District on Deck » Joe Beimel http://districtondeck.com A Washington Nationals Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:49:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Past Trade Review: So Long Joe http://districtondeck.com/2011/12/02/past-trade-review-so-long-joe/ http://districtondeck.com/2011/12/02/past-trade-review-so-long-joe/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:04 +0000 Aaron Somers http://districtondeck.com/?p=2659 It’s time for another installment in our Past Trade Review series. We’ve also created a new Featured Posts page, which can always be found atop our home page which contains links to each of the past installments and any series we introduce in the future. As previously mentioned, there have been 11 total trades completed since the Nationals arrived in Washington. We started off with the lone deal completed by Jim Bowden. We’ll now take a look at the third deal by current GM Mike Rizzo. The Partner The Colorado Rockies had gotten off to, well, a rocky start during [...]

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]]> It’s time for another installment in our Past Trade Review series. We’ve also created a new Featured Posts page, which can always be found atop our home page which contains links to each of the past installments and any series we introduce in the future. As previously mentioned, there have been 11 total trades completed since the Nationals arrived in Washington. We started off with the lone deal completed by Jim Bowden. We’ll now take a look at the third deal by current GM Mike Rizzo.

The Partner

The Colorado Rockies had gotten off to, well, a rocky start during the 2009 season. By late May the team was just 19-28, and manager Clint Hurdle was fired and replaced with Jim Tracy. The team responded quickly, winning 21 of 28 games during the month of June while leading all of Major League Baseball in runs scored (151). Three weeks into July the team had pulled itself into second place and were looking to add, rather than subtract, at the pending July Trade Deadline.

The bullpen was an area that the Rockies wanted to add depth to as they chased a playoff birth. The team had few internal options they deemed ready for the Majors, but depth in their lower levels that were comfortable parting with for the right player.

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]]> The Trade Deadline came and passed today with little activity on the Nationals’ part.  There were numerous players that were rumored to be drawing serious interest around the league but in the end, the Nationals were only able to move first … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://districtondeck.com/2009/08/01/the-nats-shake-things-up/feed/ 0 Let’s Make A Deal? http://districtondeck.com/2009/07/30/trade_deadlin/ http://districtondeck.com/2009/07/30/trade_deadlin/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:08:44 +0000 Kevin David http://teddyneverwins.com/?p=46 With the trade deadline approaching fast, the Nationals, despite being as far from contention as a team can get, appears to be quiet as of now.  One might argue that the Nationals are so bad that they don’t have any players of value but that’s not the case.  There are actually a handful of players on this roster that could be an integral part to a contender’s postseason push. Josh Willingham OF The most valuable player as of right now has to be outfielder Josh Willingham who has been absolutely on fire as of late.  He’s got good power for [...]

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]]> With the trade deadline approaching fast, the Nationals, despite being as far from contention as a team can get, appears to be quiet as of now.  One might argue that the Nationals are so bad that they don’t have any players of value but that’s not the case.  There are actually a handful of players on this roster that could be an integral part to a contender’s postseason push.

Josh Willingham OF

The most valuable player as of right now has to be outfielder Josh Willingham who has been absolutely on fire as of late.  He’s got good power for a corner outfielder who’s also seen his batting average rise over the .300 mark in recent games.  He’s got tremendous value to any team needing production from left field or, at the very worst, a 4th outfielder and big pinch hitter.  He’s recently been linked to the San Francisco Giants who are desperately needing power in their lineup.  One has to think his two grand slam performance against Milwuakee on Monday opened quite a few eyes.  Unfortunately, rumors out of the Nationals front office are that the team has raised their asking price lately to a point that many teams are unwilling to pursue a deal.

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