Author Topic: Keith Law on Dunn (Read 26555 times)

ronnynat · « **Reply #25 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:21:06 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on February 12, 2009, 01:14:29 pm

unbelievable. What a complete jackass. Bowden is a fine GM. I don't care what anyone says.

I'd say he's in the bottom 10, but he's definitely not as bad as some make him out to be.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #26 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:22:33 pm »

Who does he view as a good GM? The only teams that are reguallry in it have budgets that allow them to make mistakes. Compare Cashman's mistakes, and Bowden looks like a great GM.

ronnynat · « **Reply #27 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:25:36 pm »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on February 12, 2009, 01:22:33 pm

Who does he view as a good GM? The only teams that are reguallry in it have budgets that allow them to make mistakes. Compare Cashman's mistakes, and Bowden looks like a great GM.

I'd give him these grades:

Trades - B+
Free Agency - C+
Contracts/Extensions - D
Team Construction - C-

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:26:41 pm »

freak it, here you go Law:

-Glenn Gibson for Elijah Dukes
-Livan Hernandez for Matt Chico and Garrett Mock
-Daryle Ward for Luis Atilano
-Mike Stanton for Shairon Martis
-Marlon Anderson for Jhonny Nunez; Jhonny Nunez for Alberto Gonzalez
-Brian Schneider and Ryan Church for Lastings Milledge
-Jon Rauch for Emilio Bonifacio; Emilio Bonifacio, Jake Smolinski, P.J. Dean for Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen
-Luis Ayala for Anderson Hernandez

How about some great signings/Minor League FA finds: Steven Shell (Mil FA), Joel Hanrahan (Mil FA), Saul Rivera (Mil FA), Jesus Flores (Rule 5), Willie Harris (ML FA), Ronnie Belliard (ML FA; I don't get the Belliard hate? stupid bastard Keith Law is an idiot),

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:28:32 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on February 12, 2009, 01:21:06 pm

I'd say he's in the bottom 10, but he's definitely not as bad as some make him out to be.

I don't buy it. He gets a bad rap for no good reason other than that people just don't like him.

It's not his fault that Young is an overweight atrocity and NJ gets hurt every year. We have to have a 1B-man and Bowden tried to accomplish that by giving these players 2-3 year extensions. They just screwed us.

R-Zim#11 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:29:21 pm »

Law's response:

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Harsh words from a guy who can't figure out your vs you're. Smoker's velocity was down and he spent most of the year on the shelf. I wouldn't hang my hat on him, and as good as Zimmerman is, he projects as a mid-rotation starter. That's not much of a return for a player who was in the midst of a huge contract push that year and for whom there was a lot of interest. But when your GM keeps asking teams for packages that make them hang up on him (as happened at least once in '07), you're not going to get anywhere in your rebuilding process. (Note the correct use of "you're" and "your" there, Dan. You might learn English if you stick around.) Compare Washington's trade results to other teams that have used the trade market to rebuild - Cleveland, Oakland, Texas. They converted their veteran players into younger assets. The Nationals have not.

Flood his chat!

ronnynat · « **Reply #31 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:30:02 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on February 12, 2009, 01:28:32 pm

I don't buy it. He gets a bad rap for no good reason other than that people just don't like him.

It's not his fault that Young is an overweight atrocity and NJ gets hurt every year. We have to have a 1B-man and Bowden tried to accomplish that by giving these players 2-3 year extensions. They just screwed us.

He takes risks. That can be a good thing, but it can freak you, too.

ronnynat · « **Reply #32 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:31:08 pm »

Quote from: R-Zim#11 on February 12, 2009, 01:29:21 pm

Law's response:
Flood his chat!

Someone should tell him that he spelled ZimmermaNN's name wrong.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:33:26 pm »

Quote from: R-Zim#11 on February 12, 2009, 01:29:21 pm

Law's response:
Flood his chat!

JZ projects as #1-2. what an idiot. We've dumped Ward, Marlon Anderson, Livan, Ayala, Stanton, etc, for quality players/prospects.

spidernat · « **Reply #34 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:34:48 pm »

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Harsh words from a guy who can't figure out your vs you're.

Actually that's pretty funny (even though it's a weak response). But why do you guys even care what that or any other motherfreaker in the media has to say? Why bother and waste you're (

) time even going there? his opinion won't impact the standings. The Nats are still going to go on the field and kick ass in '09.

daveb32 · « **Reply #35 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:34:55 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on February 12, 2009, 01:31:08 pm

Someone should tell him that he spelled ZimmermaNN's name wrong.

This

ronnynat · « **Reply #36 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:35:42 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on February 12, 2009, 01:33:26 pm

JZ projects as #1-2. what an idiot. We've dumped Ward, Marlon Anderson, Livan, Ayala, Stanton, etc, for quality players/prospects.

We need to stop talking about Zimmermann. It's depressing me b/c I really don't think they're going to let him make the rotation this year.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #37 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:35:49 pm »

If I were actually lame enough to subscribe to ESPN or whatever, I'd bombard the jerk with comments.

But whatever, we've established that Law's an idiot. He's not worth our time. My best advice is to stick with Rob Neyer.

spidernat · « **Reply #38 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:35:55 pm »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on February 12, 2009, 01:33:26 pm

JZ projects as #1-2. what an idiot.

Don't hang your hat on that sportsfan (I was going to write you're instead of your all day but it's annoying).

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #39 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:36:20 pm »

Quote from: spidernat on February 12, 2009, 01:34:48 pm

Actually that's pretty funny (even though it's a weak response). But why do you guys even care what that or any other motherfreaker in the media has to say? Why bother and waste you're () time even going there? his opinion won't impact the standings. The Nats are still going to go on the field and kick ass in '09.

Exactly.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:36:50 pm »

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Editor's Note: An earlier version of this blog entry listed Emilio Bonifacio as a member of the Nationals. He was traded to Florida in November as part of a multiplayer deal that sent Josh Willingham to Washington. The text has been corrected.

pwned

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #41 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:37:09 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on February 12, 2009, 01:35:42 pm

We need to stop talking about Zimmermann. It's depressing me b/c I really don't think they're going to let him make the rotation this year.

What's the rush? Our young pitching isn't going to really arrive until next year, anyway. If he spends a month or two honing his craft in Syracuse, all the better.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #42 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:37:22 pm »

Cleveland, Oakland, Texas?????

Texas may have the only rotation in baseball worse than ours, I like Beane, but his teams haven't exactly accomplished anything. Cleveland made a run, but it may be over- their rotation is weaker, Hanfer and Martinez looked terrible last year, their OF outside of Sizemore is weak, their SS can't field and their 2b can't hit. . .

ronnynat · « **Reply #43 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:37:53 pm »

Quote from: spidernat on February 12, 2009, 01:34:48 pm

Actually that's pretty funny (even though it's a weak response). But why do you guys even care what that or any other motherfreaker in the media has to say? Why bother and waste you're () time even going there? his opinion won't impact the standings. The Nats are still going to go on the field and kick ass in '09.

Optimistic Spidernat today, huh?

Yeah, I don't get why people care about this type of thing.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #44 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:38:26 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on February 12, 2009, 01:35:42 pm

We need to stop talking about Zimmermann. It's depressing me b/c I really don't think they're going to let him make the rotation this year.

It's okay. He may start the year in AAA or AA which wouldn't be terrible. I'm definitely sure we'll see him before the year lets out though.

daveb32 · « **Reply #45 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:38:29 pm »

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Harsh words from a guy who can't figure out your vs you're. Smoker's velocity was down and he spent most of the year on the shelf. I wouldn't hang my hat on him, and as good as Zimmerman is, he projects as a mid-rotation starter. That's not much of a return for a player who was in the midst of a huge contract push that year and for whom there was a lot of interest. But when your GM keeps asking teams for packages that make them hang up on him (as happened at least once in '07), you're not going to get anywhere in your rebuilding process. (Note the correct use of "you're" and "your" there, Dan. You might learn English if you stick around.) Compare Washington's trade results to other teams that have used the trade market to rebuild - Cleveland, Oakland, Texas. They converted their veteran players into younger assets. The Nationals have not.

Yeah!? Well the jerkstore called, and they're running out of you!

spidernat · « **Reply #46 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:38:51 pm »

Quote from: ACTAvation Energy on February 12, 2009, 01:37:09 pm

What's the rush? Our young pitching isn't going to really arrive until next year, anyway. If he spends a month or two honing his craft in Syracuse, all the better.

Absolutely.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #47 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:39:38 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on February 12, 2009, 01:37:53 pm

Optimistic Spidernat today, huh?

Yeah, I don't get why people care about this type of thing.

because this jerk is getting paid boat loads of money to type garbage like this. It's pathetic. Law is scum.

ronnynat · « **Reply #48 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:40:47 pm »

Quote from: ACTAvation Energy on February 12, 2009, 01:37:09 pm

What's the rush? Our young pitching isn't going to really arrive until next year, anyway. If he spends a month or two honing his craft in Syracuse, all the better.

Because, as of right now, he is one of the top 5 pitchers that we have in our organization. I think it only makes sense to give him as much experience in the majors as possible before we make a serious run at the playoffs; whether that be this year or 3 years from now.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #49 on:** February 12, 2009, 01:42:03 pm »

He's a top five prospect. How do we know that he's actually a top five pitcher over the entire org? We'll have to wait and see how he does against ML competition. That's the beauty of ST.