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Um, it looks like we signed Chris Duncan a week ago. The transaction is listed as taking place on January 19. He is a non-roster spring training invitee.http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=408219
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=was#month=1&year=2010&team_id=120Willingham trade soon?
01/25/10 C Derek Norris assigned to Washington Nationals. RHP Drew Storen assigned to Washington Nationals.
hopefully to a minor league deal. the last two years he has been dreadful. I think he is off the juice.2006: 22 HRs in 280 ABs2007: 21 HRs in 375 ABs2008: 6 HRs in 222 ABs2009: 5 HRs in 260 ABs
This should just be a depth signing.
When presented an opportunity this week to let his client, Chris Duncan, talk about his unceremonious exit from St. Louis last summer, agent Barry Meister politely declined.“He’s going to let his bat do the talking,” Meister said.For that to happen, Meister has to find a team willing to sign the free-agent Duncan, who was traded by the Cardinals to Boston July 21, then released by Triple A Pawtucket a month later.Meister says he is actively talking to “about four” clubs “who are really serious” about signing Duncan. Meister declined to reveal the four teams, but it would be a safe bet that most, if not all, are in the American League, where Duncan could either play first base or be a designated hitter.The hardest part of evaluating Duncan for any club considering signing him is determining how well he has recovered from the surgery on his neck in Nov. 2008. It was that injury, Meister believes, which had the greatest impact on Duncan’s drop-off in performance from his first two years in the majors.In the combined 2006 and 2007 seasons, Duncan hit 43 homers and had 113 RBI in 217 games, a performance good enough to allow most clubs to live with less-than-perfect defense, a lot of strikeouts and probably a .260 or so average.In the 2008 and 2009 seasons, before the surgery and while he was still recovering, Duncan hit just 11 homers and drove in 59 runs in 163 games – a performance that then makes his other deficiencies a liability. In his one month at Triple A Pawtucket, Duncan hit only .188 with two homers and 10 RBI in 85 at-bats.“Obviously you could tell he was not 100 percent by the way he performed,” Meister said. “Beginning in the middle of last season, he had problems with his stamina. The doctors told us after the surgery it could be nine to 12 months before the nerves in his neck fully regenerated to the point where he would have the same strength as he did before the surgery.”The numbers do give an indication that strength and stamina might have been part of Duncan’s problem. In April, he hit .297 with two homers and 13 RBI. By July, he was limited to just four hits, all singles, in his last 44 at-bats as a Cardinal and struck out 17 times.Duncan and his brother Shelley, also a free agent, are living in Arizona this winter, working out with physical trainer and therapist Brett Fischer.“He’s getting a lot stronger,” Meister said. “We’re looking for the best opportunity we can find for him.”Meister said even if Duncan did want to discuss his feelings about his experiences with the Cardinals, he would not let him do it.“We’re forward-thinking now,” Meister said.One long-time unabashed Duncan supporter, Cardinal manager Tony La Russa, has not lost any faith in Duncan and believes whichever team signs him will be getting a good and productive player.“He’s healthy and hungry to prove,” La Russa said. “He’s out there for somebody.”
How and why did the Nationals add Storen and Norris to the 40-man? Storen I could understand. But why Norris? He hasn't played above Low-A Ball. Did they have room to add those guys or did they have to dump someone?
Yes... because its always good to defame a players reputation. That's such a better idea than actually buying he might have been hurt.
washingnats: #Nats signed Tyler Walker to a Major League deal worth $650,000.
I like it. We are going to see a completely different bullpen than last year. Several experienced guys who know what they are doing.
I can't believe Rizzo didn't let you know about this sooner.
He's sneaky which I guess isn't a bad thing although it's frustrating for me.
Potential bullpen candidates:-Matt Capps -Brian Bruney -Tyler Walker-Sean Burnett-Tyler Clippard I'd say we start with these guys for sure.-Eddie Guardado-Doug Slaten These guys fight for the last spot with J.D. Martin.-Ryan Speier-Joel Peralta-Drew Storen joins the team whenever the first other guy starts sucking and immediately joins our 7th/8th inning mix.-SPs that don't make rotation (i.e. Balester, Stammen, Martin, Mock, etc.)
SF, can I be honest with you for a moment?I'm not frustrated.
