Nats GM Mike Rizzo talked with the squeeze today about the offseason to come, as Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com reports. He communicated fulfillment with the "great, relentless brand of baseball" that the club showed, while recognizing the mistake of neglecting to progress in the playoffs. Rizzo wasn't quick to present much in the method for points of interest on the group's arranging, yet provided some knowledge. Here are the highlights from his question and answer session and a couple of more notes on the group:
Rizzo commended his program's adaptability, recommending that it permits "a variety of headings to enhance our ballclub." Trea Turner, specifically, could involve a center infield part or play in focus — leaving the Nats allowed to seek after an inside defender, shortstop, or maybe even a corner outfielder (while moving Bryce Harper to focus). As Rizzo put it, Turner's nearness "permits us to work around that, implying that it gives us more alternatives in the commercial center to enhance the ballclub."
One thing that won't happen is a perpetual move of Turner to a respectable halfway point, with Daniel Murphy assuming control for Ryan Zimmerman at first. "No, Zim's our first baseman going into this offseason and spring preparing," Rizzo said. The veteran attempted to a .218/.272/.370 batting line this year, by a wide margin his most noticeably awful as a major leaguer, yet he reached (34.7%) and may have been lamentable to convey a .248 BABIP.
The Nats have some outstanding free operators, obviously, including catcher Wilson Ramos and nearer Mark Melancon. Rizzo wouldn't focus on a technique on the brawny stopping board, whose season finished with ACL surgery. The arrangement is to "do all the due perseverance on the medicals" before making an approach issuing Ramos a qualifying offer and choosing whether to seek after him.
Concerning Melancon, Rizzo offered unrestrained acclaim for his work on the hill and nearness in the clubhouse. Looking ahead, however, Rizzo recommended that he isn't bolted into Melancon or the other top help alternatives available. "It's an expansive, profound reliever showcase this year, and Mark is one of the tip top relievers in the commercial center," he said. "Ideally, you'd generally get a kick out of the chance to have a person that is done it in the most focused circumstances, yet that is not generally conceivable. We have a considerable measure of choices to the extent folks with in addition to stuff and in addition to cosmetics, and it's a profound help showcase this year. So there's various roads to go and diverse courses that are appealing to us." One conceivable inner contender for ninth-inning obligations, righty Shawn Kelley, is relied upon to be completely sound subsequent to leaving the group's last amusement with what appeared to be a concerning damage, however it appears to be reasonable for anticipate that the association will seek after a nearer notwithstanding.
The Nationals' choice to ink Cuban outfielder Yadiel Hernandez was fairly strange, as Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post investigates. Washington has to a great extent sat out the market for Cuban players, however went out on a limb ($200K reward without promising a MLB program spot) on the 29-year-old. Hernandez was justified regardless of the hazard, per VP of universal operations Johnny DiPuglia, on the grounds that "he's a genuine left-gave hitter who grinds at-bats" and is equipped for playing focus field. Contingent on how the offseason advances, Hernandez could possibly position himself as a profundity or even a seat piece, however the group hasn't staked much on that plausibility. "We thought we'd take a risk on him," said DiPuglia. "He has a profile for us. We'll discover."
One motivation to include Hernandez? The way that the group has a costly choice to make on left-gave hitting focus defender Ben Revere, who tasks to procure $6.3MM in assertion even after an appalling effort. Zuckerman takes a gander at Revere's 2016 season and the choices for the Nats. From my point of view, there's no genuine possibility that the group will trust Revere with the customary occupation in focus, making it difficult to envision that it will stake over $6MM on him. That is particularly genuine given the nearness of Brian Goodwin, a previous top prospect who gained ground at Triple-An and demonstrated well in his first taste of the majors.
Rizzo commended his program's adaptability, recommending that it permits "a variety of headings to enhance our ballclub." Trea Turner, specifically, could involve a center infield part or play in focus — leaving the Nats allowed to seek after an inside defender, shortstop, or maybe even a corner outfielder (while moving Bryce Harper to focus). As Rizzo put it, Turner's nearness "permits us to work around that, implying that it gives us more alternatives in the commercial center to enhance the ballclub."
One thing that won't happen is a perpetual move of Turner to a respectable halfway point, with Daniel Murphy assuming control for Ryan Zimmerman at first. "No, Zim's our first baseman going into this offseason and spring preparing," Rizzo said. The veteran attempted to a .218/.272/.370 batting line this year, by a wide margin his most noticeably awful as a major leaguer, yet he reached (34.7%) and may have been lamentable to convey a .248 BABIP.
The Nats have some outstanding free operators, obviously, including catcher Wilson Ramos and nearer Mark Melancon. Rizzo wouldn't focus on a technique on the brawny stopping board, whose season finished with ACL surgery. The arrangement is to "do all the due perseverance on the medicals" before making an approach issuing Ramos a qualifying offer and choosing whether to seek after him.
Concerning Melancon, Rizzo offered unrestrained acclaim for his work on the hill and nearness in the clubhouse. Looking ahead, however, Rizzo recommended that he isn't bolted into Melancon or the other top help alternatives available. "It's an expansive, profound reliever showcase this year, and Mark is one of the tip top relievers in the commercial center," he said. "Ideally, you'd generally get a kick out of the chance to have a person that is done it in the most focused circumstances, yet that is not generally conceivable. We have a considerable measure of choices to the extent folks with in addition to stuff and in addition to cosmetics, and it's a profound help showcase this year. So there's various roads to go and diverse courses that are appealing to us." One conceivable inner contender for ninth-inning obligations, righty Shawn Kelley, is relied upon to be completely sound subsequent to leaving the group's last amusement with what appeared to be a concerning damage, however it appears to be reasonable for anticipate that the association will seek after a nearer notwithstanding.
The Nationals' choice to ink Cuban outfielder Yadiel Hernandez was fairly strange, as Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post investigates. Washington has to a great extent sat out the market for Cuban players, however went out on a limb ($200K reward without promising a MLB program spot) on the 29-year-old. Hernandez was justified regardless of the hazard, per VP of universal operations Johnny DiPuglia, on the grounds that "he's a genuine left-gave hitter who grinds at-bats" and is equipped for playing focus field. Contingent on how the offseason advances, Hernandez could possibly position himself as a profundity or even a seat piece, however the group hasn't staked much on that plausibility. "We thought we'd take a risk on him," said DiPuglia. "He has a profile for us. We'll discover."
One motivation to include Hernandez? The way that the group has a costly choice to make on left-gave hitting focus defender Ben Revere, who tasks to procure $6.3MM in assertion even after an appalling effort. Zuckerman takes a gander at Revere's 2016 season and the choices for the Nats. From my point of view, there's no genuine possibility that the group will trust Revere with the customary occupation in focus, making it difficult to envision that it will stake over $6MM on him. That is particularly genuine given the nearness of Brian Goodwin, a previous top prospect who gained ground at Triple-An and demonstrated well in his first taste of the majors.
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