Author Topic: Report: Wieters Nearing Deal with Nats  (Read 17435 times)

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Offline whytev

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Re: Report: Wieters Nearing Deal with Nats
« Reply #175: February 25, 2017, 01:50:08 AM »
Sisters in the past three seasons has actually been better as a lefty. It was way the other way before 2014. Anyway, I think the trade off is having three catchers and no MAT means that you "close your eyes and pray alarm Adam Dunn" with Lind in LF and sub Norris in at 1B when Zim needs a day off against a lefty. I for one think the Nats should hold onto Norris to see if he bounces back some, since they really won't get anything for him.

Wieters OPSed .733 vs. RHP last year. Not awful for a catcher. .746 the year before.

Norris was a tire fire last year but he's always been better against LHP. .810 two years ago. If he bounces back (which I expect him to), that's a pretty solid platoon. Catchers don't play every day anyway.

Prediction: Rizzo caves and trades Severino for Robertson. Three catchers are carried all spring. Lobatón gets traded for a random AA arm a day or two before the season starts.

Prediction null and void if anyone gets hurt.