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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2 days ago
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Is the Nationals Pitching Staff Among the Best in Baseball?
It's clear that Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo puts a premium on quality pitching, and the Nats are becoming a team that's increasingly difficult to ignore because of it. The Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Angels have incredible pitching rotations, but what about the entirety of their pitching staffs? Can anyone compare to the Nats?
It hasn't taken long for the...
Via The Nats Blog
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17 days ago
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17 days ago
Nationals Ps Zimmermann, Gorzelanny, Clippard agree to deals
Washington Nationals pitchers Jordan Zimmermann, Tom Gorzelanny and Tyler Clippard avoided arbitration by agreeing to one-year deals on Tuesday.
Zimmermann, who will earn $2.3 million, posted an 8-11 mark with a 3.18 ERA last season.
Gorzelanny, who will make $3 million, is scheduled to work out of the bullpen this season. The 29-year-old lefthander recorded a 4-6 mark with a 4...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Zimmermann, Gorzelanny, Clippard agree with Nats
Nationals pitchers Jordan Zimmermann, Tom Gorzelanny and Tyler Clippard have agreed to one-year contracts with the team, avoiding arbitration.
Zimmermann's deal is for $2.3 million, while Gorzelanny gets $3 million. The value of Clippard's contract wasn't immediately known Tuesday.
Zimmermann, a right-hander, is expected to be Washington's No. 3 starter in 2012...
Via AP on Fox
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26 days ago
Nats avoid arbitration with Zimmermann, Clippard
The Washington Nationals have signed pitchers Jordan Zimmermann, Tom Gorzelanny and Tyler Clippard to one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration.
Via Miami Herald
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26 days ago
Gorzelanny Signs For More than Zimmermann While Avoiding Arbitration
It's arbitration season in baseball, and so stories of players agreeing to terms with their teams just keep pouring out. Tom Gorzelanny and Jordan Zimmermann have both agreed to terms with the Washington Nationals, which means they avoid the arbitration process. Gorzelanny inked a deal for $2.7 million, Zimmerman for $2.3 million, both numbers according to CBSSports.com&...
Via The Nats Blog
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Zimmermann, Gorzelanny reach deals with Nats
The Nationals agreed to terms on Tuesday with right-hander Jordan Zimmermann and reliever Tom Gorzelanny on 2012 contracts, thus avoiding salary arbitration. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Via mlb.com
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27 days ago
Seven Nationals file for salary arbitration
Nationals pitchers Tyler Clippard, Gio Gonzalez, Tom Gorzelanny, John Lannan and Jordan Zimmermann, plus catcher Jesus Flores and outfielder Michael Morse filed for salary arbitration on Friday.
Via mlb.com
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January 13, 2012
Nats tender contracts to six, let Slaten go
Entering Monday, the Nationals had seven players -- Tyler Clippard, Tom Gorzelanny, Jesus Flores, Michael Morse, John Lannan, Doug Slaten and Jordan Zimmermann -- eligible for arbitration, and the team decided that Slaten would be non-tendered, making him a free agent.
Via mlb.com
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December 12, 2011
When Debbi Taylor interviewed Doug Slaten
Christmas comes early in NatsTown: Nationals non-tender Doug Slaten.
Sadly, Slaten was at his most productive in 2011 during the 77 game stint he spent on the DL with left elbow ulnar neuritis.
Meanwhile the Nats tender contracts to: Tyler Clippard, Jesus Flores, Tom Gorzelanny, John Lannan, Michael Morse, and Jordan Zimmermann.
Up above, relive the magic from June 2010...
Via Nationals Enquirer
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December 12, 2011
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December 12, 2011
MLB Non-Tender Candidates
Tonight at midnight is the deadline for teams to tender offers to their arbitration eligible players for the 2012 season. Earlier today I previewed the arbitration eligibles for the Pittsburgh Pirates, including their expected values through arbitration. MLB Trade Rumors has published a list of non-tender candidates around baseball, which is an interesting list to take a look at...
Via Pirates Prospects
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December 12, 2011
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December 12, 2011
The non-tender deadline is Monday night
The deadline to tender contract offers to players who have had their contracts expire, but are not eligible for free agency, is Monday night.
However, if a player is not tendered a contract by Monday’s deadline, he can then become a free agent.
Among those that might be non-tendered are C Ronny Paulino, LHP Tom Gorzelanny, RHP Ross Ohlendorf, LHP Joe Saunders, IF Ryan Theriot...
Via Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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December 09, 2011
Next Season's Roster: Outside Looking In - Pitchers Edition
Today is the penultimate edition of Next Season's Roster, and we're going to show the predictions for pitchers on the outside of the Washington Nationals organizatoin looking in. That means those who won't be in the organization to start next season.
Tom Gorzelanny was traded to the Nats last offseason for Michael Burgess, among others. Burgess was picked in the...
Via The Nats Blog
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October 20, 2011
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October 20, 2011
Young Nats Staff On Horizon?
The Nationals are spending much of September evaluating their young pitchers. They moved Tom Gorzelanny out of the rotation in August and shut down Livan Hernandez for the season in September.
Via nationals.scout.com
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September 21, 2011
Nationals 4, Phillies 3(10)
Ryan Zimmerman's pinch-hit single in the top of the 10th inning lifted the Washington Nationals past the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Tuesday in the first game of a day-night-doubleheader.
Roger Bernadina smacked a three-run homer off Phillies reliever Michael Schwimer into the seats in the second deck of right field in the seventh for a 3-0 lead. Raul Ibanez hit a three-run pinch...
Via AP on Fox
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September 20, 2011
Three Potential LOOGY Targets
According to MLB Trade Rumors, each of the following three pitchers have cleared waivers and are therefore eligible to be dealt. The numbers presented represent their numbers against left-handed batters, as the Yankees have enough talented righties to allow Girardi to leverage Logan and another lefty to the best of their abilities.
Bill Bray, Reds
2011 - .195/.273/.286, 9 BB...
Via Sliding Into Home
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August 29, 2011
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August 29, 2011
Gorzelanny yearns for return to starting rotation
Washington Nationals pitcher Tom Gorzelanny wants to be a starter, not a reliever. He makes no secret of that. Stuck in a relief role behind a rotation of young arms, workhorse Livan Hernandez and the career revitalization project of Chien-Ming Wang, the 29-year-old lefty called his situation "not ideal." "It's ...
Via Washington Times
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August 22, 2011
Gorzelanny wants to makes most of stint in 'pen
Davey Johnson hasn't made it a secret that Tom Gorzelanny would prefer to start, but he was taken out of the rotation because the Nationals want to give left-hander Ross Detwiler a long look. Still, Gorzelanny pitched in relief Friday, throwing three scoreless innings.
Via mlb.com
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August 20, 2011
The Best of the Scrapheap
The month of August is a good time to keep tabs on Ben Nicholson Smith's continuously updated Players Who Cleared Waivers post.
Reading it on the Subway tonight after work, a handful of pitchers stood out:
Chris Capuano, Mets - Capuano owns a 3.74 SIERA as of August 14th and earns only $1.5MM plus incentives, so it's hard to see why a few teams didn't place claims...
Via BAseball Reality Tour
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August 16, 2011
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August 16, 2011
Killer K’s: Fantasy Baseball Strikeout Options
If your fantasy baseball team is in dire need of help in the category of strikeouts, a quick trip to the waiver wire or trading block may be just what the doctor ordered. However, there may be some side effects from the medication the fantasy doctor prescribes. In other words, you may be able to pick up a pitcher or two to help out with some much-needed K’s but these same pitchers also...
Via Baseball Reflections
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August 10, 2011
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August 10, 2011
Detwiler to start, Gorzelanny to 'pen for Nats
Left-hander Ross Detwiler will start Thursday in Colorado, leaving his role as a long man pitching on a regular schedule out of the bullpen and sending Tom Gorzelanny there in his stead.
Via mlb.com
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July 31, 2011
Marquis pushed back for Wang's arrival
With Chien-Ming Wang starting against the Mets on Friday, the Nationals have decided that Jason Marquis will be pushed back to Saturday, while Tom Gorzelanny will be used out of the bullpen.
Via mlb.com
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July 26, 2011
Another One Gets Away
(Look out! Henry Rodriguez uncorks a ridiculous wild pitch in the seventh inning, allowing the tying run to score and scaring the crap out of fans behind home plate. Screencap via MLB.com.)
"That’s just a tough one. It's hard to take." (Davey Johnson, via Washington Post, 7/24/2011)
Dodgers 7, Nationals 6: Nats blow four run lead, lose yet...
Via Nationals Enquirer
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July 24, 2011
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July 24, 2011
Nats squander lead and lose to Dodgers
Washington Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny was given a 6-2 lead early in Saturday night’s contest against the Dodgers, but he and the bullpen let that advantage slip away. Los Angeles evened the series against the Nats by taking the second game of the series by a 7-6 score. Ryan Mattheus took the loss after allowing a walk-off double to Rafael Furcal in the bottom of the 9th...
Via DC Double Play
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July 24, 2011
Gorzelanny: 'Just awful pitching, plain and simple'; Nats lose to Dodgers 7-6
LOS ANGELES — Tom Gorzelanny was something of a hot topic this week as the Nationals moved from Atlanta, to Houston and finally to Los Angeles. He and his sprained right ankle, that is. Whether Gorzelanny would make Saturday night's start at Dodger Stadium was somewhat in question until midweek. ...
Via Washington Times
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July 24, 2011
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