, and he is very good, is he a poor drafter? Seems like forever since we've had good farm prospects rise up to be every day contributors (I could be wrong about this. I follow haphazzardly) Drafting and developing is very difficult especially when you are living at the end of the draft for a very long time. Take a look at Tampa, a strong organization that can’t really participate in FA, they only have two starting position players that they’ve drafted and developed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Borgold said: As a good a GM as Rizzo is, and he is very good, is he a poor drafter? Seems like forever since we've had good farm prospects rise up to be every day contributors (I could be wrong about this. I follow haphazzardly) MLB draft is probably the biggest crapshoot out of any, and after 2012 we were consistently had and thus had consistently lower draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Can't wait to see tonight's lineup... Should be fun/interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Borgold said: As a good a GM as Rizzo is, and he is very good, is he a poor drafter? Seems like forever since we've had good farm prospects rise up to be every day contributors (I could be wrong about this. I follow haphazzardly) He focuses his high picks on starting pitching, and those can be crap shoots. They can pay off huge, but the % of drafted pitchers that become productive MLB starters is way lower than, say, first round NFL WR. Of Rizzos last 10 first round picks, 8 have been pitchers. Theyve also largely been in contention, so young minor league prospects get traded for MLBers looking to fortify the current team. See Giolito, Lucas. Edited July 30, 2021 by PleaseBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, CRobi21 said: Can't wait to see tonight's lineup... Should be fun/interesting. I’d play Keiboom 3B and Garcia SS/2B everyday for the rest of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Good news guys, don’t have to enjoy the Jon Lester every 5th day for the rest of the year! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, skinsfan_1215 said: Good news guys, don’t have to enjoy the Jon Lester every 5th day for the rest of the year! Are we getting Arenado back???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Ball Security said: Are we getting Arenado back???? Absolutely not, would have had to package Sam Clay in for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Lester gone too?!?!?! Ohhhhhhnnnnnnnoooooooooo...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, skinsfan_1215 said: Absolutely not, would have had to package Sam Clay in for that. That’s a bridge too far. Edited July 30, 2021 by Ball Security 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 25 years old, has played in 82 big league games over the last 3 seasons. Career .172 hitter and most of that was from 2019. Occupies the roll of “a warm body” for the Nats the rest of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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