Nats 2013 Regular Season Thread

[hokiehi21]

 

[hokiehi21]

I knew LaRoche was struggling but lowest OPS of all NL 1st basemen? Good lord Adam.

 

[BigDDude]

Drew Storen was demoted to Triple-A Syracuse after lasty weeks doubleheader against the Mets. It’s a dramatic fall from grace for someone who looked like one of the best young relievers in the game just two years ago. Coming off his implosion during the NLDS last October against the Cardinals, Storen owns a 5.95 ERA through 47 appearances this season.

While sending Storen down to the minors is probably the best thing for him at this point, fellow reliever Tyler Clippard had some critical words for the organizational after the game, telling Mark Zuckerman of CSNWashington.com that signing Rafael Soriano over the winter sent the wrong message.

“I think there’s a lot of things that led to this that could’ve been prevented,” Clippard said, holding back tears at one point. “You know, you basically send a guy a message this offseason, for having one bad game, that he’s not the guy for the job. He’s only human. I mean, it’s going to get to anybody. …

“I can understand, you know, after the devastation that happened last year, maybe trying to make a change and say: ‘Hey, we’re going to bring in somebody that we think can get it done in that big situation,” Clippard added. “It’s just the wrong message to send, I think. But at the end of the day, that’s what happened and that’s where we’re at. It’s up to me, it’s up to Drew, it’s up to everyone in this locker room to pick ourselves up and move forward.”

“It’s one of those things that I think was handled very poorly by the organization. But at the same time, that’s the decision that was made and we have to move forward as a team. We have great guys in this locker room that are going to get it done. We’re going to make a playoff push at the end of the season, I have no doubt about that. But this is a tough day.”
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Ouch. It should be stated that Clippard is Storen’s best friend on the team, so the emotional reaction is understandable. And we shouldn’t judge him too much for that. Reporters asked him what he thought right after the move happened, so he gave an honest and raw reaction.

On paper, the addition of Soriano improved a strength, but it has clearly had some unintended consequences. Storen is a mess right now, either because of the uncertainty of pitching in a set-up role or because he hasn’t gotten over what happened last October. Or most likely, some combination of the two. Hopefully taking him out of the spotlight for a while can get his career back on track.

 

[apachef4]

Gonna need a big last 2 months.

 

[apachef4]

Ouch. Gorzelanny takes one off the wrist from the bat of Werth.

 

[apachef4]

Gorzelanny done for the night in the 2nd inning. That's too bad for him. Hope he's ok.

 

[hokiehi21]

Lets goo Nats. Damn i missed LaRoche getting intentially walked.

 

[hokiehi21]

Rendon!

 

[hokiehi21]

 

[hokiehi21]

Nats win 4-1.

6.5 back of 2nd wild card now.

 

[hokiehi21]

Span has been raking ever since he was dropped to 7th in the order. Why move him back to lead off?

 

[hokiehi21]

Nats win 3-0.

- Werth left with an injury, he's been our best hitter the last 2 months so that sucks.

- Haren has actually been decent the last few starts. Thats big cause it looks like Detwiler is out for the season.

- in the least surprising news. Span, Harper and Rendon went a combined 1 for 11. Freaking Davey. Stop messing with the lineup. Span does so much better hitting 7th, Harper was fine leading off.

- LaRoche broke an 0 for 521 with a solo shot to left. I believe he used Werth's bat

 

[hokiehi21]

Looks like the Reds are gona win but at least the D'backs wont. 2nd wild card is pretty much down to these 3 teams.

 

[apachef4]

Nats win 3-0.

- Werth left with an injury, he's been our best hitter the last 2 months so that sucks.

- Haren has actually been decent the last few starts. Thats big cause it looks like Detwiler is out for the season.

- in the least surprising news. Span, Harper and Rendon went a combined 1 for 11. Freaking Davey. Stop messing with the lineup. Span does so much better hitting 7th, Harper was fine leading off.

- LaRoche broke an 0 for 521 with a solo shot to left. I believe he used Werth's bat

Yep, Werth out today with a groin injury. Davey's hopeful that he'll be back on Monday.

 

[hokiehi21]

Whoa Werth is in there. But Span is leading off again! Ahhh

 

[hokiehi21]

damn...

 

[hokiehi21]

 

[apachef4]

Werth and Desmond both HBP in the 2nd. Gonna need to charge the mound soon...

 

[apachef4]

Zuke comes through, 2 run single. Werth doesn't look good running at all.

 

[apachef4]

Watching the Brewers makes me feel much better about the Nats.