2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

Answer this questions, would the Nationals still be paying these doctors if they told them that Strasburg was fine to patch?

You want to stay on the payroll? Make people think they need you.

 

Well then one decision, you win.

This isn't a signing it is a medical decision. People making the determination are a hell of a lot more qualified than you or I.

 

You win.

 

Theo Epstein signed Carl Crawford.

Therefore, Ryan Dempster should not have been placed on the disabled list.

 

One more thing...

If it was brought up at the start of the season that the Nats were going to limit this kid to 2/3rds of a season, hopefully someone in the room would have suggested starting Strasburg's season in May or June just in case they were actually worth a shit this season.

The thought of a healthy Strasburg sitting and watching while Lannan and Jackson were potentially taking the rubber in the ALCS would have made this a very easy decision for me.

 

Good grief, man.

Who could've predicted the Nationals would be having this good of a season to this point? When they made the decision -- a medical decision, as others have tried to point out to you -- I doubt anyone in the organization thought their season would go like this.

 

You'd think the Nats might have realized what they had.

I still don't like the idea of starting a pitcher's season late. But what they could have been doing is skipping the occasional start or pushing him back a day here and there.

 

With the way the game has changed (more offense, deeper counts worked by batters, less bunting, etc.) I seriously doubt guys like Seaver, Carlton, Gibson, etc. threw that many more pitches than the stars of today. At least not as many as it would appear based on total innings.

Unfortunately BR doesn't have that pitch data to back up the theory.

 

If anything, KY, I'd submit that a majority of major league teams think they have more talent than they actually do, expect more than is indicated on paper. The Nationals, given their farm system, had every reason to expect they were going to begin climbing through the NL East.

 

So we've reached the point in baseball where if you're really, really good, you're too good to use because you might get hurt.

By that standard the middle-of-the-road, mediocre players should be paid the most.

 

He has already had TJ surgery and is only 23. Why are we going to the extremes?

 

Didn't they trade away two of their top pitching prospects to get Gonzalez?