Pros and Cons of Trading Adam Dunn
Despite the win last night, the Nationals are still in rough shape, with a 34-44 record and 11 games behind the Braves in the NL East. The trade deadline is a month away, give or take a few days, and...
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Desmond Could Use a Bowa
You can pile all the responsibility of last night’s loss on Ian Desmond if you’d like. He made the error that may or may not have given the Braves a man on third with 2 outs and no runs a...
The Cure for Guzmania
I could lament about the horrible weekend for the Nationals. Or pretend that only losing each game by 1 run meant it wasn’t so bad because they contended. But none of those things are cathartic...
What to Do With This Lineup?
MASN’s Ben Goessling had a great post yesterday, laying out a potential change to the lineup. I don’t get to say this often about many people, but I’m in 100% agreement with him. Hi...
It’s Hard to Score Without Getting on Base
In case you weren’t aware, the Nats are in a bit of a hitting slump. The fact that they’ve won their last two notwithstanding, they still haven’t scored a ton. Maybe last night was ...
How About a Little Love for Dunn?
Last week I went out a limb for a Nats blogger and made the case for Ryan Zimmerman in the All Star game. Sure, it’s tough to be that man on an island, but hey, I’ll say what I think is r...
Put On Your GM Shoes
The Nationals have continued to slide this week and over the weekend. For most of the year, other than the heart of the order, the rest of the team has struggled to hit, and now even Ryan Zimmerman i...
It’s Been a Rough Couple of Weeks
The Nats are, as Buster Olney said, limping home for a weekend series against the White Sox. The team is now 5 games below .500. Since starting out 20-15, they have gone 11-21, which is just plain ba...
Only Lannan’s Bad Games Missing Grounders
John Lannan isn’t having a great season, and most of that can be specifically pointed to how many ground balls he induces in each game. Before we get into those numbers, let’s get into th...
How Zimmerman Ranks Among NL 3B
I’m going to warn you, this is probably the first of many posts discussing the merits and abilities of Ryan Zimmerman compared to his National League third base colleagues. Needless to say, I a...