tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post4958473854986063372..comments2023-10-17T10:45:07.796-04:00Comments on FJB: Ex-Nats of NoteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-51852424554567381502009-07-02T20:32:36.714-04:002009-07-02T20:32:36.714-04:00What about Shawn Hill? 12 IP, 7 ER, 1 Tommy John ...What about Shawn Hill? 12 IP, 7 ER, 1 Tommy John surgery. Guess it turns out that the Nats need not regret releasing him.Deez Natshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281335833152704018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-75499251948591894482009-06-26T23:23:11.968-04:002009-06-26T23:23:11.968-04:00you forgot brendan harris.you forgot brendan harris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-56564908945227277542009-06-26T13:50:00.632-04:002009-06-26T13:50:00.632-04:00For me, the right way to evaluate the Soriano non-...For me, the right way to evaluate the Soriano non-deal is not to compare the value of Zimmermann and Smoker now to Soriano or what else we would have gotten. The fact that we happened to hit on the Zimmermann pick doesn't mean that it's good to trade a player of soriano's caliber for 2 draft picks. The average value of a 2nd round pick is just not very good. In fact, it's quite bad, compared even to the value of half a season of Soriano in his prime.<br /><br />It's a coincidence of fate that one of the draft picks that the Nationals made that seems at this point to be a real hit was that compensation pick.<br /><br />Keep in mind too that Burgess was a higher pick than Zimmermann. They could have traded Soriano and gotten Zimmermann with the Burgess pick. Now maybe you're a huge Michael Burgess fan, but would you be saying Soriano for Michael Burgess is a good deal?<br /><br />Anyway, as a fan, I'm super-psyched this is working out. But the odds of success on a deal like this were very low. So I think the right way to think of it is that the team did a dumb thing but it worked out--the blind squirrel found a nut.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-4282843793323356562009-06-26T12:52:58.374-04:002009-06-26T12:52:58.374-04:00That Soriano trade is the gift that keeps on givin...That Soriano trade is the gift that keeps on giving. Much as you may hate Bowden, I have to give him kudos for that move. Soriano was the hit attraction during his year here, and now Zimmermann is looking like the real deal. I remember disagreeing with my uncle all year about how it was wise to let him walk rather than trade him. <br /><br />On the other hand, I'm not so sure about the Olsen/Willingham deal. Smolinski could be solid, and it's yet to be seen what we'll do with Willingham. He's playing now, but at the potential expense of Dukes' development.<br /><br />I agree with you that Olsen is dubious at best. <br /><br />That was the one deal where we took on some salary and it hasn't been a slam dunk.Souldrummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685083065199966573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-81100999830326556372009-06-26T12:23:53.902-04:002009-06-26T12:23:53.902-04:00The two draft picks are Zimmermann and Josh Smoker...The two draft picks are Zimmermann and Josh Smoker.John O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014476389355562158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-29979498658740357302009-06-26T11:49:31.038-04:002009-06-26T11:49:31.038-04:00Well, we don't know what we could have receive...Well, we don't know what we could have received in a trade. But certainly we don't seem to have come out noticeably worse in any of those trades. <br /><br />Of course, most of them are trades of scraps for scraps.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074246508221440257.post-83239631817439640622009-06-26T11:25:04.015-04:002009-06-26T11:25:04.015-04:00Even better with Soriano - aren't those two dr...Even better with Soriano - aren't those two draft picks Zimmerman and Detweiler? We all gave Bowden crap for not trading him, but the end result looks pretty good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com