"We need some help in our lineup. If you look back to 2006 when [Ryan] Zimmerman had that great season, he wasn't the main focus of this team. It was Alfonso Soriano. I really want to get to a point where some of those kids can just go out there and play and have some weight lifted off their shoulders." (Manny Acta, via Washington Times, 9/30/2008)
Tex? Manny? Nope! Picking up where he left off at the Trading Deadline in 2007, you just know Jim Bowden has his heart set on one man -- and one man only.
The only question is: Will Jimbo blow his entire $15 million offseason budget on Adam Dunn, or does he try to spread it around among a bunch of Johnny Estradas? Follow up question(s): What is Jimbo's offseason budget: $15 million in increases? $10 million? Follow up to the follow up question: Will The Family let Jimbo increase payroll this offseason? One more, while we're at it: how much of Jimbo's budget does he blow on the upcoming 2-year deal for Willie Harris?
Anyway, cue up the Adam Dunn-to-Washington rumors; at the very least he fits in with the ex-Red model.
Meanwhile...
Ben Goessling of the Washington Times checks in on the state of player development down on the farm.
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NO NO NO NO NO. Not a another ex-RED who will under perform becouase he is a product of the bandbox in Cincinnati. The only postive I have to say about Nats Park is that the dimensions are fair.
Posted by: darrell.shahin@yahoo.comDMan | October 01, 2008 at 08:15 PM
DMan,
We're not saying it's necessarily the right thing to do; we're just betting the house that it's the thing they WILL do.
Plus, maybe having his best buddy Dunn around will make Kearns finally stop sulking about getting traded 2+ years ago and start hitting like the guy Jimbo thought he was getting.
Posted by: The Nationals Enquirer | October 04, 2008 at 08:46 PM