Comments on Nats Insider: The importance of 200 innings

Ick, I'm already going cross-eyed.

2012-01-24T07:32:02.134-05:00

Ick, I'm already going cross-eyed.

Nope. Time stamp's good...

2012-01-24T06:34:58.267-05:00

Nope. Time stamp's good...

Time stamp correct - crowded print, though

2012-01-24T06:32:03.001-05:00

Time stamp correct - crowded print, though

Oh, no - looks like we are back to the crowded fon...

2012-01-24T06:31:12.699-05:00

Oh, no - looks like we are back to the crowded font with the wrong time stamp?

Gonat - yeah, saw it. I am very excited to see wh...

2012-01-23T23:27:56.554-05:00

Gonat - yeah, saw it. I am very excited to see what Rendon can do.

Corky: amazing job! how much time did it take? I...

2012-01-23T23:07:39.105-05:00

Corky: amazing job! how much time did it take?
I also agree it will never happen because sadly, most of major league baseball stays way inside the box but its a great plan. also excited to hear from Rendon even though I think twitter is something I will never comprehend or be able to do.

Wally, did you see Alex Meyer's followup Tweet...

2012-01-23T22:28:52.166-05:00

Wally, did you see Alex Meyer's followup Tweet to my question on Rendon:

AlexMeyer17 Alex Meyer
@ @NatsHR2Win Just told me he feels great and he is in full swing of things. Doing all baseball activity. He's ready!

Sunderland, you are very kind. As you guessed, I ...

2012-01-23T21:53:12.685-05:00

Sunderland, you are very kind.

As you guessed, I would be beyond shocked were the Nats to do something as unorthodox as what I proposed above. But I like it, because of the traits that I mentioned that my proposal has, which I believe trade off all of the relevant factors as well as I can imagine.

Corky

Just a thought on the MASN deal, it does look like...

2012-01-23T21:42:51.938-05:00

Just a thought on the MASN deal, it does look like Bud wanted to compensate Pete for losing a significant of his fanbase but in the end the deal should work out just fine for the Nats. Why you ask do I think this?

1)The 5 yr resets will do it.
Or
2)When Pete goes to sell the O's, the Lerners should have a lot more influence with the Commish's office and the get to vote on new ownership. That sounds a lot like the leverage Pete used in the first place.
or
1 and 2 combine for a double whammy.

Cody Ross to Red Sox, for $3M base salary plus bon...

2012-01-23T21:14:07.430-05:00

Cody Ross to Red Sox, for $3M base salary plus bonuses based on plate appearances, according to Jerry Crasnick. I wish we did this deal.

Corky, that's excellent. It'll never happe...

2012-01-23T20:50:37.484-05:00

Corky, that's excellent. It'll never happen, and I think you know that, but it is excellent.

Wow. You a trip, Corky....

2012-01-23T20:41:10.300-05:00

Wow. You a trip, Corky....

Here is a rotation that gets Zimmermann and Gonzal...

2012-01-23T20:22:34.242-05:00

Here is a rotation that gets Zimmermann and Gonzalez 33 starts each, and gets each of Strasburg, Wang, Detwiler and Lannan 24 starts. Zimmerman and Gonzalez always get four days of rest, Strasburg always gets at least five days of rest, and the other four starters get at least four days of rest. For simplicity, assume that the Nats play one game each on 162 consecutive days.

The letters represent the first letters of the starters' last names:

Z G S W D Z G L S W Z G D L S Z G W D L - that is 20 starts, repeat this 8 times.

For the final two games, pitch ZG.

This will put Strasburg near 160. If it appears that the Nats might be post-season bound, his innings can be lessened to give him some post-season innings.

So The Big Two get all of their starts, and we leave open the possibility of Strasburg being available in the post-season.

Voila.

Corky

Here is a fun one, from Alex Meyer. Coming your ...

2012-01-23T19:14:29.514-05:00

Here is a fun one, from Alex Meyer. Coming your way, NatsJack.

@AlexMeyer17
Just got off the phone with Anthony Rendon. He says he can't wait to get going at spring training. Gonna be here soon. #GoNats!

Section222, I don't recall ever saying that
2012-01-23T19:00:47.242-05:00
Section222, I don't recall ever saying that your idea or anyone else's idea was ridiculous on its face. I said that the idea of doing tandem starters was ridiculous, because it is. Am I not allowed to have that thought?

Methinks you take things too personally. One should not need to place IMHO in front of every sentence here for others to know that what one writes is nothing more than one's opinion. Because everything we write is only our own opinion, nothing more. There are no insiders here - and that includes the sainted Steve M. IMHO, of course.

Should we start a movement to make sure that St...

2012-01-23T18:39:24.823-05:00
Should we start a movement to make sure that Strasburg is allowed to pitch 162 innings?!

Occupy DJ!

The guy got fired from at least two jobs he was successful at because he (rightly) blew off the opinions of the person signing his paycheck, but he's going to risk injuring a key starter over meaningless stats because some blog posters say so. Great Googley-Moogley.

I also enjoy interacting with fellow fans/commente...

2012-01-23T18:33:57.216-05:00
I also enjoy interacting with fellow fans/commenters, so I don't mind if there are hundreds of comments on a given thread. If I have time to read through them, I do. If I don't have the time, I don't. If the content of a given comment doesn't interest me, there's always the scroll bar. (Disclaimer: I've not read through each of the comments here today and don't have anyone in particular in mind.)

Just my two cents' worth but I'm with Unk....

2012-01-23T18:29:03.849-05:00
Just my two cents' worth but I'm with Unk. I don't need Mark to interact with me or to immediately answer any questions that I might have. I also don't begrudge him some down time during the offseason, particularly when not much is happening anyway. btw, that's regardless of whether or not his son is napping regularly, which is really none of my business (although I do also enjoy seeing pics of the tyke from time to time ;-)).

@FeelWood, I always try to be respectful of others...

2012-01-23T18:04:08.311-05:00
@FeelWood, I always try to be respectful of others' views, even when I disagree with them. And I certainly don't tell people they don't know what they are talking about, or that their idea is ridiculous on its face. If I don't meet that goal all the time, I sincerely apologize. It's my impression that you often don't make that attempt. That doesn't make you automatically wrong, it just makes you uncivil.

The point I was making in the comment you quoted, however, was something different. Not just expressing a strong view and belittling those with which you disagree, but claiming that you are certain what the team is thinking. I never make that claim because I have no idea. I just like discussing the possibilities. I'm not an insider, I don't have contacts in Rizzo's office, and I don't pretend to understand every nuance of the game or the business of the game. That's why I'm here: to learn from experts like you.

PAY TO PLAY said... Unkyd, don't you think Mar...

2012-01-23T17:53:58.087-05:00
PAY TO PLAY said...
Unkyd, don't you think Mark's infant is sleeping and napping a lot?
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Well, of course... I wasn't making a time-factor argument. It's more if a whining-factor. We're just discussing things, here...there doesn't need to be winners and losers. It would suck, to feel like you had to check in every hour or so, to make sure we're all playing nice- and that's what it would boil down to, for Mark, I'm sure. I'm not feeling ignored.... He speaks when he has something to say... That's all I'm sayin'....

@ GoNat According to the AP (via WaPo), Morse is g...

2012-01-23T17:41:25.220-05:00
@ GoNat
According to the AP (via WaPo), Morse is getting $3.25M in '12 and $6.75M in '13 along w/ $500k for his autograph

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/morse-gets-325m-in-12-675m-in-13-500k-signing-bonus-from-washington-nationals/2012/01/23/gIQAdoNYLQ_story.html

I'm amazed at how many people when it suits...

2012-01-23T17:37:20.009-05:00
I'm amazed at how many people when it suits their argument are just certain they know what the team is thinking.

Aren't you doing the same thing? If someone has an opinion here that's counter to yours, you repeatedly say that they don't know what they're talking about. Tell me where that's not been the case. Of course none of us knows exactly what the team is thinking, but why does that make it wrong if we have a strong opinion? After all, you seem to have a strong opinion about what the team is going to do, since you say it's the opposite of what I and others say. Why are we automatically wrong and you automatically right?

Glad to hear that Willie Harris signed with the Re...

2012-01-23T17:35:26.382-05:00
Glad to hear that Willie Harris signed with the Reds. Wishing him a great season!

I thought that the MASN deal was a real negative, ...

2012-01-23T17:13:42.870-05:00
I thought that the MASN deal was a real negative, but after someone explained the terms, I am not so sure any more. Sure, the Nats have a small equity piece in the network, but the team has to get a market-based fee for the network carrying the game (which is what gets reset every 5 years). So that fee is what is equivalent to TEX and LAD fees, I think, notthe equity piece.

The Yanks get a fee from YES and own the network (not sure of the %), so they clearly get more (and also from a bigger market), but I think the Nats should do ok. For instance, TEX gets talked about as getting a $3b media deal over 20 years, or $150/yr average. If they Nats get bumped to $90m/ yr during this reset, and then get a 10% increase at each successive 5 yr bump, that would equal $2.1b over 20 years. Not as much as TEX, but still a pretty good deal.

Unkyd, don't you think Mark's infant is sl...

2012-01-23T17:04:33.419-05:00
Unkyd, don't you think Mark's infant is sleeping and napping a lot?

Say what you want to about Dave Nichols and his blog but he stays active in answering questions so maybe we don't have the situation of endless 100's of posts on whether or not Jordan Z qualifies for Top 10 honors if Mark would comment during nap time.