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Rookie Monster Alert: Pitcher who has never thrown to single batter in the Majors is better than a vet who's been pitching well.
What? Turner got benched like a week ago. They weren't just going to cut him. The bullpen seems like it's be a squeaky wheel all season and to think they only cut Kelley because of last night is naive.
It's August. It's kind of late to be a tough guy.
Another case of selective enforcement. The clubhouse knows it and it's too late to impress Harper, Turner, etc. A case of a lax management team trying to get tough. It's laughable.
Coredero = Henry Rodriguez 2.0
It's August. It's kind of late to be a tough guy. The Nats ain't bullcraptin' anybody. You know it. I know it. We all know it. That's the nature of any "business". Let's not pretend that this is some "signal" to the team.
So the positives are lies and the negatives are true.In my experience they are both at minimum stretches of the actual truth.
I know it's old news, but when the rookie manager lets a veteran player take Spring Training games off, I find it hard to cut a guy for throwing a glove. It's five and a half months too late to try the disciplinarian route. It smells of BS. And yeah, I'm pretty sure that the next time Turner throws a tantrum after a strikeout, he's not going to be DFA'ed.
Zimmerman began taking at-bats in minor league games a few weeks ago and found that he enjoyed the experience. He could get plenty of at-bats against prospect-level pitching — as many in one day as he might in three Grapefruit League games — while not enduring the wear and tear of playing the field. For a man once troubled by plantar fasciitis who has been an everyday big leaguer since late in 2005, consensus holds that the less time he spends standing around in cleats, the better.Zimmerman took to the infield with his teammates Tuesday. He has been hitting on the field with them for weeks. He has done extra hitting work with Kevin Long and extra fielding drills with Tim Bogar.
In spite of the fact that he played in just one Grapefruit League game this Spring, GM Mike Rizzo told MLB Network Radio’s Eduardo Perez and Steve Phillips earlier this month that he was fully confident Zimmerman would be ready for the start of the season.“Zim is getting a lot of at bats on the back fields,” Rizzo explained. “We like that controlled environment for our veteran players. He likes it out there. He can get ten at bats in a day if he wants to, he leads off every inning, kind of the way he likes to do it.”
If the bullpen itself became a toxic influence on the team, then these moves are probably effective especially if they rid themselves of the main problems. I can see it happening. A bunch of guys sitting out there bored for 6 innings every game start feeding off of each other's negativity, and get more confidence to spout off as a group. Then the guys are like "why are we letting these middle relief guys who work an inning every game or two get away with this crap". Same reason an NFL team wouldn't stand for a kicker being a distraction.
Just more inconsistency from management. We've become the freaking Deadskinz.
A bunch of bored folks feeding off each other’s negativity. Are you taking about the Nats’ bullpen or WNFF?
There are also reports that it isn’t.
He didn't say he got rid of him only for his glove throwing antics. Read between the lines. And I think sending a message that players are going to be held accountable will impact the entire roster. Those who can't be cut will still realize that their crap won't be tolerated. Trade and benching are always options.
As long as they’re expendable, don’t expect the important guys to be held accountable though, that’s crazy talk
That's how sports works.Doolittle throws a tantrum and calls out a manager? We better damn well put up with it.Kelley gets frustrated and throws down his glove? DFA.We're not unique
Rizzo takes charge: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/nationals-journal/wp/2018/08/01/mike-rizzo-delivers-a-message-for-nationals-if-youre-not-in-youre-in-the-way/?utm_term=.c23f6b4c4724Mike Rizzo delivers a message for Nationals: ‘If you’re not in, you’re in the way’
of course, but that’s why it’s ridiculous to think something like this sends a message
It's meant to send a message to the backups and role players. Players on the fringe. In sports, starters and key players almost always buy in. They're on the field every day, they're invested, they're the ones who look bad when things go wrong. Clubhouse cancers tend to be backups who are lockerroom litigators when things go badly. If you want a healthy lockerroom, it often starts from the bottom up.
