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Offline zimm_da_kid

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5 million is a good number for him if he plays half the games and pinch hits. Question is who do you platoon with him?

Nats have been declining so many guys today. It's so morbid because you talk family and your guys yet this is the last time the gang will be together because like 6-7 or them are gone now
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Ride a mix of Howie, Zimm, Cabrera, Moustakas, and ketel marte at 2nd, 3rd, and first.  Also have ketel marte as the backup shortstop as Turner injury insurance.

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Unless there is another Soto or Robles like player coming up from the minors

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Ride a mix of Howie, Zimm, Cabrera, Moustakas

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And what about Parra ?

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Unless there is another Soto or Robles like player coming up from the minors

There isn’t.  Soto is a once in a generation talent.

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Marmelejos probably wouldn’t be any worse than Adams as a LH 1B option.

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I am thinking $8 to $10 million. He has value. For perspective,  they paid Matt Adams $4 million this season.

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Ride a mix of Howie, Zimm, Cabrera, Moustakas, and ketel marte at 2nd, 3rd, and first.  Also have ketel marte as the backup shortstop as Turner injury insurance.
Kieboom is starting somewhere next year, likely 2B.  Cabrera and Parra will not be back.

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BS - you are reading too much detail into my comment.  How about an up & coming fulltime player ?

There isn’t.  Soto is a once in a generation talent.
Unless there is another Soto or Robles like player coming up from the minors


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Kieboom is starting somewhere next year, likely 2B.  Cabrera and Parra will not be back.

I'd rather see Cabrera as the full time starter at 2nd.

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Moreland has been about league average offensively as a lefty with some pop. he's been above average defensively as first baseman.  he's coming off a 2 year, $13MM contract, so I'd think he could be had for Adams money. 

Bour is coming off a bad year but was a legit all star 2 years ago.  He's also a lefty hitter, and he's even cheaper than Adams was last year. 

Brad Miller made $1MM last year and is coming off a pretty good year for another lefty.  he did not play 1st last year, but has played ineffective defense at multiple positions in the past.  Came up as a middle infielder. 

Justin Smoak swings both ways and is Canadian, so maybe Exposfan87 has some thoughts.  Not an average guy (1 year hit .270 pulling his career up to .231) and has been mostly a full-timer while with the Jays.  He will seek a lot more than these other guys but may get desperate.

Neil Walker is also a switch hitter I'd think about and could be had probably for $2MM he made last year.

Of these guys, I'd look for a Moreland at < $5MM and Miller at < $3.5MM as a
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Offline Elvir Ovcina

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Kieboom is starting somewhere next year, likely 2B.  Cabrera and Parra will not be back.

I think the best part of that post was positing Ketel Marte as seemingly a throw in there, including as a backup SS.  The guy isn't a free agent, and he just hit 32 homers while missing a batting title by fractions of a percentage point.    He'll get MVP votes.   Trading for him would probably require Robles, Kieboom, and at least one more top prospect (which the Nats don't really have). 

I thought ZDK was just kinda dim before, but now I'm pretty sure he's a troll.

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Moreland has been about league average offensively as a lefty with some pop. he's been above average defensively as first baseman.  he's coming off a 2 year, $13MM contract, so I'd think he could be had for Adams money. 

Bour is coming off a bad year but was a legit all star 2 years ago.  He's also a lefty hitter, and he's even cheaper than Adams was last year. 

Brad Miller made $1MM last year and is coming off a pretty good year for another lefty.  he did not play 1st last year, but has played ineffective defense at multiple positions in the past.  Came up as a middle infielder. 

Justin Smoak swings both ways and is Canadian, so maybe Exposfan87 has some thoughts.  Not an average guy (1 year hit .270 pulling his career up to .231) and has been mostly a full-timer while with the Jays.  He will seek a lot more than these other guys but may get desperate.

Neil Walker is also a switch hitter I'd think about and could be had probably for $2MM he made last year.

Of these guys, I'd look for a Moreland at < $5MM and Miller at < $3.5MM as a
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Moreland is probably a perfect platoon guy. ~.800 OPS against RHP the last three seasons. Would take the bulk of the games, allowing Zim to become the Howie Kendrick role. And if we could get under $10 million for both, that would be a nice bit of production. Plus, you would always have a DH for the AL games.

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Kieboom is starting somewhere next year, likely 2B.  Cabrera and Parra will not be back.
I think the best part of that post was positing Ketel Marte as seemingly a throw in there, including as a backup SS.  The guy isn't a free agent, and he just hit 32 homers while missing a batting title by fractions of a percentage point.    He'll get MVP votes.   Trading for him would probably require Robles, Kieboom, and at least one more top prospects. 

I thought ZDK was just kinda dim before, but now I'm pretty sure he's a troll.
Also, Marte spent the majority of the season in CF.

Offline Elvir Ovcina

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Also, Marte spent the majority of the season in CF.

I was trying to cut a little slack on that point as he clearly can play the IF positions, but yeah.  Doesn't take a genius to think that taking a guy who just turned into a monster when you moved him to the OF and moving him back to the IF full time might be begging for even more regression than would otherwise happen.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/dougherty_jesse/status/1201649037834887168

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Ryan Zimmerman just now on whether discussions about his future are all centered on the Nationals: “I think I’ve made my intentions pretty clear. It’s either play some more here or play some more golf.”

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Zuck:

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Ryan Zimmerman, officially a free agent for the first time, reiterated that he’s not worried about his situation and that he doesn’t plan to ever play anywhere but Washington.

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He really is.  Truly a storybook career.

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He really is.  Truly a storybook career.

I imagine when you win the WS at the end of your contract, you feel like you can call it quits if necessary.

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That is storybook like, but a really competitive person could look at that success and want to do it again.

I imagine when you win the WS at the end of your contract, you feel like you can call it quits if necessary.

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Zman is a class act. When you look at DC sports he will have a place in history.

Him and Ovi and the DC legends that we all love. If he has more in the tank let him play a year or two in a PH/DH for AL games/occasional start role. Well worth it for his caliber of play.

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That is storybook like, but a really competitive person could look at that success and want to do it again.


If he retires he can focus on his foundation. I think he has his priorities straight. He’s really a throwback with this love for DC but it fits

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If he retires he can focus on his foundation. I think he has his priorities straight. He’s really a throwback with this love for DC but it fits

If he wants to do the most for his foundation, probably the best way to do it is play another year or two. If he's already decided that he's made enough money, any salary he makes in the future could go directly to that. Playing a baseball season in a lot harder than running a charity though...

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Were he 28, I'm sure he'd want to.

That is storybook like, but a really competitive person could look at that success and want to do it again.

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Zman is a class act. When you look at DC sports he will have a place in history.

Him and Ovi and the DC legends that we all love. If he has more in the tank let him play a year or two in a PH/DH for AL games/occasional start role. Well worth it for his caliber of play.
Yeah, Ovi is great, Putin's buddy.