Overlooked recent pickup: The Washington Nationals signed RP Jose Valverde to a minor league contract.
Strasburg was pulled from today's game in the 5th with a back problemdcmissle said:Stras > DL. Like JD Drew, will have a successful career in all likelihood. Very good player. As with Drew, will likely never live up to the early hype. And like Drew, is a living breathing disabled list.
Enjoy him while he is here. I do not expect this Boras client to be re-upped in Washington.
Edit. This time, it's an oblique.
And tying these last two posts together, Williams brought in Fister to replace Strasburg, with the pitcher's slot due up second in the bottom half of the inning. Because he wanted Fister to go several innings, he was then forced to let him hit in the middle of what turned out to be the go ahead rally. Why wouldn't you bring in a short reliever for one inning, pinch hit for him and then bring in Fister?ehaz said:Strasburg was pulled from today's game in the 5th with a back problem
Losing Craig Stammen really turned out to be the most significant injury loss this season.grimshaw said:I really thought their pen would be solid again. Tanner Roark going from 15 game winner to ineffective swing man has hurt big time.
Aaron Barrett breaking and Casey Janssen being ineffective didn't help much either.
Oh ya, forgot about him. Big innings soaker.B H Kim said:Losing Craig Stammen really turned out to be the most significant injury loss this season.
E5 Yaz said:Trading Tyler Clippard was a mistake