Natmosphere in your Ear
A Washington Nationals podcast
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009
Natmosphere in your Ear (August 4, 2009)
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Brian and Steven debrief the trade deadline deals the Nationals did (and didn't) make.
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I enjoyed the podcast. The hard thing with evaluating performance at the trade deadline is that we just don't know what they passed up. But in this case, we have an indirect way to do it - do you think Aaron Thompson is better than Scott Barnes (the guy the Indians got for garko)? I think that it is reasonable to assume that NJ was valued equal to or higher than garko - maybe not perfect due to inequities in length of controllability and the righty/lefty distinction, but reasonable.
Also, if you really advocate a serious commitment to rebuilding, don't you have to start with Ryan Zimmerman and John lannan? Aren't they the only ones who can get the Nats a package of prospects, including maybe 1 or 2 Top 100 prospects? I just don't think that Willingham and Dunn were attracting much quality interest.
Agreed, and yes you'd have to consider Zimmerman and Lannan.
The answer to this week's photo riddle: that's Peggy Lee, who sang the classic, "Is that all there is?"