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By: Nats Off-season News Items Wrap-up 11/25/11 edition at Nationals Arm Race

Nats Off-season News Items Wrap-up 11/25/11 edition at Nationals Arm Race — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:58:37 +0000

[...] Nats add four players to the 40-man … but only two that I predicted. More thoughts/opinions here. [...]

By: Mark L

Mark L — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:30:38 +0000

All good points.

By: Todd Boss

Todd Boss — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:32:27 +0000

Yeah, i put a line in for the Kimball re-acquistion into my weekly post. Since he wasn’t rule-5 related I didn’t put him into that post.

I think Perez was a slightly questionable addition, in that he’s only made it to high-A. It would be a stretch to have him make that jump to the Majors if drafted But, as john C notes, he could play all three OF positions and be a late inning defensive replacement. You could easily see him sticking on an NL team with a solid OF (say, the Dodgers) as their 4th or 5th all year if they really wanted to steal him. I guess the word was out enough on him though (he was in the 2010 futures game, so its not like only we know about him) to select him.

By: John C.

John C. — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:02:47 +0000

Mark, my guess on Perez is that he’s more likely to stick on a team for the whole season than Komatsu, because of Perez’s speed – he could be an asset as a pinch runner as well as garbage time player.

By: Mark L

Mark L — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:31:20 +0000

Todd, you left out the biggest news of the day…….. we got Cole Kimball back! Now news about relivers with bad shoulders is not earth shattering events, but he’s home grown (which is important) and he’s fun to watch.

We are in complete disagreement on Perez, don’t see any way he could stick for a whole season in the majors this year.

I’m sure going to miss Meyers, guaranteed he gets picked.