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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #150 on: June 21, 2025, 06:17:14 pm »
Andrew Knizner and Dom Smith sightings in SF today. Nice defensive play by Smith in the 9th prevented the Red Sox from tying the game

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #151 on: June 23, 2025, 03:15:45 pm »
Reds DFA Jeimer Candelario. .113 BA / .410 OPS this year.

Just signed a 3/$45M deal before the start of the 2024 season, with reports that the Nats were trying to land him back then.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #152 on: June 23, 2025, 04:53:00 pm »
Reds DFA Jeimer Candelario. .113 BA / .410 OPS this year.

Just signed a 3/$45M deal before the start of the 2024 season, with reports that the Nats were trying to land him back then.
how does it work? Would he have to accept an assignment to the minors to keep his contract if the Reds waive him through MLB?

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #153 on: June 23, 2025, 05:05:48 pm »
how does it work? Would he have to accept an assignment to the minors to keep his contract if the Reds waive him through MLB?

Yes, he can refuse the assignment and become a FA. In the meantime, the Reds have 5 days to try and work out a trade but the likelihood of someone trading for him is pretty much nil.  MLBTR notes he's making $15M this year, $12M in 2026, and a $3M buyout in 2027.

Once he's released a team could sign him for the league minimum. Maybe the Nats try that route for 1B depth? 

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #154 on: June 23, 2025, 05:24:15 pm »
Reds DFA Jeimer Candelario. .113 BA / .410 OPS this year.

Just signed a 3/$45M deal before the start of the 2024 season, with reports that the Nats were trying to land him back then.

Wow! Such a lift he gave the poor Nats! And then traded for DJ Herz, who might be pretty good when he returns from TJS. (And Kevin Made)

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #155 on: June 23, 2025, 05:30:01 pm »
Juan Soto leads the NL in walks and GIDP. 16 homers, 255 BA, .872 OPS. A respectable season, but nothing like the OF the Nats got in retunr.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #156 on: June 23, 2025, 08:19:03 pm »
Maybe the Nats try that route for 1B depth?

Oy vey...

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #157 on: June 24, 2025, 02:20:01 pm »
how does it work? Would he have to accept an assignment to the minors to keep his contract if the Reds waive him through MLB?

I don't believe he needs to accept his assignment to keep his contract. He can refuse the assignment and become a free agent and sign for league minimum elsewhere while the Reds still pay him his $15M/year.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #158 on: June 28, 2025, 02:08:53 pm »
Our version of Erik Fedde is back. 5.09 in his last seven starts. 11ER in his last 14IP

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #159 on: June 28, 2025, 04:41:15 pm »
Our version of Erik Fedde is back. 5.09 in his last seven starts. 11ER in his last 14IP

"Nibbles".

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #160 on: June 29, 2025, 10:27:45 am »
Colin Poche pitched for the Mets last night. 2ER in .2IP. 2H, 2BB, K

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #161 on: June 29, 2025, 01:22:23 pm »
Poche was just DFA'd by the Mets.

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The Mets announced a pair of roster moves this morning. Southpaw Richard Lovelady has signed with the club on a one-year deal. Lefty Colin Poche was designated for assignment to create room for Lovelady on both the 40-man and active rosters.

Lovelady returns to the Mets after being designated for assignment by the club last week and electing free agency shortly thereafter. The 29-year-old has pitched in parts of six MLB seasons but has not yet had an extended period of substantial success. A career 5.35 ERA pitcher in 102 2/3 innings, Lovelady’s surrendered six runs in 3 1/3 innings of work with the Blue Jays and Mets this year with four walks and four strikeouts. It’s not an especially inspiring profile, but Lovelady has long been viewed as an intriguing, high-ceiling arm given his quality stuff from the left side. He’s shown flashes of that potential in the past, most recently when he pitched to a 3.77 ERA in 28 2/3 innings of work for the Rays last year.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #162 on: June 29, 2025, 01:50:03 pm »
That didn’t last long

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #163 on: June 29, 2025, 06:23:29 pm »
Reds DFA Jeimer Candelario. .113 BA / .410 OPS this year.

Just signed a 3/$45M deal before the start of the 2024 season, with reports that the Nats were trying to land him back then.

This is what normal teams do with seriously underperforming contracts.  Nats would never DFA a guy with these $ left on a deal.  But no reason to bring him back for either side.  He's better off becoming a Party Animal or a Firefighter in the Banana league than jumping into this train wreck.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #164 on: July 10, 2025, 03:00:27 pm »

Joe Coleman died yesterday.

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Joe Coleman, a lanky right-hander who won 142 games in 15 major league seasons and was an All-Star in 1972 with Detroit, died Wednesday morning, his son said. He was 78.

Casey Coleman said his father died in his sleep in Jamestown, Tennessee.


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The son and father of major leaguers, Coleman became the No. 3 pick in baseball’s inaugural amateur draft in 1965 when he was selected by the Washington Senators. His father, also named Joe — who pitched in the majors from 1942-55 — negotiated a club-record $75,000 signing bonus.

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound Coleman became the first player to reach the majors after being drafted when he debuted for the Senators on Sept. 28, 1965. He threw a four-hitter to beat the Kansas City Athletics 6-1.

After the 1970 season, Coleman was traded to Detroit in a deal that sent Denny McLain to Washington. He enjoyed his greatest individual success with the Tigers, going 88-73 with a 3.82 ERA from 1971-76.

In 1971, he went 20-9 with a 3.15 ERA after recovering from a skull fracture that hospitalized him for two weeks. He was an All-Star the following season and made his only postseason appearance, striking out a then-playoff-record 14 batters to shut out the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the five-game American League championship series. The Tigers lost the series 3-2 and Oakland went on to beat Cincinnati in the World Series.

Coleman’s strikeout record stood for 25 years. Baltimore’s Mike Mussina fanned 15 in the 1997 ALCS against Cleveland.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mlb/2025/07/09/joe-coleman-pitcher-senators-dead/3c6f52d4-5d1f-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemjo05.shtml

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #165 on: July 10, 2025, 03:39:28 pm »

Patrick Corbin starts tonight for the Rangers. He compares well to every Nats starter except for Gore. Has started 16 games, pitched 88 innings, 4.18 ERA, 1.2 WHIP. Texas is paying him $1.1 million this season.

https://www.mlb.com/player/patrick-corbin-571578

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/corbipa01.shtml

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #167 on: July 18, 2025, 01:41:52 pm »
Braves traded for Dane Dunning. 

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #168 on: July 18, 2025, 01:49:27 pm »

Barves dumpster diving...

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #169 on: July 18, 2025, 04:56:47 pm »
Braves traded for Dane Dunning. 

They also have Reynaldo Lopez, who is on the 60-day IL, according to Baseball Ref. Atlanta should have signed Lucas Giolito. Then they'ed have had then entire White Sox "haul" from the Adam Eaton trade.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #170 on: July 18, 2025, 05:00:49 pm »
They also have Reynaldo Lopez, who is on the 60-day IL, according to Baseball Ref. Atlanta should have signed Lucas Giolito. Then they'ed have had then entire White Sox "haul" from the Adam Eaton trade.
Giolito is finally living up to the hype this season.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #171 on: July 18, 2025, 07:24:46 pm »
Giolito is finally living up to the hype this season.
his 2019-21 was very good

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #172 on: July 20, 2025, 11:18:54 am »
Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber get thrown out on the base paths on the same play:

https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1946697404582965756

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #173 on: July 20, 2025, 11:56:41 am »
Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber get thrown out on the base paths on the same play:

https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1946697404582965756
their Natitude is showing.

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Re: The Former Nationals Watch (2025)
« Reply #174 on: July 20, 2025, 03:11:30 pm »
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Kyle Schwarber has 995 hits, including 500 singles and 316 home runs.
Jamey Carroll had 1,000 hits, including 812 singles and 13 home runs.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-red-sox-prospect-payton-tolle-has-a-super-pretty-ugly-delivery/