Daniel Cabrera signs with the Nationals...

[markakis8]

Gonna be weird seeing him in a different uni but I gotta admit, I'm glad he's gone. I was hoping the Orioles wouldn't give him another chance. Plus his velocity has dropped. Maybe a change of scenery will do him good. Good luck to him.

 

[moxacaine]

Gonna be weird seeing him in a different uni but I gotta admit, I'm glad he's gone. I was hoping the Orioles wouldn't give him another chance. Plus his velocity has dropped. Maybe a change of scenery will do him good. Good luck to him.

At least being in Washington will make him look good. :lol:

 

[ostrander111]

Gonna be weird seeing him in a different uni but I gotta admit, I'm glad he's gone. I was hoping the Orioles wouldn't give him another chance. Plus his velocity has dropped. Maybe a change of scenery will do him good. Good luck to him.

At least being in Washington will make him look good. :lol:

No one looks good in Washington :lol:

 

[markakis8]

:lol: Seriously I wish him the best. He can be really good if he's on.

Gonna be weird seeing him in a different uni but I gotta admit, I'm glad he's gone. I was hoping the Orioles wouldn't give him another chance. Plus his velocity has dropped. Maybe a change of scenery will do him good. Good luck to him.

At least being in Washington will make him look good. :lol:

No one looks good in Washington :lol:

 

[bigpapiMA32]

I am so disappointed the Sox won't have a chance to face him 2-3 times next year...

 

[Ian Stewart]

Washington is going to surprise a lot of people. I would expect most of the guys below can live up to the stats I predicted. I would say they are easily better than a handful of other teams in the NL.

C - Jesus Flores - .260/15/85
1B - Nick Johnson - .250/25/80
2B - Ronnie Belliard - .285/10/50
SS - Christian Guzman - .300/8/45
3B - Ryan Zimmerman - .290/25/90
OF - Josh Willingham - .250/25/80
OF - Elijah Dukes - .265/25/95
OF - Lastings Milledge - .270/15/80

SP - Scott Olsen
SP - Daniel Cabrera
SP - John Lannan
SP - Collin Balester
SP - Clippard/Detwiler

 

[moxacaine]

Washington is going to surprise a lot of people. I would expect most of the guys below can live up to the stats I predicted. I would say they are easily better than a handful of other teams in the NL.

C - Jesus Flores - .260/15/85
1B - Nick Johnson - .250/25/80
2B - Ronnie Belliard - .285/10/50
SS - Christian Guzman - .300/8/45
3B - Ryan Zimmerman - .290/25/90
OF - Josh Willingham - .250/25/80
OF - Elijah Dukes - .265/25/95
OF - Lastings Milledge - .270/15/80

SP - Scott Olsen
SP - Daniel Cabrera
SP - John Lannan
SP - Collin Balester
SP - Clippard/Detwiler

I agree the Nats could suprise everyone. I think it is going to come down to pitching. And i just dont think they have a good enough staff yet. I do think that Dukes will have a huge season.

 

[tonyrios]

Washington is going to surprise a lot of people. I would expect most of the guys below can live up to the stats I predicted. I would say they are easily better than a handful of other teams in the NL.

C - Jesus Flores - .260/15/85
1B - Nick Johnson - .250/25/80
2B - Ronnie Belliard - .285/10/50
SS - Christian Guzman - .300/8/45
3B - Ryan Zimmerman - .290/25/90
OF - Josh Willingham - .250/25/80
OF - Elijah Dukes - .265/25/95
OF - Lastings Milledge - .270/15/80

SP - Scott Olsen
SP - Daniel Cabrera
SP - John Lannan
SP - Collin Balester
SP - Clippard/Detwiler

I doubt they will have 6 guys out of 9 in the line up with 80 runs batted in or more.
That starting rotation is still weak with Cabrera, if Scott Olsen is your go to guy you can't expect much.

 

[Ian Stewart]

Washington is going to surprise a lot of people. I would expect most of the guys below can live up to the stats I predicted. I would say they are easily better than a handful of other teams in the NL.

C - Jesus Flores - .260/15/85
1B - Nick Johnson - .250/25/80
2B - Ronnie Belliard - .285/10/50
SS - Christian Guzman - .300/8/45
3B - Ryan Zimmerman - .290/25/90
OF - Josh Willingham - .250/25/80
OF - Elijah Dukes - .265/25/95
OF - Lastings Milledge - .270/15/80

SP - Scott Olsen
SP - Daniel Cabrera
SP - John Lannan
SP - Collin Balester
SP - Clippard/Detwiler

I agree the Nats could suprise everyone. I think it is going to come down to pitching. And i just dont think they have a good enough staff yet. I do think that Dukes will have a huge season.

Agreed. He really turned it on towards the end of last year. Barring a felony, I think he can hit 25-30 HR's and drive in a good amount of runs with the support (Willingham, Milledge, Johnson, Zimmerman, etc) around him.

Pitching looks pretty weak. The starting rotation isn't THAT bad, however the bullpen is a poor excuse for a DIII college right now.

 

[Fernando Martinez]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the Nats win 75 games next year. I think Flores, Dukes, and Milledge all break out. Their bullpen is awful though, and their rotation is spotty.

They won't contend, but they won't be in the bottom 5 in the NL.