Don't Jump...
...yet.
We know what's wrong. What's going right? (We all need a little more sunshine in our lives!)
1) Nick Johnson is healthy! And look at that .420 on-base percentage!
2) Cristian Guzman has power! A .556 slugging! A .223 isolated power, and those power swings are legit!
3) Lastings Milledge looks great! He really is a fun player to watch, slashing swing, just enough power to be interesting, and just a tiny bit of swagger. Has the team had a player more fun to watch?
4) Doubles power! They're 4th in the league!
5) Saul's arm hasn't fallen off! Other than the one game against Philly, he's been pretty solid.
6) Chad Cordero hasn't allowed a run this season!
7) Matt Chico looks like he might've turned a corner! His velocity's up. His control is better. He's allowing fewer homers.
8) Three out of four of Odalis Perez's starts have been pretty good!
9) Tim Redding, well, he's not been terrible!
10) Ryan Zimmerman hasn't made a throwing error all season! (Thanks, Nick!)
11) Nats second basemen have been errorless, too! (Thanks, Nick!)
12) By Zone Rating, Nick Johnson has been the fourth best fielder at 1B.
13) By Zone Rating, Ryan Zimmerman's the favorite to win the Gold Glove!
14) Austin Kearns has made the 4th best % of in-zone plays of any RFer in the league, and laps the competition with 17 plays made outside the regular RF zone, 7 more than his closest competition.
15) Jesus Colome has allowed just a .227 slugging average against.
16) 2 of the 6 stolen bases allowed by the Nats came against Joel Hanrahan, so maybe the defense hasn't been as bad as it's looked.
17) Jon Rauch's and Luis Ayala's ERAs are higher than they should be given their BB/K/HR numbers allowed, meaning they've pitched better than it's looked.
18) In high leverage situations (those that are most critical to the game's bottom line), Lastings Milledge is hitting .500/ .545/ .625
19) When our right-handers pull the ball, they hit .443/ .443/ .729, when they hit to the opposite field, they hit just .213/ .213/ .298. FIRE LENNY!!! (sorry, I was trying to stay positive, but I couldn't help it)
Sure, they suck, but there have been some good things!
We know what's wrong. What's going right? (We all need a little more sunshine in our lives!)
1) Nick Johnson is healthy! And look at that .420 on-base percentage!
2) Cristian Guzman has power! A .556 slugging! A .223 isolated power, and those power swings are legit!
3) Lastings Milledge looks great! He really is a fun player to watch, slashing swing, just enough power to be interesting, and just a tiny bit of swagger. Has the team had a player more fun to watch?
4) Doubles power! They're 4th in the league!
5) Saul's arm hasn't fallen off! Other than the one game against Philly, he's been pretty solid.
6) Chad Cordero hasn't allowed a run this season!
7) Matt Chico looks like he might've turned a corner! His velocity's up. His control is better. He's allowing fewer homers.
8) Three out of four of Odalis Perez's starts have been pretty good!
9) Tim Redding, well, he's not been terrible!
10) Ryan Zimmerman hasn't made a throwing error all season! (Thanks, Nick!)
11) Nats second basemen have been errorless, too! (Thanks, Nick!)
12) By Zone Rating, Nick Johnson has been the fourth best fielder at 1B.
13) By Zone Rating, Ryan Zimmerman's the favorite to win the Gold Glove!
14) Austin Kearns has made the 4th best % of in-zone plays of any RFer in the league, and laps the competition with 17 plays made outside the regular RF zone, 7 more than his closest competition.
15) Jesus Colome has allowed just a .227 slugging average against.
16) 2 of the 6 stolen bases allowed by the Nats came against Joel Hanrahan, so maybe the defense hasn't been as bad as it's looked.
17) Jon Rauch's and Luis Ayala's ERAs are higher than they should be given their BB/K/HR numbers allowed, meaning they've pitched better than it's looked.
18) In high leverage situations (those that are most critical to the game's bottom line), Lastings Milledge is hitting .500/ .545/ .625
19) When our right-handers pull the ball, they hit .443/ .443/ .729, when they hit to the opposite field, they hit just .213/ .213/ .298. FIRE LENNY!!! (sorry, I was trying to stay positive, but I couldn't help it)
posted by Chris Needham at
12:51 PM
8 Comments:
I just consider this some extra time to practice my swimming!
By
Anonymous, at 4/16/2008 1:05 PM
Yeah, save the mass suicide for us Caps fans.
By
JP, at 4/16/2008 1:47 PM
If I owned the team, I'd look into Barry Bonds and Clemens - they'd be good building blocks for the future!!!
By
Anonymous, at 4/16/2008 1:47 PM
#3
I would have to say that Soriano was more fun to watch. But I certainly don't miss those swinging K's at balls in the dirt and head-high heat.
By
Rob B, at 4/16/2008 2:53 PM
So what happens when Guzman and Milledge come back to earth, and Cordero and his 84 mph heater starts to give up runs by the truckload?
By
Anonymous, at 4/16/2008 4:11 PM
by then Zimmerman will be hot, as will Kearns.
Hopefully they coincide and this team will start to click
By
Anonymous, at 4/16/2008 5:06 PM
Maybe the Pope will leave some residual blessings at the park for:
1. 10 mph more on Cordero's heater.
2. A throwing arm for PLoD/Estrada.
3. Some long-ball hits for WMP.
4. Some imagination for Manny.
5. Any timely hits from Zimm/Kearns/Belliard/PLod/Estrada.
6. A new attitude for FLop.
7. A return of last year's bullpen.
8. Chico's guts/Redding's fastball/Hill's health/Perez's junk/Lannan's maturity.
9. Stan's gift of bullshit.
10. NJ's health.
By
Anonymous, at 4/16/2008 5:29 PM
I can only say that I haven't been turned off by baseball this early in a season since the franchise was moved to Washington.
By
Anonymous, at 4/17/2008 7:04 AM
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