Well this is going to be a very National themed entry. First off, they now have Dmitri Young and Tony Batista. When asked about these signings, their reaction was basically this, “It gives us depth at the position of first base and third base”
I guess I follow that statement, until it was followed with this:
It also gives us trade bait for prospects
… I'm pretty confident that the nationals will get very little in terms of prospects for these two…no offense to them
Our boy on the Nationals, Manny Acta, was interviewed about starting his dream job. His main concern in the spring is keeping everyone moving. They have 4 rotations spots with 12 serious people starting out. More surprising is on top of the 40 man roster, they have a total 71 people so far, now up 73 with the additional signings above, of people trying to get on that 40 man roster
The last four games of spring training, the Nats play the O's, four days straight…I have a good feeling that for the Orioles it will be like playing a different team everyday just about.
Keeping with this National Team, its time for fantasy comparison. Please note that there probably have already been changes to this starting list, and there will be more coming later…so dont take this one too seriously.
Felipe Lopez: 7.1 (Valtine 7.7)
Nick Johnson: 8.5 (Delgado 9.0)
Ryan Zimmeran: 9.2 (Wright 9.2)
Austin Kearns: 7.0 (Green 7.0)
Brian Schneider: 7.5 (LoDuca 8.3)
Kory Casto: 6.4 (Alou 7.7)
Cristian Guzman: 5.8 (Reyes 9.6)
Nook Logan: 6.6 (Beltran 9.2)
Nationals: 58.1
Mets: 67.7
So first time in one of these, we see a big difference, which shouldnt be a surprise…not that these things mean anything. Not to mention, the Nationals also expect church to be a factor this time around, but was not listed in the Sporting News Preview, which is where these numbers were pulled, still Florida, Baltimore and the other New York to go…and I'll do some more stat analysis.
The O's reported yesterday. One more days to till the Mets…Welcome Back Baseball…although, thru this offseason like always… u never really left
