Author Topic: Welcome Josh Bell (Read 4915 times)

imref · « **Reply #50:** December 25, 2020, 03:33:45 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on December 25, 2020, 03:26:19 PM

I'm curious to see how Davey puts the lineup together with two lefty power hitters to work with. Soto in the 2 hole? Bell in cleanup?

No sense speculating until we have a CO we know who’s playing third.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #51:** December 25, 2020, 04:17:35 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on December 25, 2020, 03:26:19 PM

I'm curious to see how Davey puts the lineup together with two lefty power hitters to work with. Soto in the 2 hole? Bell in cleanup?

well, do you pencil in Castro at this point, either at 3d or 2d? If you do, you could see something like

1. Turner - SS
2, Soto - RF
3. Castro - 3B / 2B
4. Bell - 1B
5. Gomes? - C
6. Stevenson - LF
7. Keiboom / Garcia - 3B /2B
8. Robles - CF
9. Pitcher

I suspect you see one more hitter picked up, maybe Suarez in a trade, maybe a free agent, who slots in at #5, dropping Gomes back to 6th or 7th. Davey like his lefty / righty back and forth in the line up.

raleighnat · « **Reply #52:** December 25, 2020, 04:56:55 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on December 25, 2020, 04:17:35 PM

well, do you pencil in Castro at this point, either at 3d or 2d? If you do, you could see something like

1. Turner - SS
2, Soto - RF
3. Castro - 3B / 2B
4. Bell - 1B
5. Gomes? - C
6. Stevenson - LF
7. Keiboom / Garcia - 3B /2B
8. Robles - CF
9. Pitcher

I suspect you see one more hitter picked up, maybe Suarez in a trade, maybe a free agent, who slots in at #5, dropping Gomes back to 6th or 7th. Davey like his lefty / righty back and forth in the line up.

Still need another move. But Bell is a nice, necessary piece. Would love to get a big bag in corner outfield and let Stephenson compete for centerfield.

NatsAllThe Way · « **Reply #53:** December 25, 2020, 08:02:51 PM »

Quote from: varoadking on December 25, 2020, 01:23:31 PM

Joyeux Noël, frère...

haha.. oui Joyeux Noel mon ami!!

raleighnat · « **Reply #54:** December 25, 2020, 08:43:16 PM »

I gotta feeling Nats will make a run at DJL.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #55:** December 25, 2020, 09:54:01 PM »

Quote from: NatsAllThe Way on December 25, 2020, 08:02:51 PM

haha.. oui Joyeux Noel mon ami!!

et Bonne Annee mes ami

Slateman · « **Reply #56:** December 25, 2020, 10:27:42 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/nationals/status/1342591131989716993?s=21

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #57:** December 26, 2020, 03:16:11 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on December 25, 2020, 03:26:19 PM

I'm curious to see how Davey puts the lineup together with two lefty power hitters to work with. Soto in the 2 hole? Bell in cleanup?

Oh, wait...he's a switch hitter! I overlooked that.

DCFan · « **Reply #58:** December 26, 2020, 03:20:08 PM »

Quote from: DPMOmaha on December 26, 2020, 03:16:11 PM

Oh, wait...he's a switch hitter! I overlooked that.

I hope he’s better than Espinoza at that.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #59:** December 26, 2020, 03:58:26 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on December 26, 2020, 03:20:08 PM

I hope he’s better than Espinoza at that.

Oh but that arm.

MonsterUSMC · « **Reply #60:** December 28, 2020, 11:01:04 AM »

Quote from: raleighnat on December 25, 2020, 08:43:16 PM

I gotta feeling Nats will make a run at DJL.

I was thinking possibly DJLM or maybe Realmuto.

MonsterUSMC · « **Reply #61:** December 28, 2020, 11:08:40 AM »

Super excited for this move. I was looking forward to seeing what Crowe could do, but this only adds to our offense.
I am sure someone has posted this before, but in the last full season of baseball, Bell was legit:
AB R H RBI BB HR SO AVG OPS
2019 Regular Season 527 94 146 116 74 37 118 .277 .367

Slateman · « **Reply #62:** December 28, 2020, 11:12:27 AM »

Quote from: MonsterUSMC on December 28, 2020, 11:08:40 AM

Super excited for this move. I was looking forward to seeing what Crowe could do, but this only adds to our offense.
I am sure someone has posted this before, but in the last full season of baseball, Bell was legit:
AB R H RBI BB HR SO AVG OPS
2019 Regular Season 527 94 146 116 74 37 118 .277 .367

Which is fine until you look at his numbers after May 2019.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #63:** December 28, 2020, 11:13:48 AM »

Quote from: Slateman on December 28, 2020, 11:12:27 AM

Which is fine until you look at his numbers after May 2019.

Zimm will heat up in June.

Slateman · « **Reply #64:** December 28, 2020, 11:16:39 AM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on December 28, 2020, 11:13:48 AM

Zimm will heat up in June.

But then he'll get hurt in July

MonsterUSMC · « **Reply #65:** December 28, 2020, 12:12:09 PM »

Quote from: Slateman on December 28, 2020, 11:12:27 AM

Which is fine until you look at his numbers after May 2019.

I am guessing he will be better here. For one thing, opponents won't be able to pitch around him.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #66:** March 12, 2021, 09:58:37 AM »

Pretty cool story about Bell.

https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-bell-joins-athletes-against-antisemitism-panel

Quote

On Wednesday evening, Bell participated in the “Athletes Against Antisemitism” virtual event, organized by Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner. Speaking in the athlete portion of the panel, Bell was joined by Washington Mystics forward Alysha Clark. Bell spoke about experiencing racism as a child, and how he was impacted by the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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For changes Bell would like to be a part of, he already has been brainstorming ways he can have a positive impact in the D.C. community.

“One of the things that stuck out to me was addressing food deserts,” Bell said. “The idea that finding a healthy meal is hard for certain people just because of where they live. A lot of that ties back into education. How they’re feeling in school is going to be reflected on their grades, what kind of schools they get into, if they’re going to even go to college.”