In the most recent episode of Nats Talk On The Go, we speculated about who the Washington Nationals would try to acquire in a trade for John Lannan. We handily dismissed the idea that the Los Angeles Angels would even consider getting rid of CF stud Peter Bourjos, but Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe is reporting that "there is a lot of speculation" that the deal is not as far off as we thought.
Bourjos is entering his age 25 season and last season was his first full season of MLB experience. During that year, he put up a .271/.327/.438 slash line. He stole 22 bases and netted 11 triples, and all-in-all had 49 extra base hits. In the field, he earned an .989 fielding percentage with 7 assists from center field and just 4 errors in 361 chances. He had an impressive 7.5 UZR in center field next season, and while that small sample size could be a bit deceptive for UZR, his non-advanced stats show it may not be an anomaly with more than 350 chances. All told, this impre...
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