NL East: A Fascinating Place: Nationals
This is the fourth post in a series that has looked at the National League East, a division that has had some dynamic movement during this off season. The first post looked at the Phillies and they are the top dogs until somebody knocks them off. The Braves were covered in the second post and it was seen that they have the potential to win 95 games if everything goes perfectly. The...
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The Mets Weakest Link
As spring training approaches its likely that the New York Mets will add at least a piece or two to their Major League roster. While one of those pieces should be a left handed bat off the bench, all others should all be with regards to the teams starting pitching. Regardless of who these late additions might be, and despite the losses of Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran on offense...
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6 days ago
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Washington Nationals Nab Edwin Jackson
The Washington Nationals continued their efforts to shoot up the NL East depth charts yesterday when they signed free agent starter Edwin Jackson to a one year contract. Financial terms were not released, but MLBtraderumors.com reported that the terms were somewhere between eight and 12 million dollars. Of course, that kind of spread is reminiscent of the time window the cable company...
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9 days ago
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9 days ago
Nationals Continue Rotation Overhaul With Jackson Signing
Today, the Washington Nationals signed free agent starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to a one year contract worth somewhere between $8 and $12 million. I wrote about what the market for Jackson looked like on Tuesday, and I really didn't expect the Nationals to be one of the teams contending for his services. But here we are, and Washington has added their second top pitcher to their...
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10 days ago
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10 days ago
Nats Sign Another Solid Starter
Edwin Jackson to the Nats it is, according to Jon Heyman, and it sounds like he’s getting a one-year deal. Didn’t see that one coming.
For those unfamiliar with Jackson, he’s a solid starter who averaged about 200 innings and a 4.00 ERA over the past four seasons with the Rays, Tigers, Diamondbacks, White Sox and Cardinals. He’s 28 years old and strikes out...
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10 days ago
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10 days ago
Watch the Prince Fielder-to-the-Nationals rumors on the news in Taiwan
Call it the Chien-Ming Wang/Michael Morse effect: the Prince Fielder-to-the-Nationals rumors are being covered on TV over in Taiwan; check the video of a report on FTV on Thursday.
If you run the text from FTV.com story through google translate, you're left with something like:
Attempt to recruit people to fight Field upgradeWang belongs...
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January 06, 2012
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January 06, 2012
10 Most Pressing Questions For The Mets In 2012
Anthony DiComo of MLB.com takes a look at 10 questions facing the Mets in 2012. Here are five of them:
Will the Mets remain intact as currently constructed?
Top prospects aside, everyone else on the roster is fair game for trades. Should the Mets stumble out to a poor start in what’s shaping up to be an ultra-competitive division, it will only be a matter of time before rumors...
Via Mets Merized Online
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January 02, 2012
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January 02, 2012
Detwiler vs. Lannan: Battle for the Rotation
The Washington Nationals are experiencing a problem unique to their team’s history in DC. They just have more capable pitchers than they have available starting rotation spots.
As we see it today, the Nationals have four locks for the starting rotation: Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmermann, and Chien-Ming Wang. Just yesterday MLB.com’s Bill Ladson reiterated that...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
Who will be out of the Nats’ rotation?
The Nationals’ acquisition of Gio Gonzalez gives them six major-league pitchers vying for five spots in the 2012 rotation. Gonzalez joins a crew of starters that includes Jordan Zimmermann, Stephen Strasburg, John Lannan, Ross Detwiler, and veteran Chien-Ming Wang, who is returning to Washington on a one-year contract.
In a conference call on Friday, Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo...
Via The Hardball Times
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December 26, 2011
A look at the New York Mets pitching staff
I think the rotation is solid for lack of a better word. Not great but not bad.
Johan Santana is a question mark because almost no one comes back from the surgery he had. Chien Ming Wang may be the first if he can continue at his pace. Chris Young couldn’t. Jake Peavy has to a point but he still visits the DL often. The problem is that he was always injury prone so it’s hard...
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December 18, 2011
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December 18, 2011
Fired Up: Giants Land Cabrera For Sanchez
This week, Fired Up evaluates the Melky Cabrera for Jonathan Sanchez trade, Jim Thome's return to the Phillies and Chien-Ming Wang re-signs with the Nats.
Via The Fan Manifesto
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November 11, 2011
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November 11, 2011
Wang is huge, but Morse is pretty big too in Taiwan
(Wang fans love Morse, too. Photo via http://tw.news.yahoo.com.)
Here's Michael Morse, talking about the Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon in Taiwan:
"I can't even imagine what it must be like to be Wang here in Taiwan. He's easily the biggest celebrity." (Michael Morse, via MLB.com, 11/6/2011)
To the surprise of nobody, The MLB "stars" swept...
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November 06, 2011
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November 06, 2011
MLB All-Stars sweep Taiwan series with win
Chien-Ming Wang started before his local fans, but big flies from Cano and Wigginton down Chinese Taipei.
Via mlb.com
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November 06, 2011
Why You Have to Root for Chien-Ming Wang
Wait. That heading sounds way too much like a command. You don't have to root for Chien-Ming Wang. Perhaps the truth of the matter is that this writer has to root for Chien-Ming Wang. You might have heard that he recently signed with the Washington Nationals for another season for $4 million. It's a rather small and safe investment on the Nationals' part and from the...
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November 05, 2011
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November 05, 2011
Nationals announce 1-year deal with RHP Wang
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Right-hander Chien-Ming Wang has agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Washington Nationals.
Via SI.com
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November 04, 2011
Nats Pay Price To Bring Back Wang
The Washington Nationals finalized a one-year contract with Chien-Ming Wang yesterday, agreeing to pay the sinkerball specialist $4 million with various incentives in 2012. The move helps shore up a starting staff that finished 20th in the game with 10.7 WAR last season, or at least the plan
Wang, 32 in March, returned to the mound late last June after recovering from a torn shoulder...
Via Fangraphs
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November 04, 2011
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November 04, 2011
Nationals' Morse powers MLB contingent past Taiwan
Washington Nationals first baseman Michael Morse homered to lead the Major League Baseball All-Star contingent to a 6-2 triumph over Taiwan in an exhibition game on Friday in Taipei.
The MLB All-Stars have won all three contests thus far in the five-game series.
Morse also had an RBI double in the first inning before belting his solo homer in the third.
Morse's teammate...
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November 04, 2011
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November 04, 2011
Offseason Notes for November 4th
Wang cited Washington DC’s beautiful flora as his main reason for staying with the Nats.
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Offseason Notes.
1. Assorted Headlines2. SCOUT Leaderboards: Arizona Fall League3. Projection: ZiPS for New York (NL)
Assorted HeadlinesAll the nerd that’s fit to print.
Wang Re-Signs with Washington
Ground-balling...
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November 04, 2011
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November 04, 2011
DMV: Kevin Durant Redskins Card
For some reason, there are Kevin Durant football cards. Want. [Capital Games]
John Beck is the winner of this week’s condom award. [Bog]
The Nats inked Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year, $4 million deal. [Nats Journal]
O’s are interviewing ex-Red Sox and Expos GM Dan Duquette. [O's Insider]
Caps are in the bottom third of the league in beer prices. [Puck Daddy]
Maryland is actually...
Via Mr. Irrelevant
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November 04, 2011
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November 04, 2011
Nats re-sign Chien-Ming Wang for another year
Above, video of Chien-Ming Wang signing autographs before the second game of the Taiwan All-Star series.
As expected, the Washington Nationals and Chien-Ming Wang have agreed on another 1-year deal ($4 million). And so, a Nats rotation starting with Strasburg, Zimmermann, and Wang for 2012? This is good news...
Just counting down the days now until Opening Day, April 5...
Befriend...
Via Nationals Enquirer
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November 03, 2011
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November 03, 2011
Report: Nationals, Wang agree to contract
The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with pitcher Chien-Ming Wang on a one-year contract Thursday, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Via Miami Herald
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November 03, 2011
Nats Re-Sign Chien-Ming Wang
The Washington Nationals have re-signed pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a new one year deal.
The deal will be worth $4 million and could be more with Wang meets certain incentive goals. The deal will be official once Wang passes a physical. Wang has signed a one year deal the past two seasons with the Nationals.
Wang completed his long road back to the Majors last season,...
Via The Mark Graham Sports Blog
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November 03, 2011
Report: Wang, Nationals agree to terms on deal
Chien-Ming Wang and the Washington Nationals agreed to the terms of a contract, pending a physical, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
Via ESPN
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November 03, 2011
AP Source: Nationals, Wang agree, pending physical
A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that right-hander Chien-Ming Wang and the Washington Nationals have agreed to the terms of a contract, pending a physical.
The person spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made.
Wang went 4-3 with a 4.04 ERA in 11 starts for Washington in 2011.
He returned to the majors on July...
Via Fox Sports
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November 03, 2011
Report: Nationals sign P Wang to one-year deal
The Washington Nationals have signed free-agent pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a one-year deal worth $4 million.Wang had a solid comeback season after missing the entire 2010 campaign with shoulder problems. The 31-year-old went 4-3 with a 4.04 ERA in 11 starts with the Nationals.Wang spent his first five seasons with the New York Yankees, emerging as one of the club's top hurlers. He...
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November 03, 2011
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November 03, 2011
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