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Comment on Don’t give up on Haren yet by First quarter review: Performance versus expectations | Nats Noodles

First quarter review: Performance versus expectations | Nats Noodles — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:35:33 +0000

[…] pitches down, good hitters can hit them out. Strasburg and Gonzalez are still good pitchers, and I haven’t given up on Haren yet either (despite his shelling this afternoon). I’d like to spend more time looking at […]

Comment on Managing expectations by Nats’ April in review | Nats Noodles

Nats’ April in review | Nats Noodles — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:59:44 +0000

[...] the Nationals, that’s a pretty good description of their April. They started the seasons with heady expectations—the consensus pick as the best team in the National League, if not in all of baseball. The ended [...]

Comment on Washington’s last, forgotten World Series championship by Did Branch Rickey destroy the Negro leagues? | Nats Noodles

Did Branch Rickey destroy the Negro leagues? | Nats Noodles — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:35:41 +0000

[...] Negro league games. In researching the articles I wrote on the 1948 Homestead Grays pennant and World Series championship, I was struck by how all of the attention that had been going to the Negro league teams was [...]

Comment on Washington’s last, forgotten pennant by Did Branch Rickey destroy the Negro leagues? | Nats Noodles

Did Branch Rickey destroy the Negro leagues? | Nats Noodles — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:35:39 +0000

[...] attending the Negro league games. In researching the articles I wrote on the 1948 Homestead Grays pennant and World Series championship, I was struck by how all of the attention that had been going to the [...]

Comment on Can the Nats trade for a starter? by Can the Nats sign a free agent starter? « Nats Noodles

Can the Nats sign a free agent starter? « Nats Noodles — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:19:52 +0000

[...] starter, the next hole for Mike Rizzo to fill is a fifth starter. In an earlier post I looked at possible targets for a trade. With the recent trade for Denard Span, however, the Nats’ minor league system is starting to [...]

Comment on Managing Strasburg’s 2012 innings limit: Bring back the “Sunday pitcher” by Links to remember « Nats Noodles

Links to remember « Nats Noodles — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:49:53 +0000

[...] on Saturdays. Of course, maybe the reason I liked it so much is that it’s eerily similar to one of my own posts on the [...]

Comment on Do the Nats have a communications problem? by Nat Anacostia

Nat Anacostia — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:12:04 +0000

I agree – the case of Lannan is a great example. Another example was back when Harper was in the minors, I had the impression that no one sat down with him and explained what their development plan for him was. I understand that management needs some flexibility, but the players deserve to hear their plans before its broadcast to the media.

Comment on Do the Nats have a communications problem? by Todd Boss

Todd Boss — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:13:57 +0000

Absolutely the Nats have a communications problem. I’ll give you two other blaring examples of Rizzo’s limitations as a personnel manager:
1. The entire Riggleman affair, as you mentioned. I completely agree. Lots of people put that squarely on Riggleman; i don’t. According to Riggleman, he was asking for a simple meeting with his supervisor to discuss his status and his future. Not exactly an unreasonable request. Rizzo apparently refused to have a 20 minute meeting with his direct underling, so Riggleman pushed the issue. Why wouldn’t Rizzo have a simple meeting?? It was clear that Riggleman wasn’t Rizzo’s “guy,” but that didn’t mean Rizzo had the right to treat Riggleman like a piece of trash.
2. The Lannan demotion issue this spring training. Johnson is busy telling Lannan he’s the #5 starter all spring and then suddenly Rizzo demotes him and you’ve got Lannan demanding a trade. How does that happen so badly??

Rizzo may be a great scouting director and (thus far) an effective GM. But his management skills are woeful.

Comment on Thoughts on Riggleman and Rizzo by Do the Nats have a communications problem? « Nats Noodles

Do the Nats have a communications problem? « Nats Noodles — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:28:44 +0000

[...] work force. I mentioned my concerns about Rizzo’s communications style more than a year ago in the wake of the the Riggleman resignation. Unfortunately, my concerns have not been assuaged. Maybe Rizzo needs to take some training on [...]