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11-12-2005, 10:04 AM
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The Loaiza Era, it was good while it lasted...Offseason needs
Yup you read the title, Loaiza will probably not re-sign with the Nats. MLB.com's HOT STOVE reports that Loaiza wants a 4-year deal worth 20.6 million, the Nationals counter with an offer of 8.5 million over 2 years. Esteban Loaiza has however expressed fondness to teams such as Kansas City and Detroit.Especially now that the Nationals are in an ownership scrap with
 BUD SELIG don't expect Jim Bowden and Tony Tavares to go after any high quality free agents.Now let's see... With Loaiza NEARLY out of the picture the Nationals only have L. Hernandez, J.Patterson and (cough) Brian Lawrence. What this rotation needs is a good lefty and a big name. Jim Bowden must attempt to tweak up the bullpen, don't get me wrong, they were good, but they must seek more consistencey. The Nationals are also interested in these free agent names: A.J Burnett(ya rite!) FLA, Jarrod Washburn(get out!) ANA, Scott Eyre(good fit!) SF. As for the offense there isn't much the Nats can look at... Not Rafael Furcal (Cristian Guzman and his huge contract) Not Brian Giles (Ryan Church will likely step up and his contract is too steep) Not Paul Konerko( I don't have to explain do I?) Basicly, the Nationals have the entire infield covered: C-Brian Schneider 1B- Nick Johnson 2B- Jose Vidro SS- Cristian Guzman 3B-Ryan Zimmerman As for the outfield... LF-?Wilkerson?(played CF last year and was not that bad at it, there is a rumor that the Yankees are interested in Wilkerson to replace Bernie Williams, if the right deal comes along  Wilkerson can be on the move.CF-?Wilkerson(see above), ?Marlon Byrd?(not just yet...), ?Ryan Church?(you never know...) RF- ?Guillen?(technically, a free agent, has a mutual option for 2006), Marlon Byrd, Ryan Church?? The entire outfield is not yet determined... Jim Bowden, open up your eyes and go after some big name free agents, but don't get carried away either. Loaiza stole some hearts last year, and sadly he will not return. The Nationals will not be ready to compete next year(thanks to Bob Hannah for his quote) as our super moderator says, and I agree. Unless something happens in their current situation, you can count the Nats out of contention for 2006(possibly 2007). Hopefully, some of this information above will be obsolete by 2006... Wilkerson_rulz( a yankee!)---- JOKE! (c) 2005 Bud Selig all rights reserved for the 12 possible owners. Any unauthorized sale or purchase of the Nationals may lead to a penalty(such as moving away...) Last edited by wilkerson_rulz-06; 11-13-2005 at 07:27 AM. Reason: title 
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#2
11-12-2005, 12:21 PM
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"The Nationals exercised their $4.5 million option of RHP Esteban Loaiza, who exercised his right to void it and filed for free agency. He went 12-10 with a 3.77 ERA."
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11-12-2005, 12:35 PM
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I'm glad we had him for the year we did. He was dumped by the Yankees and they paid for it last year.
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11-12-2005, 12:37 PM
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2007 is pretty harsh. There are good free agents every year and they will get sold by then.
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11-12-2005, 03:13 PM
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Last edited by wilkerson_rulz-06; 01-16-2006 at 03:08 PM.
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11-12-2005, 05:24 PM
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None taken. Its just my personal feelings-they don't seem to have the talent on hand to contend seriously. The farm isn't in good shape and the Nats are probably out of the market for bidding on top tier free agents as long as MLB controls the purse strings. Then there is current mess that is making headlines these past few days. But...
...we still have baseball in DC!!!
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11-13-2005, 01:42 AM
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Split ERA IP HR H K BB Home 2.86 110 9 96 95 23 Away 4.71 107 9 131 78 32 Total 3.77 217 18 227 173 55 he'll be a great sign at tje $3 million a year range (assuming no more than 3 years), but a horrible signe at more than $6.2 million (unless it's incentives that get him to 6.2, from say, $5.3 or so).
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11-13-2005, 06:34 PM
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11-13-2005, 06:42 PM
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11-16-2005, 04:31 PM
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I doubt if we would have been better with him. I really hope that this whole farce will come to an end pretty soon. The players deserve to have a home. They don't deserve another four years uncertainty.
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01-06-2006, 07:19 PM
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