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If you're roaming around a local shopping mall over the next few weeks and think you've spotted Jayson Werth, it probably is Werth, who has moved the Werth family to the greater Washington area, where he'll be working for the next several years. It's a pretty big deal, inasmuch as he can obviously afford to live anywhere, and a lot of major league players opt
Sometimes on Saturday morning's "Nats Talk" on MASN, Mike Wallace and I will throw out names that we'd like to see in a Washington uniform, even though it's simply wishful thinking. A few weeks ago we threw out the name Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates, an incredibly gifted center fielder and hitter, who at 25, is not yet in his prime, and who, from all
Well I'm glad that's over with. Every credible source I've spoken with says it came down to the Nationals and the Tigers in the Prince Fielder sweepstakes. In the end, Detroit's willingness to make it a nine year deal put them across the finish line. Mike Rizzo's reluctance to give Fielder - or almost anyone, really - that length of contract says a lot about
Late last week, Texas Rangers co-owner Bob Simpson was asked about his team's pursuit of free agent Prince Fielder, in light of their successful negotiations with free agent pitcher Yu Darvish. "I think he's, given our set of cards, too pricey," he said. "And if that were to change, I guess they would look at that harder. But right now I think he's priced himself
My MASNsports.com colleague Pete Kerzel recently wrote a "What If?" asking, "What if ... the Nationals hadn't signed Jayson Werth?" Things like that are frequently interesting, and I'm sure some Nats' fans had already wondered the same question aloud with their friends. Obviously, they did sign Werth, and his first season in Washington livery didn't go so well. There's still a segment of the fan
While we're sitting around waiting for the Prince Fielder sweepstakes to be decided, my thoughts have wandered back to the Hall of Fame. For many years, I was on the Bert Blyleven bandwagon, and finally Blyleven made it in. It doesn't say a lot for the writers who left him off their ballot for as long as they did, but, hey, he made it in
If the biggest question about signing Prince Fielder revolves around his physique, what can he do - aside from posing for Playgirl - to assuage that concern? I don't have the answer for that, but a couple of weeks ago we interviewed Orioles' shortstop J.J. Hardy on "The Mid-Atlantic Sports Report," and he said that, while Fielder may not be a Gold Glove first baseman,
ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that the Nationals are looking for a reliever in "the Todd Coffey mold," if not Coffey himself. On another note, ESPNChicago.com is reporting that Kerry Wood's days with the Cubs appear "all but over." Hmmm. Coffey and Wood are at the respective stages of their career where they will likely make similar money. Both are right-handed, both throw hard, though
On "Nats Talk" on MASN last Saturday morning, Mike Wallace and I were joined by Ron Rizzi, the recently-hired special assistant to general manager Mike Rizzo. Ron was extremely informative regarding the whole scouting process, and spent quite a bit of time talking about scouting in Venezuela, where he found a number of players for his former employer, the Los Angeles Dodgers, We always receive
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, the Prince Fielder story will be over when it's over. The Nationals are interested, but long-term - like seven-plus years long-term - interested? That Fielder is only 27 - 28 in May - would seem to make a longer deal more desirable. Fielder's physique - he's listed at 5-foot-11 and 275 lbs. and can really only play first base - tends
In the brief history of the Washington Nationals, they've made trades with a number of other big league clubs, but never one with the nearby Baltimore Orioles. Not that there haven't been a number of players to perform for both teams - Jerry Hairston Jr., Corey Patterson, Jeffrey Hammonds and Tony Batista come to mind, among others - but none moved from one team to
It will not surprise me if the Nationals end up as Prince Fielder's eventual landing spot. Keep in mind that the negotiations with Jayson Werth last winter were kept under wraps, with only general manager Mike Rizzo and owner Mark Lerner in the loop. I know that Fielder and agent Scott Boras met with Rizzo and Lerner on their recent tour, and today Brewers beat
