Nats deal Livo to AZ for a pair of young arms.
Not a good move. A GREAT move by Bowden & Co. (thank you, Mike Rizzo). In Chico and Mock the Nats get a couple of prospects, and get the added benefit of clearing $7 million off the books for next season (still paying $2 million this year).
*Ahem* Don't forget, we called it this morning at 6:30, hours before the rest of the world smartened up:
The Nats weren't able to sneak Livan through waivers, so he'll be sticking around for the rest of the season. On an unrelated note, after an 0-3 day at the plate yesterday, Livo is now hitting his weight (.267)." (via The Nationals Enquirer, 8/7/2006)
There is the little itty bitty question of who's going to eat up all those innings on the NAAAtionals staff for the rest of this season, but hey, Billy Traber's back! Chris Shroder! Someone get Roy Corcoran on the phone, quick! Fire up the New Orleans-to-Washington shuttle!
So long, Livan, you'll be missed. (We'll miss your bat, too.)
(Photo by Chris Park/AP)
Everyone immediately buy tickets to the September 1-3 series at RFC against Arizona. I'll be the guy wearing my homemade Livan Hernandez tummy pouch, limping around on a bum knee, but still getting the job done (and by "job done" I mean drinking several highly priced beers).
Livan has been great for us, sad to see him go, but his plus sized bootie does look good going the other way.
John Patterson (our #1 starting pitcher and self-proclaimed staff ace) will just pick up all those innings right? Armas will just continue to own the NL?
Oh, the 6th most innings pitched for the Nats still is Majewski? Stanton is still eighth? And our closer is 7th??? CRAP! Good thing we're eyeballing Canseco. If we sign him, I'm busting out my "This is what Pork Barrell Spending looks like on Steroids..." sign.
Posted by: SomeGuy | August 07, 2006 at 11:09 PM