Nationals vs Pirates, Game 3

[expos1994]

Thornton should pitch the 7th
Storen the 8th
and Clippard should be the closer.

Maybe Soriano can be the 7th inning guy if he's professional enough to handle the job.

[vicki4471]

Its funny that everyone is calling for Clippard to close when earlier in the season they were calling for him to be traded . Clippard can still be erratic and has had huge defensive plays behind him two games in a row (both by Asdrubal I believe) that had he not gotten would have put men on base.I am not saying that Soriano is not a problem but the grass is not always greener.What we really need is managers who are proactive and willing to act at the first sign of trouble. That game could have still be won in the 9th if action had been taken quicker. It was obvious he did not have his command so that it got as out of control as it did is on McCatty and Williams.

[varoadking]

Its funny that everyone is calling for Clippard to close when earlier in the season they were calling for him to be traded . Clippard can still be erratic and has had huge defensive plays behind him two games in a row (both by Asdrubal I believe) that had he not gotten would have put men on base.I am not saying that Soriano is not a problem but the grass is not always greener.What we really need is managers who are proactive and willing to act at the first sign of trouble. That game could have still be won in the 9th if action had been taken quicker. It was obvious he did not have his command so that it got as out of control as it did is on McCatty and Williams.

McCatty is clueless...

[welch]

Woke up, checked the box score, and the victory didn't vanish over-night. What a game! And what a contribution from Jayson Werth, sore shoulder and all!!!

[mimontero88]

Woke up, checked the box score, and the victory didn't vanish over-night. What a game! And what a contribution from Jayson Werth, sore shoulder and all!!!

After that game, I called my dad to tell him I think Jayson Werth might be underpaid.  I was kidding, of course, but seriously for as much as we all said he was overpaid when we got him and for as rough as 2011 was for him, how good does that contract look now?

EDIT:  And I mean that to say it looks good even though WE KNOW (yes, we do) that the production will not stay where it is for the last three years.  At a minimum, he should be an albatross in the last year when he will be paid (if I remember correctly) M$21 but we also knew that when we signed him.

[welch]

After that game, I called my dad to tell him I think Jayson Werth might be underpaid.  I was kidding, of course, but seriously for as much as we all said he was overpaid when we got him and for as rough as 2011 was for him, how good does that contract look now?

EDIT:  And I mean that to say it looks good even though WE KNOW (yes, we do) that the production will not stay where it is for the last three years.  At a minimum, he should be an albatross in the last year when he will be paid (if I remember correctly) M$21 but we also knew that when we signed him.

He's "werth" even more just for playing through the injuries we know and those we probably won't hear about. It's an example to the rest of the team..."this is what winners do".

For that matter, I won't grumble about his salary in the last year of his contract. Werth reminds me of Paul O'Neill (minus the self-directed temper): Paulie O was backbone of those Yankee pennant winners even though others hit for a higher average or more home runs. I saw a huge drop when O'Neill retired and Steinbrenner signed Giambi.