DC Gets Fisted

[LJMets1989]

Reports say the Nationals have traded "3-4" players for SP Doug Fister from Detroit.

Names I've seen mentioned so far (all rumors) Lombardozzi, Rendon, Storen, Clippard, Robbie Ray, Taylor Jordan


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[Kingdom]

Rendon would further upgrade infield defense. Does Smyly move to the rotation then?

[LJMets1989]

Wow. I don't understand this deal for Detroit at all. A cheap team-controlled sturdy starter for two maybe-decent pitching prospects and a utility man.

Washington Nationals @Nationals
The #Nats have acquired Doug Fister from the #Tigers in exchange for Steve Lombardozzi, Ian Krol & Robbie Ray

[LJMets1989]

PS: Since I still know "someone" who works for the Nats' AAA team, his analysis of Krol and Ray for those of us unaware of who they are:

"Ray's a AA pitcher, could be good...Krol's a hard-throwing young LHP, decent, meathead."

[Hammer]

i know they wanted to clear a rotation spot for smyly. that would put them at... verlander, scherzer, sanchez, porcello and smyly, right? or did they dump porcello somewhere too, i forget. this does kinda seem like a... lets take the first offer! type of move though.

[Hammer]

PS: Since I still know "someone" who works for the Nats' AAA team, his analysis of Krol and Ray for those of us unaware of who they are:

"Ray's a AA pitcher, could be good...Krol's a hard-throwing young LHP, decent, meathead."

rob gronkowski is a total meathead too. if you can play, you can play. but i do love those direct from the source scouting reports though... continue that!

[LJMets1989]

i know they wanted to clear a rotation spot for smyly. that would put them at... verlander, scherzer, sanchez, porcello and smyly, right? or did they dump porcello somewhere too, i forget. this does kinda seem like a... lets take the first offer! type of move though.

Porcello's still there. But that's just it. There's no way they couldn't have gotten a better deal if they waited a bit.

[Kingdom]

i know they wanted to clear a rotation spot for smyly. that would put them at... verlander, scherzer, sanchez, porcello and smyly, right? or did they dump porcello somewhere too, i forget. this does kinda seem like a... lets take the first offer! type of move though.

So they pulled a Mach?Let's veto that shit

[cjkalt]

They were clearing money to lock up scherzer to long term deal

[LJMets1989]

That's all well and good, but they didn't have to take the very first offer to do it. They got very little of value. A mediocre utility man, a hard-throwing reliever and a AA SP.

[Kingdom]

Thought they cleared money by dumping Fielder