Nationals vs Astros, Game 3

[nats2playoffs]

INNING                           HOU   WSH
3rd   Abrams hit sacrifice fly to left, Wood scored.   0   1
3rd   Lile doubled to left, García Jr. scored.   0   2
4th   García Jr. homered to right center (417 feet), Ruiz scored and Wood scored.   0   5
5th   Matthews singled to center, Diaz scored.   1   5
5th   Abrams homered to right center (415 feet).   1   6

Houston Astronauts      1
Washington Nationals  6

[nats2playoffs]

PITCHERS     IP   H   ER    BB    K   PC-ST
S. Arrighetti 4.0   7   6      6      2   94-48 And GONE
F. Griffin      5.0   4   1      0      7   71-51   

[varoadking]

Didn't realize how balanced this offensive lineup was...only one guy out of the nine is hitting under .235 with an OPS under .675...

[welch]

Hey, ho, Keibert drives in another! Eight runs!

[Slateman]

Need more runs

[Slateman]

Didn't realize how balanced this offensive lineup was...only one guy out of the nine is hitting under .235 with an OPS under .675...

Yea. Mead, Vivas, and Ruiz are helping a lot.

[nats2playoffs]

INNING                                                        HOU   WSH
3rd   Abrams hit sacrifice fly to left, Wood scored.   0   1
3rd   Lile doubled to left, García Jr. scored.   0   2
4th   García Jr. homered to right center (417 feet), Ruiz scored and Wood scored.   0   5
5th   Matthews singled to center, Diaz scored.   1   5
5th   Abrams homered to right center (415 feet).   1   6
5th   Tena grounded out to first, Lile scored, Vivas to second, Crews to third.   1   7
5th   Ruiz hit sacrifice fly to center, Crews scored.   1   8

Houston Astronauts      1
Washington Nationals  8

[nats2playoffs]

Need more runs

[GataNats]

Sure glad the hottest hitter in the game hasn’t been pinch hit for the worst hitter in the game.   Yet

[Slateman]

Need more runs

[JCA-CrystalCity]

So Griffin is 84 pitches thru 6 with 5 H, 0 bbs, 7 ks, 1 run.

[IdahoNat]

If he goes to another team in a month I'm gonna be really angered.

[OfftheBat]

Wow, looks like Griffin is DEALING tonight.

[nats2playoffs]

If he goes to another team in a month I'm gonna be really angered.

They don't need to be trading away the good hitters either. They need to bolster the bullpen.

They don't need to give away good current talent to acquire a washed up or mediocre starting pitcher, who was once good. Remember Denny McClain.

[IdahoNat]

They don't need to be trading away the good hitters either. They need to bolster the bullpen.

They don't need to give away good current talent to acquire a washed up or mediocre starting pitcher, who was once good. Remember Denny McClain.

They will only receive AA/AAA junk or very young raw prospects in Rookie/A that will develop only after the Nats may be in contention. Absolute zero reason to trade him.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

They don't need to be trading away the good hitters either. They need to bolster the bullpen.

They don't need to give away good current talent to acquire a washed up or mediocre starting pitcher, who was once good. Remember Denny McClain.

remember denny McClain rhymes with remember the Maine. Sort of.

[OfftheBat]

They will only receive AA/AAA junk or very young raw prospects in Rookie/A that will develop only after the Nats may be in contention. Absolute zero reason to trade him.

Lerner has a few "million" reasons to trade him FYI

[GataNats]

Louie white hot

[tomterp]

They will only receive AA/AAA junk or very young raw prospects in Rookie/A that will develop only after the Nats may be in contention. Absolute zero reason to trade him.

Lerner has a few "million" reasons to trade him FYI

He's going to make $6.5m this year, he's on a 1 year deal.  Obviously he's been great for the team and would be great to sign him to a multi-year deal.  But "zero reason to trade him"?  He would bring a heck of a haul in young talent, which is way more than zero.  Obviously we don't have a deal to evaluate, but plenty of teams would want him for a stretch run.  Hopefully it's the Nats but just letting him walk at end of the year would blow.

[IdahoNat]

He's going to make $6.5m this year, he's on a 1 year deal.  Obviously he's been great for the team and would be great to sign him to a multi-year deal.  But "zero reason to trade him"?  He would bring a heck of a haul in young talent, which is way more than zero.  Obviously we don't have a deal to evaluate, but plenty of teams would want him for a stretch run.  Hopefully it's the Nats but just letting him walk at end of the year would blow.

I just don't see any teams giving us the haul we got for Gore. My preference would be try to extend him and if doesn't work, risk going to the open market and bidding him on with other teams. It's risky, but it's a risk I'm willing to take.

[IdahoNat]

Young would have caught that.

[welch]

They don't need to be trading away the good hitters either. They need to bolster the bullpen.

They don't need to give away good current talent to acquire a washed up or mediocre starting pitcher, who was once good. Remember Denny McClain.

I remember Denny McClain. One of the worst trades by any team, ever.

Nats got McClain, 10-22. Yes, 22 losses, and 4.28 ERA. Plus Eliott Maddox, Norm McCrae, and Don Wert.

Nats gave up Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan. Coleman became Detroit's ace, winning 20 games in '71. Hannan had been a decent 3/4 starter for the Nats. Plus Eddie Brinkman, a great fielding regular shortstop (GG for Detroit) and .260 hitter with Ted Williams coaching him. And Aurelio Rodriguez, regular 3B, fine fielder, decent hitter, although not Ken McMullen, who became Detroit's 3B until about 1979 or 1980.

That's how Bob Shorted the Nats even becore he scuttled off to Texas.

[Slateman]

No reason to sell out for that.

[Dave in Fairfax]

[OfftheBat]