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yep saw that but hadn't seen the compensation yet.. thanks

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Getting Wilson Ramos is huge for the Nats. Pudge has only so many years left and Ramos is one of the top catcher prospects in the minors.

This should leave no doubt that Harper won't be behind the plate. But not sure what it means for Derek Norris. Though Norris is a ways away

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Just saw on the Nationals' Facebook page that Matt Capps has been traded to the Twins for catcher Wilson Ramos, and left-hander Joe Testa.

Not that you all didn't know this already.

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[quote=SmootSmack;715574]Getting Wilson Ramos is huge for the Nats. Pudge has only so many years left and Ramos is one of the top catcher prospects in the minors.

This should leave no doubt that Harper won't be behind the plate. But not sure what it means for Derek Norris. Though Norris is a ways away[/quote]I guess this also means that Flores is donezo. Too bad, I thought he was going to be pretty decent for us.

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Storen the closer now?

Strasburg DL'd. :doh:

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[quote=SmootSmack;715574]Getting Wilson Ramos is huge for the Nats. Pudge has only so many years left and Ramos is one of the top catcher prospects in the minors.

This should leave no doubt that Harper won't be behind the plate. But not sure what it means for Derek Norris. Though Norris is a ways away[/quote]
yeah, there's been talk of his struggles, maybe they'll just convert him to 1st base or something

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[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2010/07/the_matt_capps-wilson_ramos_tr.html]Nationals Journal - The Matt Capps-Wilson Ramos trade from all angles[/url]

Good recap of the trade and the ramifications on each level. Including Flores' going back to square one in his rehab.

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just waiting for Dunn to be traded

they say leading teams are Yanks and Rays

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I like the catching side of the Capps trade, but that reliever we got can't even make it out of single A, I don't know what the hell is wrong with him, but we needed a catcher so it definitely seems like a good pickup.

Bryce Harper on his facebook is talking about going back to CSN to win a National Championship. That little 17 year old bastard better sign with us.

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i think bryce harper has some mental and behavior issues, not that every kid his age doesnt.

last nights Os game was purty sweet. bought that time of the season i love. any weekday or weeknight game you can now buy 8 buck tickets then end up in 80 dollar tickets by the 4th-5th inning.

at some point this year i will be sitting in those 2 very first front row seats right behind home plate where you are on tv the entire game.

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Yeah, but his agent isn't the best when it comes to this stuff either.

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who boras? well, if you all dont sign harper you will probably get what? a comp pick probably in the top 10 along with whatever first round pick you get for your W-L record.

then, hell, if you let adam dunn walk he would be considered a level 1 free agent and you would get another comp pick at the end of the 1st round.

you could be looking a 3 1st round picks if you dont sign harper and let dunn walk.

i personally am hoping for that 3rd baseman from vandy, please please please be a longoria type. josh bell can be moved back to the outfield, DH or start the transition to 1st base since garret atkins sucked it up.

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Phillies and their fail fans can suck on that 8-1 ass pounding.

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Ryan Zimmerman is Mr. Walk Off again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[quote=InsaneBoost;716216]Ryan Zimmerman is Mr. Walk Off again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

I was reading yesterday that since he joined the majors five years ago, he leads the MLB in walk-off homeruns with seven. Who knew?!

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Really doesn't surprise me to be honest, guy is a beast in the bottom of the 9th, you ask for the homer and most of the time you get it. He's already had two or three this season I think.

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Wow, 8 out of 10 for the Os.


They're supposed to be wearing these throwbacks tonight:

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Love how Strasburg said, "If he doesn't want to be here, we don't want him here" in reference to Harper. Dude showing the role of a leader, even though we all know this team is Ryan Zimmermans.

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i love how its OK for Strasburg to hold the Nationals hostage last season for a ridiculous amount of money. but if someone else tries it......

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From Friday:

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[quote=dmek25;720772]i love how its OK for Strasburg to hold the Nationals hostage last season for a ridiculous amount of money. but if someone else tries it......[/quote]

Actually, Strasburg's agent wanted him to get much more and told him not to sign, but Strasburg said he wanted to play and signed the contract. So if anything, he was a good sport. He's well worth the money too, he's averaging just about 7K's a game.

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So we know Harper is a diva/douche.. now to find out whether to love or hate him

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[quote=tryfuhl;721079]So we know Harper is a diva/douche.. now to find out whether to love or hate him[/quote]

It'll be easy to love him as long as he doesn't embarress the franchise. I'm hoping we have the right guys in place to kind of keep him in line, if he pans out things will only get better for us.

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Well, love him or hate him, he's in the fold for $9.9M.

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5468993]Washington Nationals sign top pick Bryce Harper before midnight deadline - ESPN[/url]

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We'll see what happens as far as performance, obviously we wont be seeing him anytime soon, but I'm glad to see we got it done.

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It's hard not to be excited about the coming years for this team. They are accumulating a boatload of good young talent and if they can keep it on track they could be a really good team in 3 years. So many plus pieces in the pipeline. Gotta hand it to Rizzo, Kasten and Lerner. They go after talent and pay for it. Hopefully it works out.

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[quote=tryfuhl;721079]So we know Harper is a diva/douche.. now to find out whether to love or hate him[/quote]

I am going to reserve judgment on the kid because he's 17 and, based on what teammates say, he is a good guy. The stories everyone knows about are all told about how he reacted to bad situations that he was put into. Now he'll be in the pros where he won't have opposing teams taking pot-shots at him in warm-ups and umpires ready to boot him for responding to relentless heckling. Maybe he is a dickhead...or maybe he is just a kid. If he spends enough time in the minors he'll have a little of his ego chipped away.

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Alright, I like the douche now.

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I just want to know if he'll still paint his face black in the Majors.

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sweet pics buster. thanks for posting.

i heard a former mlb player say that when he gets to the majors he wont wear the black masquera. that his teammates will tell him it is bush league. i personally dont see the big deal with a lil extra black but baseball has its own rules.

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the extra eye black is stupid.. he already stands out, he doesn't need to paint his face like that college lineman did

it's just saying hey i'm good and can do what I want

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[quote=tryfuhl;721547]the extra eye black is stupid.. he already stands out, he doesn't need to paint his face like that college lineman did

it's just saying hey i'm good and can do what I want[/quote]I think Stan Kasten already came out and said they wouldn't let him go all Ultimate Warrior with the eye black.

But I guess if after a few years in the bigs he turns out to be the next Babe Ruth they'll let him do whatever he wants.

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[quote=tryfuhl;721547][B]the extra eye black is stupid..[/B] he already stands out, he doesn't need to paint his face like that college lineman did

it's just saying hey i'm good and can do what I want[/quote]

Anybody see Mike Sellers at the coin toss against the Ravens Saturday night? He went all BH with his eye black, it looked stupid.

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Really am starting to wish we would have traded Adam Dunn by the trade deadline, can't stand this guy anymore. I could careless if he hits 30-40 solo homers a year.

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[quote=mooby;723620]Anybody see Mike Sellers at the coin toss against the Ravens Saturday night? He went all BH with his eye black, it looked stupid.[/quote]

agreed

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dunn does more than hit 30-40 homers a year. he protects the middle part of your lineup.

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Yeah and Morse would do a much better job at first than he does. Morse see's the ball as well as hits the ball much better than he does and he's smarter.

For instance, if Desmond throws the ball to Dunn, but it's a little off the plate, rather than getting of the bag and catching the ball, he stays on which allows the ball to be thrown away and runners to advance / score. He can't pick a ball to save his life either.

I know he can't get all the balls thrown bad, but the ones he can he makes no effort to get and I'm sick of it, Morse would be a much better choice right now.

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Considering this is Dunn's first full year at first base, you have to cut him some slack. First base isn't just catching everything thrown at you, he's still making adjustments.

But Dunn isn't there for his fielding, he's there to hit the ball. He might be in a slump, he's still in the NL Top 10 as far as Slugging Pct, On Base + Slugging, Home Runs, Extra Base Hits and Total Bases. All things you want your cleanup hitter doing.

Morse has started all of 10 games at First Base in his career. To say he'll do better at First than Dunn would is incredibly far fetched. As well as the claim that he sees and hits the ball much better than Dunn does. Morse is a career utility player, nothing more.

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The only thing Dunn is here for his his hitting, I know that, he couldn't play left field to save his life and he sure can't play first base either.

I'd take my chances with Morse right now, he's probably the better fit for first base right now and I'd like to see him there for a game. I mean hell, we have been 'working on a deal' with Dunn for the past couple of weeks and nothing has happened. I doubt he's here next season. This season is lost, might as well start testing some things out.

Rigs must go too, even though they already resigned him for next season, ugh.

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So you're going to sit a guy who has averaged almost 40 HRs/year over the last 7 seasons (including 2010), who's leading the league in extra base hits this year, and who isn't at the bottom of the league in errors and fielding pct for first basemen for a career utilityman to try some things out? Whatever floats your boat man.

If anything you get Tyler Moore or Chris Marrero to come up with the September call-ups and see how they do. I see Dunn signing a deal during the offseason and will most likely get dealt to an AL team before next year's trade deadline. But we'll see. I just can't justify benching one of the best power hitters in baseball.