Let's say we could have free'd up money to pick up a top notch Lefty out of the BP . Owners still have an idea of what they'd like to spend on their team. The money isn't limitless w/o a cap. I like Werth, though...just want him to be healthy. It's starting to run out on my trust on him, though. He's a good team leader kind of guy...that's very important in this game.
Lerners have said in the past that money isnt an issue. For the record I am usually against big FA signings ( the list goes on for FA disasters) , but in that situation the Nats were having trouble getting anyone on board to get the team in contention. They needed a splash, it made more sense at the time.
That being said, the absolute zero production from any replacement player is killing us, and daveys questionable lineups ( why he has suzuki batting 8th all the time, his Danny in the 2 - hole experiment) arent helping either.
