Nationals @ Phillies, Game 1

[tomwvr]

See you all next season

[NatNasty]

Fiddlesticks

[Lintyfresh85]

Some of these guys about to have a lot of competition with the trades. Can't keep sucking and keep your job.

[Slateman]

Yean ain't it

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

Yeah, this team doesn’t need pitching depth in the minors.

It needs it more in the big leagues. But let’s go 2030! Woot woot.

[skippy1999]

Yikes

[shoeshineboy]

Yean is one of our few legit relievers, so of course they bring him in for mop up duty. But they bring in people like Krook to close games even though he has never not sucked

[bluestreak]

See you all next season

This isn’t an airport…

[skippy1999]

CJs like FFS

[welch]

Who needs a former middle infielder at 1B?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Hartle's a 40. He'll be top 20 in our system.

So Garcia returned Cruz, now in the buillpen. And Griffin got the Nats four players rated, by Fangraphs, each as 35+ FV? The best was Cleveland's number 23 prospect?

[welch]

Hartle's a 40. He'll be top 20 in our system.

What about the guy the Nats got for Christian Franklin?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

What about the guy the Nats got for Christian Franklin?

idk. Gonna let the reporters report and not shoot from my hip

[Squab]

What about the guy the Nats got for Christian Franklin?

not ranked, pure reliever, has had great results in AA but was undrafted and couldn’t find much about his stuff.

edit: it was high a

[tomterp]

not ranked, pure reliever, has had great results in AA but was undrafted and couldn’t find much about his stuff.

What about the guy the Nats got for Christian Franklin?

Per Fangraphs

Fastball 50/55
Slider 45
Changeup 45/50
Command 30/35

[OfftheBat]

Yeah, this team doesn’t need pitching depth in the minors.

What about at the major league level? That's where we really need the pitching.

[tomterp]

What about at the major league level? That's where we really need the pitching.

Well you sort of need minor league pitching, cause the cream rises to the top and ultimately become major leaguers.  I'm on board with the current management's effort and focus on driving the minor league talent level higher and higher, with a heavy focus on developing that talent into major leaguers.  Of course it doesn't happen overnight but it's the right approach.  It doesn't excuse them not being able to patch up a functional bullpen when in mattered this season, but I wouldn't want them to chase butterflies now at the expense of the fundamental franchise building that happens in the minors.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

What about at the major league level? That's where we really need the pitching.

got 2 guys who figure to be in the 3 hi lev roles., pushing Yean and Ribalta down to the 4th/5th guys in the pecking order.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

After the Griffin deal, Dion would get the 2 on, no out, 7th inning situation instead of Cosgrove had he been here and on board tonight.