| Ed Price at FanHouse is reporting Brandon Webb is nearing a decision about his 2011 plans. Multiple teams are reportedly still in the running including the Cubs, Ranges and Nationals. He has not pitched in the Major’s for almost two years. So put him in the Ben Sheets and Mark Prior category of wait and see for any potential production in 2011. |
Archive for the ‘Washington Nationals’ Category
Brandon Webb Nearing Decision?
December 17, 2010Nationals Set to Sign Chien-Ming Wang
December 16, 2010| Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting the Nationals are close to a deal to bring back Chien-Ming Wang on a 1 year deal. Deal is excepted to be announced within the next few days.
Wang has not pitched since having shoulder surgery on July 30th 2009. |
Nationals to Move Josh Willingham to Athletics?
December 16, 2010| Numerous reports say the Nationals are shopping Josh Willingham.
Willingham is arbitration eligible and is expected to get a raise from his 4.6 million salary in 2010 to around the 6 million range. Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Athletics are showing interest in Willingham. The A’s are looking to upgrade their offense and appear to have money to spend after being spurned by Adrian Beltre on the 5 year 64 million dollar deal offered him recently. Stay tuned. |
Nationals and Orioles Looking at LaRoche and Lee?
December 16, 2010| Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Nationals and Orioles are both looking at Adam LaRoche and Derek Lee.
It has been widely reported Lee would be willing to accept a one year deal as he tries to bounce back from thumb problems he suffered in 2010 LaRoche has been a consistent 25 HR 85 RBI guy the past 5 years for mostly bad teams. He declined arbitration from the Diamondbacks and is likely to want a longer deal for more money. |
Nationals Officially Out of Cliff Lee Sweepstakes
December 12, 2010| MLB.com is reporting that Cliff Lee has officially eliminated the Nationals from his list of teams. This is no surprise as the Rangers and Yankees have been considered to be the prohibitive favorites since the beginning. The Yankees have said their offer is firm and will not be sweetened. Wide spread speculation is that Lee will sign sometime this week. Stay tuned. |
Nationals Interested in Derek Lee?
December 12, 2010MLB.com is reporting the Nationals have expressed interest in signing Derek Lee. Lee said he expects to come to Spring Training at 100%. If that happens a typical Lee season of 20 HRs and 80+ RBIs is likely. The Nationals are also said to have expressed interest in Adam LaRoche. Rumor is LaRoche is looking for around 10 million per season. Both Lee and LaRoche would probably command similar salaries but LaRoche is 4 years younger and would probably be more motivated to hold out for a longer term deal.
Royals Passively Shopping Greinke?
December 11, 2010Bob Dutton at the The Kansas City Star reports the Royals are not shopping Zach Greinke but will entertain offers. Rumor is several several teams have expressed interest including the Blue jays, Nationals and Rangers. Supposedly the starting price will be two top of the line prospects. This story will probably grab more headlines once Cliff Lee signs. Rumor is the Royals and Blue Jays were close to a deal at the winter meetings but the refusal of the Blue Jays to include Kyle Drabek ended talks. Stay tuned.
White Sox Sign Adam Dunn to 4 Year 56 Million Dollar Deal
December 3, 2010The deal is scheduled to be announced Friday. On the plus side Dunn routinely puts up around 35-40 homes and 100 RBI each season and has an OBP approaching .400. On this minus side Dunn strikes out around 190 times per season and always seems to end up on non-contending teams. This should be his best chance to be on a contending team. It will be interesting to see how he performs under greater pressure in Chicago.
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