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[nats2playoffs]

olney:
Nationals making moves
With the signing of Adam LaRoche to a two-year deal, the Nationals' lineup could look like this:

CF Denard Span
RF Jayson Werth
LF Bryce Harper
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Adam LaRoche
SS Ian Desmond
2B Danny Espinosa
C Kurt Suzuki/Wilson Ramos

If we keep Morse we'll have a lineup like this:

CF Span  L
RF Werth  R
LF Harper  L
3B Zimmerman  R
1B LaRoche  L
SS Desmond  R
2B Espinosa  S
C   Ramozuki  R

and a bench of:
R  Morse 1B/OF
S  Lombo 2B/SS/3B/LF
L  Bernie OF
L  Tracy 1B/3B

NEWS ALERT: zimm_da_kid = Buster Olney

Davey Johnson said last year that he likes a lineup that alternates between left and right, deterring an opponent from bringing in a lefty specialist who stinks against right-handed batters.  (But Zim-with-1-N may have to amend his contract, if it requires that he always bats 3rd.) Davey also said in late December that he expected Morse to be traded, if LaRoche is signed.