The Nats core is not anywhere as strong as ours.
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Originally posted by Swift View PostThing is, Atlanta is asking those two to be their "core" since their team is by and large on the back 9 of their careers.
We've already got our "core" in Hanley and JJ with periphery guys like Coghlan and Nolasco. We're just asking Stanton/Morrison/Maybin/Dominguez/James to come in and make our team absolutely retarded, not make our team like Atlanta is asking their duo. If Chipper were 10 years younger, yeah, get the fuck out of their way, but he's not.
Thus, I still think the scariest team going forward is Washington. They've got the most terrifying combination of established talent, super prospects and a demonstrated willingness to jump into free agency if a match surfaces. Like, come on, tell me that if our franchises switched owners that we wouldn't be burning up the phone lines with Smoltz or Washburn right now.
The Nats really only have Zimmerman as far as a real long term building block at the major league level as far as position players go. Yeah, they've got all of that young pitching, but I remain unimpressed with most of them and I really can't see John Lannan continuing to do what he has, and he's the only one who's shown any consistency. Right now they have the highest upside, sure, but they could flameout, and their position prospects still don't get me too excited.poop
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Would be more interesting to make a 31 year old Willingham with his career a free agent in 2006, any contract he gets now is going to be for 2/3 the length and 50% of what he would have otherwise gotten. I don't know if it's the economy, smarter FO's or both, but a guy like Willingham does not want to hit free agency right now.
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