[閒聊] A Nationals opening day roster guess

[mohicans (Last Of The Mohicans)]

STARTERS (5)
1. Livan Hernandez
2. Jordan Zimmermann
3. John Lannan
4. Jason Marquis
5. Tom Gorzelanny

BULLPEN (7)
1. Drew Storen
2. Sean Burnett
3. Tyler Clippard
4. Todd Coffey
5. Henry Rodriguez
6. Doug Slaten
7. Collin Balester

OUTFIELD (5)
1. Jayson Werth
2. Nyjer Morgan
3. Roger Bernadina
4. Michael Morse
5. Rick Ankiel

INFIELD (6)
1. Ryan Zimmerman
2. Ian Desmond
3. Danny Espinosa
4. Adam LaRoche
5. Jerry Hairston
6. Alex Cora

CATCHERS (2)
1. Ivan Rodriguez
2. Wilson Ramos


By Adam Kilgore

By now, Nationals players have begun preparing for spring training. Pitchers
are starting to throw bullpen sessions on their own. A few hitters, including
Ryan Zimmerman and Ian Desmond, have spent time with Rick Eckstein taking
batting practice in Florida. In about two weeks, players will begin trickling
into Viera, Fla.

The Nationals may not be done adding to their roster, and spring training
will sort out questions and surely offer surprises. But with the start in
sight, it seems like a good time to exercise some educated speculation and
take a guess at what the Nationals' opening day roster will look like.

STARTERS (5)
The trade for Tom Gorzelanny seemed to establish the back end of the
Nationals' rotation. Yunesky Maya, Ross Detwiler, Chien-Ming Wang and others
will certainly receive starts during the season, the rotation for now is
relatively easy to guess.

BULLPEN (7)
The addition of Todd Coffey pretty much ensures the first six slots in the
bullpen. The seventh spot is tricky. Collin Balester showed late last season
he's deserving of a closer look in the bullpen when he allowed two earned
runs in his last 16 1/3 innings, striking out 24 batters over that span.

Balester, though, could be squeezed out for a couple reasons. One, he's got
an option left. Two, with their rotation lacking marquee names, it figures
the Nationals, like last year, will need a lot of innings from their bullpen.
There is no obvious candidate as a long reliever -- they could use Chad
Gaudin in that role or give it to one of the pitchers competing for a
starting role, like Luis Atilano, Craig Stammen or Maya.

For now, I'm going to bet the Nationals start the year with the Balester and,
in the event that they need more innings from the bullpen, they'll use his
option and switch to a reliever who is more stretched out.

OUTFIELD (5)
Left field will be one of the more intriguing positions to watch this spring.
Roger Bernadina, Michael Morse and Rick Ankiel will all compete for time,
with Ankiel and Bernadina perhaps giving Nyjer Morgan some competition in
center. But, while, the Nationals gave us a surprise when they released
Elijah Dukes last year, they at least appear settled in their outfield.

INFIELD (6)
The Nationals are mostly set here, but they've got to figure out what to do
with their final utility infield position. The obvious answer is Alberto
Gonzalez, a stellar defender at three positions. Gonzalez, though, has shown
signs he's not satisfied with a backup role, and the Nationals want bench
player who accept their role. With Alex Cora signed to a minor league
contract, the Nationals could look to trade Gonzalez.

CATCHERS (2)
In spring training, Jesus Flores and Wilson Ramos will compete to catch
alongside Ivan Rodriguez. By midseason, the Nationals could be best served to
part ways with Rodriguez and let Ramos and Flores develop at the major league
level. That would also allow Rodriguez to try to find a situation where he
could receive enough playing time to pursue his goal of becoming the first
catcher to record 3,000 hits.


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2011/01/
a_nationals_opening_day_roster.html
http://is.gd/Ojzq7w

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推 s9527206:看到這裡就知道其實陣容超好猜，每個人想得都一樣 XD
推 s9527206:畢竟變化有限，只有牛棚或板凳有一、兩位不確定而已。
推 s9527206:補充一則乳摸：Phil Wood 表示他聽說制服組依舊在努力進
推 s9527206:行其他交易，另外有某位球探表示他聽說我們有跟 Indians
推 s9527206:談過交易 Carmona 以及 Sizemore 的可能性。(干嗚摳零?)
推 nzys:真的換來Carmona 以及 Sizemore的話農場將準備被清空了~
→ ddtddt:請問Josh Willingham人呢@@? 兩個多月沒看到他消息
推 nzys:樓上，他被交易到運動家了。
推 k91341379183:這樣打線看起來還不錯
→ ddtddt:謝謝，難怪最近都沒看到willingham。
推 ug945:強大的外野= =... Harper+edge+sizemore
推 s9527206:目前看來這交易不可能發生了Zzzz
推 s9527206:消息更新：Justin Maxwell 被 DFA 以空出位置給咖啡。
推 sarserror:BullPen看起來挺強大的
→ sarserror:不過SP還滿糟糕的...
推 Ryushuier:Justin Maxwell 真的養壞了
推 s9527206:SP不要求太多，只求吃局數能力和整體表現能夠達到平均
推 s9527206:去年 Atilano + Stammen + Martin 的出賽部分如果能夠由
推 s9527206:Gorze + Marquis(不痛痛的前提下)補起來應該能升級一些。
推 s9527206:Maxwell 如果通過 waiver，季中或季末應該有機會上來吧..
推 ug945:去年看了幾場Marquis的先發對他還滿有期待的 畢竟要7.5M阿..