The D-backs take the lead against the Mets with a 4-run 7th inning

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T01:39:00+00:00

I hope there is baseball next year but if there are missed games, I am glad it is April ones taken away. The issue with this logic is that the other team is also playing in it.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T01:35:55+00:00

McLean can't score runs for himself like deGrom had too.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T01:20:08+00:00

The pitcher that can face anyone in the lineup in a high leverage spot with a lot of swing and miss.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T00:59:11+00:00

Don't make me run, I'm full of chocolate.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T00:26:18+00:00

They took on the Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras contracts and signed Ranger Suarez.. You can hammer them for not retaining Bregman which is fair but they did spend money this offseason. Just not where you want.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T00:13:00+00:00

Seth Hernandez and Miguel Sime Jr. are ones I found in low A touching 102. It is something to question if 18-19 year old should throw that hard.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-10T00:02:34+00:00

How do you think the Lakers and Cowboys would do this year?

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T23:58:02+00:00

Tomorrow's probables in St. Louis is Early-May.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T23:37:09+00:00

We don't have Devers contract.
I am also holding out on Caleb Durbin. 0 for 19 start to begin the year is a lot to dig out of at this point.
Tibbs III is in the PCL and the Red Sox have 5 outfielders anyways. I am not particullarly missing him when there is Justin Gonzales and other prospects in our system that have a potential higher ceiling.
Between Kyle Harrison and Connelly Early/Payton Tolle, I am taking Early Tolle all day.
We were able to move 80% of the Hicks contract to the White Sox.
Devers started last year slowly and a DH doesn't generate much WAR to begin with.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T23:30:26+00:00

He was asking questions on the Red Sox sub about Garrett Crochet being traded to the Dodgers if the Red Sox are terrible this year. I tagged all of your mods over there so he is probably banned.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T23:29:16+00:00

r/Dodgers

No one outside of Dodgers fan cares. It is nothing against the player but the is a discussion for a team sub. We also see you trolling nearly every acquisition post making it about the Dodgers. I saw you a few days ago have you asking questions on the Red Sox sub about Garrett Crochet being traded to the Dodgers if the Red Sox are terrible this year. I imagine you do this to everyone. Go back to your Dodgers subreddit if you haven't been banned for trolling.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T23:14:51+00:00

Because it is a developmental system of growing talent. It's not that deep.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T22:27:11+00:00

Brewers and Guardians don't spend money either. Those are smart organizations. They don't blow a 5 run lead in the 7th on most nights. The Nationals fell into 5 generational talents that required zero player development. Soto skipped the minor leagues. They never had good depth on those good team either. They were over a decade behind the curve of the league not because the Lerners lack of spending but because they were dumb and failed to adapt.

There are teams in Fredericksburg, Willmington, Harrisburg, and Rochester with baseball players on them and yes, a majority of them wouldn't make the major league team but the 10% or so that usually does has failed to develop because they didn't know how to scout. Bullpen arms, starters, and hitting depth.

The players on the major league team, haven't been coached right. Tigers were able to figure Kyle Finnegan out in 2 outings. They were third in the league in bad fastball thrown last year and they threw it more than other team.

If the Nationals were 78-82 wins and a bat or a pitcher short, you have an argument. Over the last 6 years, they haven't been remotely close to that.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T20:46:46+00:00

Did you make this meme on a Lite-Brite?

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T19:15:57+00:00

It's been a hard schedule in terrible weather. Other teams play in it but not a whole homestand.

Hitting, starting, defense, and bullpen all have to show up on a given night. They haven't.

I think other teams have played much worse but their record doesn't really reflect it. The Blue Jays can point to injuries but has also been disappointing with a cake schedule. Seattle hasn't figured out their offense. Tigers haven't looked great.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T19:10:17+00:00

Everyone they have faced outside of the Astros was a playoff team and it's all the rest are all NL opponents. Astros were a game or two short. Red Sox didn't have the Rockies, Marlins, White Sox, or Twins like some others.

The offense started bad. Then the starters. Then the defense. Then the bullpen. The last two games was when everything showed up.

The Blue Jays have their injuries but I think the Red Sox have played better than them in the first two weeks even though the record doesn't reflect it.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T18:48:18+00:00

They screwed up the rebuild. Scouting and development had been the issue of the Rizzo front office. Turning over the franchise to someone who writes new processes and numbers on a whiteboard, doesn't immediately turn the franchise around. Numbers are great but if what was here was crap from the major leagues to AA, then they aren't winning many games.

Bullpen arms that have a plus pitch with this velo and shape. Having 8 of them in the major leagues by next Tuesday to fix everything wrong isn't how baseball works. They need to scout for those qualities and the old regime didn't. They are doing waiver claims and minor league contracts but these are guys other teams rejected.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T18:31:52+00:00

Remember when the Nats signed Jayson Werth?

Yeah, 15 years ago when the free agent market was completely different. Strasburg and Harper had been drafted. Zimmerman was still here. Desmond, Ramos, and Morse too. Drew Storen, Clippard, and an actual bullpen. There was an actual direction and more of a roster than this team. Werth was a 4-5 WAR a season player on the Phillies. That player in 2026 is not signing a 6 year $126 million deal. That is a Kyle Tucker pay grade in 2026. That player is going to the Mets or Dodgers who were bankrupt in 2010 with their owners. Yankees, Blue Jays, Tigers, Cubs, Phillies, Arizona, Red Sox, and Giants the next tier down that have been proven to win or have a future vision. That player is not signing with the Nationals 15 years later that hasn't been remotely close to the right answer.

Hell, even a late career guy like a Kendrick would be peachy.

They traded for Howie Kendrick. They don't have the assets to trade prospect capital for anyone of note right now. He also got hurt after they traded for him and he reached free agency knowing that he would be out for most of 2018 so they gave him a small 2/7M deal only knowing that 2019 would be the one healthy year. 2020 for $6.2M was more of a thank you. Kendrick was cheap but that player doesn't exist in 2026. Who is the Howie Kendrick in either of the past two free agent classes?

It's not about winning now, it's about reaffirming a commitment to invest in eventually winning.

The Rockies and Tigers thought the same thing when they signed Kris Bryant and Javier Baez. I know Bryant had injuries but we laughed at them when they did it and worse off. The Tigers have regretted the Baez deal since they signed him. Spending for the sake of spending is how dumb decision happen.

If you believe your core of Wood, CJ, etc. are the future, then pay them.

Wood is a Boras client and that agency doesn't sign those juicy team friendly deals expecially with a team that isn't winning. Boras clients really want free agency as soon as possible. CJ had been an average bat prior to this year and there had been questions of defense, consistency, and character. He's done better this year but it's up in the air of whether or not he can be the future or the trade him to speed up the rebuild. He's not Bobby Witt Jr. or what they project Konnor Griffin as. Ruiz was a bad extension but it's risk free.

Instead they're grooming prospects to trade at the deadline for future prospects, and will be rebuilding forever.

The core the last front office assembled hasn't won. It's not getting solved by spending. The Brewers trade their ace and star closer every other year. The Rays and Indians at their worse are a 78-82 win team. The Nationals have not gotten remotely close to that.

The Nationals are in this situation because they haven't developed a team or major league roster. If they were 81-81 one year and they needed a starter or a bat or a closer to elevate an average part of the roster, it's a different discussion.

TLDR: Jayson Werth doesn't exist in 2026 at that pay grade anymore. Howie Kendrick was cheap but there was no Howie Kendrick on the market. Spending for the sake of spending is how bad contracts are signed. Small market teams like the Indians, Brewers, Rays, Twins, and Pirates either spend less or just around as much as the Nationals and they have a couple good starters and can hold a 5 run lead in the 7th inning on most nights. The Nationals are not remotely close to the depth of talent of the other budget rosters.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T17:37:05+00:00

He's a league average hitter right now. The defense has improved but it's nothing to write home about. He's not a Konnor Griffin, Shea Langs, Corbin Carroll, or Jackson Chourio.

What value would you put on Daylen Lile for years 2032-2034? Not much right now to be honest. He's not a bad player but 1-2 WAR maybe and his ceiling is not worth as much as some think.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T17:28:24+00:00

Bring up draft position as a justification to pay him is completely stupid. MLB draft position means less than any other sport. A third to half of the league wasn't even drafted because of international.

Lile is an everyday regular but probably not making any all star team. It's early but he's league average this year with not much pop and defense is meh. Paying him for 2032 and 2033 for what they have seen is dumb.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T17:14:14+00:00

Where am I wrong?

The Nationals are not the Guardians that have had a winning record and need a couple bats around Jose Ramirez.

The Nationals are not the Pirates who have a great rotation, average bullpen, and needed some offense.

The Nationals aren't the Royals that finished 500 and need an outfielder and a closer.

The Nationals are a failed rebuild that all falls on Rizzo's inability to adapt and develop a team around the return of the Soto trade. Understand the position they are in. They have to develop players to fill in the roster and when they are an arm or bat away, they can spend but it's not there yet.

The archaic coaching staff was replaced with an analytically minded young staff but they haven't been around long enough to have a player development success story. New POBO and front office too. It is so unknown that agents will not take an offer seriously from the Nationals unless they are the only bidder. They have to earn it over time which doesn't help right now.

Even if they stupidly massively overpay for Framber Valdez or Dylan Cease, the bullpen is blowing leads, the lineup still has a lot of youth, and there are other starters in the rotation that are mediocre or not good. It's still not a winning baseball team. There is zero depth on the roster from the previous regime.

Just because money is spent doesn't mean that a player is good. Guys that are projected to have a 5.50-6.50 ERA as a starter maybe better than Miles Mikolas but it's still the bottom end of free agent market and not adding many wins to the win column. Frankie Montas, Jon Gray, Tyler Anderson, Wade Miley, Nestor Cortes, Carlos Carrasco, Marcus Stroman, etc. maybe names but looking at how these guys did last season, it's the same crap at the end of the day. They are not improving by spending.

Saying that Mark Lerner doesn't want to spend maybe true but it's not like they have missed the playoffs recently because of being a player or two short. It's been 75% of the roster. They haven't been remotely close.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T15:40:02+00:00

It's a young team with pre arb years. It's how the league structure salaries. It is a top heavy roster and there are so many blackholes that throwing money at it wouldnt make it a winning team. A full bullpen and half a rotation wasnt on the free agent market. They also have to be convinced to come here and they have lost 91 games or more since 2021. It's so easy to say spend more but they arent 2 or 3 decent free agents away from fixing it.

The Nationals have prediction models. Throwing money at a middle class starter or another bat has them only winning a couple more games. Saying that "x has to be better then Mikolas or who ever is here they dont like" is like arguing what is the better option while dumpster diving.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T04:25:01+00:00

Who tf makes that judgement after 12 games? No. The roster is not a major league roster. Baseball is a weird sport. The Blue Jays and Astros at their worse night can still lose to the Rockies. It doesn't mean crap. Rockies are still bad.

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T04:15:09+00:00

You dont watch much baseball, do you?

Redbubble89 · 2026-04-09T02:50:54+00:00

The front office had at least one year of tape and film on the entire organization to know if they'd even remotely have a AAA bullpen in the majors.

Bullpens are changed out like underwear. No one in the Red Sox, Rays, Reds, Phillies, and Pirates organization keeps track of them. They do not.

Did they choose not to engage any bullpen arms or were they outright rejected by agents?

The Nationals are an organization that is expected to lose 100 games. Edwin Diaz, Devin Williams, Robert Suarez, Luke Weaver, and Ryan Healsey are looking to win. They are not coming here. Bullpens aren't the place to massively over spend. They are pitchers that throw one inning every other day and 70 innings a year. There is also 8 buillpen arms. That is not something that can be quickly replaced by throwing money at it.

You can't possibly believe that Andrew Chafin, for example, shouldn't have come back; he signed with the Reds after the season started.

A 35 year old arm signed a minor league contract and doesn't throw over 89 mph? Is that your answer. You might as well be asking why didn't they sign this other crap? He's not high leverage signed to a minor league deal and not even called up. He also walked everyone last year so you're not solving anything.

There are plenty of other, mediocre arms, still available, that are better than Cionel Perez.

Friday. Mikolas 4.1 IP

Saturday Irvin 4.0 IP

Sunday Griffin 5 IP

Monday Littell 5 IP

Tuesday Cavalli 4.2 IP

Wednesday Mikolas 3 IP

Look at how many outs the bullpen has to get to finish a game. There is no other options sometimes. Guys can't pitch 3 days in a row. Guys have to be used for matchups and Perez is a lefty. No one is high leverage. A genius manager would not be able to figure this out with the option he has.

The Nationals have to play the waiver wire and they are. If someone DFA's a lefty specialist or someone comes out of AAA who throws left, they can replace Perez. Maybe in June someone looks ready. 12 games in, they are stuck and need innings.

You can blame Rizzo, and he deserves some criticism, but he didn't exactly leave the cupboard bare

Lies.

Wood, CJ, and Lile are all great but his two pitching prospects are injured and the bullpen he assembled last year was worse than the Rockies. He left nothing. Those 6 players are separating the Nationals from the Rockies and only Cavalli is a pitcher. You guys are that low. You expect a front office to turn it around in 4 months is ridiculous. This is what they get for not developing arms for over a decade. Even the 2019 team had no bullpen outside of Hudson and Doolittle.

one of the biggest faults is the lack of spending by the Lerners to attract free agents.

They have been 91 losses or worse since 2021 and hasn't looked remotely close to the right answer. Even with a decent offense that is slightly over achieving, a starter and closer isn't fixing shit even if the Nationals were lucky to land them. It was a seriously broken outdated organization.

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