Old Emails

I'm cleaning up the approximately 56,340 GB of emails in my mailbox, and ran across this exchange I had with someone who wrote/write/not-gonna-let-you-tense-your-way-into-figuring-out-who-it-is/was just prior to the 2007 draft. In light of Ross Detwiler's magnicient start today, it's especially fun.

I've got bad news for you Chris... the Nats won't take Matt Wieters, even if he falls to them. It's not about signability. They simply don't like him. I was told he's a No. 6 hitter in the bigs and an average catcher...

if one of Vitters, Moustakas, Price, or Detwiler fall, that's what they'd like to happen. My guess is Moustakas, with Detwiler being the Wild Card if he's there.

As for Wieters, they like him to a point. But I *think* the person I spoke to was being honest when they said he's no more than a No. 6 hitter and an average catcher. That person said he wants a 3/4 hitter with the 6th pick or a No. 1 starter. Can't blame them if that's true.

Of course it's not like Wieters is smacking the crap out of the ball... He's hitting like a 'roided up Nieves. I, like you, am eagerly awaiting Ross' ascendancy to the No. 1 slot in the rotation.