Kensing gone again, Maxwell or Morse up

[natsfan4evr]

I hope so.

Can't be a better time. I assume he passed through waivers already
He's hot right now, his stock is the highest it's been all season.

[PANatsFan]

Can't be a better time. I assume he passed through waivers already
He's hot right now, his stock is the highest it's been all season.

GM's have to be excited for the prospect that his problems were are motivation-driven. A playoff race could help him play even better.

[Obed_Marsh]

Can't wait till people start ripping him for not being the next big thing.

He's trash. Who wanted that bum called up?

[DCFan]

He's trash. Who wanted that bum called up?

It's got LAC written all over it.

[sportsfan882]

Good for Morse.


I'd call up 25 year-old RH relief pitcher Josh Wilkie (GWU Alum) from Syracuse and get rid of Belliard.

Wilkie has been great at every level.

2008 with A+: 60.2 IP 52 H 14 ER 1 HR 12 BB 45 K (1-2, 5 Saves, 2.08 ERA, 1.05 WHIP)

2009 with AA: 49.1 IP 48 H 13 ER 2 HR 13 BB 40 K (5-2, 3 Saves, 2.37 ERA, 1.24 WHIP)

2009 with AAA: 12.1 IP 7 H 2 ER 0 HR 2 BB 12 K (2-0, 1 Save, 1.46 ERA, 0.73 WHIP)

[Nathan]

Morse should start tomorrow's game over AlGo or Belly.

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Wow, I didn't realize Wilkie was doing so well.  That's really promising and also a little reassuring given the current status of our pen.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

This is Wilkie's 4th year in the minors.  I forget whether he must be added to  the 40 man in order to avoid rule 5 this winter.  If he does not need to be added, I would forego the call up and give him a spring invite.  It's usually to a team's advantage to delay adding a guy to the 40 man until he's needed.

[tomterp]

from Christina Kahrl, BP - 8/17

Since being picked up from the Mariners, Morse had mostly been playing at the infield corners for the Chiefs, a role I'd expect him to continue to fulfill for a Nats team taking its lumps with Adam Dunn at first base. You might wonder about his other applications, since he's played everywhere. After all, over at second Ronnie Belliard's playing out the string, and alternating with Alberto Gonzalez, who's still left over from Jim Bowden's mad dash to acquire everyone else's punchless middle infielders last summer. That said, I don't have any big expectations that you'll see Morse starting all around the diamond; Jim Riggleman already has Willie Harris around for such a purpose, and hasn't used wee Willie much since taking over the team. Instead, Riggs has gone with a relatively set lineup, so I'd expect Morse to be the right-handed foil to Harris' infrequent spot starting and more usual pinch-hitting assignments. If nothing else, having the pair of them does afford the skipper all sorts of possibilities for tactical cleverness late in games or in extra innings.