With the recent announcements today from both the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros I found myself wondering what was worse. Were the Nationals worse off with a bunch of guys who had no big league experience or the Astros who have an ace but a rag tag group of injury prone or other wise long relievers filling out their rotation.
The Nationals today announced that former ace John Patterson had been released leaving the team while Cecil Cooper went ahead and announced the first four members of his rotation.
While Manny Acta hasn't been as forthcoming as Cooper only announcing that Shawn Hill, Jason Bergmann and Tim Redding had made the rotation it's safe to assume that Matt Chico who was the workhorse of the staff and possibly even John Lannan will fill out the final two spots. Of course with Odalis Perez still in camp the team could choose to go with the veteran to start the season in order to give Lannan, their minor league pitcher of the year, a few more starts in the minors.
Original Story:
http://www.tireball.com/behindthedugout/....
The Nationals today announced that former ace John Patterson had been released leaving the team while Cecil Cooper went ahead and announced the first four members of his rotation.
While Manny Acta hasn't been as forthcoming as Cooper only announcing that Shawn Hill, Jason Bergmann and Tim Redding had made the rotation it's safe to assume that Matt Chico who was the workhorse of the staff and possibly even John Lannan will fill out the final two spots. Of course with Odalis Perez still in camp the team could choose to go with the veteran to start the season in order to give Lannan, their minor league pitcher of the year, a few more starts in the minors.
Original Story:
http://www.tireball.com/behindthedugout/....
