Josh Willingham

As mentioned in my Mark DeRosa article earlier this week, first baseman Chris Marrero suffered a torn hamstring a few weeks ago while playing for the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Winter League. Provided the Nationals did not pick up a big-name free agent to play the position (i.e Prince Fielder), Marrero was projected to fight for the starting job in 2012, with slugger Michael Morsemoving out to left field. But with this injury, it is unclear who will play first, which could have an effect on who will play left field. On the official Nationals depth chart, Morse is [...]

Willinghams Season Done After having a All-Star worthy 1st half, being the subject of trade rumors, and sucking badly in the 2nd half it looks like Josh Willinghams season is done due to a torn meniscus. The Hammer came out of the gates strong but still only finished with a .268Avg, 16HR ,and 56 RBI. He’ll officially be placed on the DL once Nyjer Morgan is ready to come off and have surgery next week. Wilson Ramos called-up The player acquired in the Matt Capps trade- highly regarded catching prospect Wilson Ramos, has been called up from AAA Syracuse and [...]

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 [...]