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1) Yeah, but at this point it appears he's only negotiating with one team...also known as dotting I's and crossing T's. 2) Agreed, and hopefully they use a chunk of the cash they had set aside for Tex to fill some holes.
Definitely this.
Yes, they have to spend some money and I believe they will sign at least a significant player or two.
Yeah now they can afford to re-sign Vindicator, Perez and throw in a couple of bums the likes of Belliard and Estrada and confidently say they tried.
Is this the longest thread ever in the Nationals section of this forum?
It was hard to see it at the time, and I didn't want to believe it...but the fact is the organization will have to prove itself over time to be stable and competitive before an elite-level free agent hitches his wagon to the Nats. For all Tex knows, the Lerners would sign him for 8 years and then seal up their wallets for the foreseeable future. We have no established track record for him to place his trust in the organization. It sucks, but it's the truth. The good news is, if the organization is truly dedicated to improving itself and spends some money this offseason...as the team gets better the more attractive DC will become to other players.
148 strikeouts < 164 strikeouts. Dukes strikeout numbers will decline as he matures as a hitter and flourishes into the most feared hitter in baseball. i look forward to coming back and comparing their stats when Dukes hits 40+ homers, makes his all-star debut, is the hr derby champ, breakout player of the yr, all while batting .280+, stealing bases, and playing stellar defense (three things Dunn could never dream of doing). i would never even compare the two anyways because they are totally different players. one is the complete package and a 5-tool force, and the other is a 1 tool overrated bum. Dukes is superior to Dunn as a baseball player.
Yeah i get that, but it really sucks because as i posted earlier "Teix is the complete package. Solid all around hitter, great glove, positive image, young, hometown kid ... I can keep it going."Who knows when the next one will come by and be available? Especially if we keep up this losing (which not to be a sportsfan, but i don't see that changing any time soon)
I'll try this once only. Forget OBP, lets go back 30 years in terms of stats.Take batting average. Ted Williams was the last guy to hit .400. That means, for each plate appearance that was a hit or an out, Williams got out 6 out of 10 times. Some were strikeouts, pop ups, foul tips, grounders, double plays. Baseball is a game of failure. Out of 500 plate appearances, that's 300 outs that aren't sacrifices. If 160 of them are strikeouts, frankly, who gives a crap. They don't advance runners, but they aren't DP's either.The best thing you can do is fail the right way. If you hit a sac fly or a sac bunt, that's a productive failure, so it doesn't count against your average (again, stats 30 years ago).If you strike out with bases loaded, it's a hell of a lot better than a double play with 1 out. It's the same as a pop up with 2 outs. You have to take your understanding beyond the 3rd grade level.One modification:Hitting 4th and walking 100 times, no way Dunn gets to 500 appearances, so strikeouts are most of his outs.
The good old saying is put the ball in play, you never know what will happen. Fielding error, throwing error, a bobble. I'm sorry but there's no one in professional baseball who will tell you it's better to K than put the ball in play regardless of the chance of a DP. People who argue that a K is better than a ball in play are the people who've never played ball before.
I was going to buy a Tex jersey right away. lol
I was thinking of buying an away or red tex jersey
You can do a statistical study of the chance of a groundout turning into a fielding error. In a bases loaded, 1 out situation, you do NOT want the ball on the ground.The point is that he's not a bad player because he strikes out a lot. Juan Pierre is a bad player because all he ever does is hit bloop singles and strike out.The good old saying sounds like Joe Morgan.
