The 2019 Blow It Up Thread

[Slateman]

Except when you're for going all-in.

All in or blow it up

Joe Ross is still in professional baseball?

Yes. Trying him as a reliever.

[GburgNatsFan]

At this point, the all-in thread is obsolete. Cupboards are bare, and by the time the Kimbrel cavalry arrived, it would be too late.

All in or blow it up

[NatsAllThe Way]

At this point, the all-in thread is obsolete. Cupboards are bare, and by the time the Kimbrel cavalry arrived, it would be too late.

Blow it up or Mail it in, then?

[Mattionals]

So what contracts are sunk? Who do you keep to build around?

My guess is that you could conceivably move the following this season:

Rendon
Turner
Doolittle
Barraclaugh
Kendrick
Dozier
Adams
Eaton

The three high priced starters are tough to flip. Now the big questions are, do you hold onto Soto and Robles? I think you do.

I really hate to buy into the blow it up idea, but pitching is a serious issue for this entire franchise. They can't stay under the tax threshold and fill all the holes. there just isn't enough talent in the minors to take up any slack. That and the serious issue with developing pitching at any level makes me serious wonder what can be done.

[Slateman]

So what contracts are sunk? Who do you keep to build around?

My guess is that you could conceivably move the following this season:

Rendon
Turner
Doolittle
Barraclaugh
Kendrick
Dozier
Adams
Eaton

The three high priced starters are tough to flip. Now the big questions are, do you hold onto Soto and Robles? I think you do.

I really hate to buy into the blow it up idea, but pitching is a serious issue for this entire franchise. They can't stay under the tax threshold and fill all the holes. there just isn't enough talent in the minors to take up any slack. That and the serious issue with developing pitching at any level makes me serious wonder what can be done.

Rendon, Dozier, Kendrick, and Adams are free agents at the end of the season.

[GburgNatsFan]

Could you imagine the desolation at Nats Park if they bust it up, in this event-oriented town, with $15 beers and $8 hot dogs?

[varoadking]

Could you imagine the desolation at Nats Park if they bust it up, in this event-oriented town, with $15 beers and $8 hot dogs?

A large Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager draft is actually now $16.00...

SPH price with ecash is only $12.80 though...

[Mattionals]

Rendon, Dozier, Kendrick, and Adams are free agents at the end of the season.

Sure, but why hold on to them? Might as well get something for them, even fliers on High A, or AA guys is better than nothing. The system isn't producing any pitchers, so move all of your players not locked up for 4+ years and get whatever you can. Eat as much cash as possible to maximize the return. You won't get blue chip prospects for guys with expiring contracts, but it's better than letting them walk in FA.

[Smithian]

While I'm about ready for Chip Hale or another manager, the Nats are only 5 games back and it is still early. A good week and they'll be okay.

I fully expect to be posting this again in late June.

[imref]

Sure, but why hold on to them? Might as well get something for them, even fliers on High A, or AA guys is better than nothing. The system isn't producing any pitchers, so move all of your players not locked up for 4+ years and get whatever you can. Eat as much cash as possible to maximize the return. You won't get blue chip prospects for guys with expiring contracts, but it's better than letting them walk in FA.

We might get a box of donuts for Dozier. 

[UMDNats]

We might get a box of donuts for Dozier. 

Didn't we get Tanner Roark for a bad Christian Guzman? You never know. Those donuts could feed our next Juan Soto.

[UMDNats]

Could you imagine the desolation at Nats Park if they bust it up, in this event-oriented town, with $15 beers and $8 hot dogs?

the other night it looked like we had 2,000 people at the game

[UMDNats]

We currently sit in 3rd-to-last-place in the NL

in fact, i think we are the 5th-worst team in the league

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

As long as we're better than the Orioles, the Phillies don't win the WS, and Max's sells shawarmas all season, I shall remain a fat, happy, complacent consumer of an inferior product.  Well, complacent anyways. 

[Slateman]

Didn't we get Tanner Roark for a bad Christian Guzman? You never know. Those donuts could feed our next Juan Soto.

Guzman was hitting .283 when we traded him

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

And then .153 for the rest of that year and he never played in a MLB regular season again.  King's ransom.

[Natsinpwc]

As long as we're better than the Orioles, the Phillies don't win the WS, and Max's sells shawarmas all season, I shall remain a fat, happy, complacent consumer of an inferior product.  Well, complacent anyways.

Two out of three is not bad.

[UMDNats]

What can we get for Barraclough? We need to be prepared to be the #1 seller this summer.

[NatsAllThe Way]

A large Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager draft is actually now $16.00...

SPH price with ecash is only $12.80 though...

How much is that in Canadian?

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Three pelts

How much is that in Canadian?

[varoadking]

How much is that in Canadian?

Though I like AtBC's conversion rate as well...

[GburgNatsFan]

20 loonies, eh?

How much is that in Canadian?

[mitlen]

A large Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager draft is actually now $16.00...

SPH price with ecash is only $12.80 though...

That's the best beer in the house since they did away with Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat on tap several years ago.   

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

The 16 oz Pilsener Urquells were decent, especially back when they were five bucks before first pitch.  Also the Flying Dog IPA (Snake Dog?) cans that the Beer(Wo)men (Hi Christy!) were lugging around for a few months several seasons ago. 

That's the best beer in the house since they did away with Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat on tap several years ago.   

[varoadking]

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