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61-101, and we didn't even secure the #1 overall pick next June. Good bloody riddance, 2008.

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Well, at least we secured the #2 overall pick

Made possible only by completely tanking the last road trip of the season. The competition for losing was tough this year considering Tampa Bay only had to drop 96 games to secure the #1 spot.

My take on the 2008 season? It was massively disastrous but I’m glad it happened for the sake of the future.

by ThundaPC on Sep 28, 2008 4:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Hey...

the Nationals fucked up signing one first-round pick this year, so they get two picks next year.

You think they’re going to draft the consensus best player in the draft AND another first-rounder AND sign them both?

by craig3410 on Sep 28, 2008 4:52 PM PDT reply actions  

I don't actually see any reason why not.

They might go for signability, of course, but assuming that they’ll pass on the top talent just because of that would be crazy. But there is hope.

by Graham MacAree on Sep 28, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know.

The Padres have always tried to save a few bucks in the draft. After the Crow Fiasco, the Nats might be willing to make a big splash — like Pittsburgh did this year. I still see San Diego going the cheap route until something makes me change my mind.

No one knows what’s going to happen, but I’d trust San Diego over Washington to screw up that top pic.

by Teej on Sep 28, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not sure there either

yeah, Matt Bush immediately springs to mind, but I think the overriding factor here would be that Strasburg is from SD and is a lifelong Padres fan (at least according to his bio)

by seattlebruin on Sep 29, 2008 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions  

The Nats

- They’ll have better picks this draft as well (1st compared to 9th)
- Despite being awful, they drew 400,000 more fans this year in a shiny new ballpark

They’ll probably have more money and more reason to spend it.

by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hey mariners

thanks for the shitstorm season from hell.

Cuba Si! Yanqi No!

by Patrick517 on Sep 28, 2008 4:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Its ok

The Nationals deserve it.

by Edgar for Pres on Sep 28, 2008 5:04 PM PDT reply actions  

So...

Is there a consensus number 2 pick? Who are some guys we could draft at number 2?

by Combs on Sep 28, 2008 5:08 PM PDT reply actions  

If Green builds off his Cape performance, he'd be the guy

in my opinion . His positional value compared to Ackley puts him as the clear #1 position prospect at this point in time.

Of course we have a good number of months for that to change

by DarkLou on Sep 28, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I agree too he can field his posistion and hit very well.

Also this allows us to move Truinfel to 3rd where he might be better off.

by Slurvey on Sep 28, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

If Ackley was to play CF or something that would make this a little more interesting.

Also he is a lefty bat but let’s wait before we make any assumptions.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 28, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who says he can't play somewhere else?

I even heard he might switch to 2B. He can play the OF and can be speedy he is a solid defender at first but if he could switch to and OF position his stock would rise.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 28, 2008 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

He is a solid defender at first and good at right.

He has too much speed for a 1B but spent time there his freshman year I see him more in RF/LF CF might be a stretch though.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 28, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

He is one of those OF/1B guys.

Where do you want to kill his speed for power or move him to first so where he can focus on power and he ended up splitting time there. From what I’ve heard/seen he is a very hard guy to double up.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 28, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

There's a reason they're OF/1B.

When a manager is playing them either in left field or first base (the easiest defensive positions to play in the defensive spectrum), it’s usually to soften the impact of that player’s lack of defensive ability.

A typical OF/1B is someone like Raul Ibanez or Adam Dunn. Terrible in the field so the manager plays them in a position where they will do the least amount of damage.

(Unfortunately for us LF and RF are swapped on the spectrum at Safeco)

by BrianL on Sep 28, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Players end up at 1B because they lack footspeed

A lack of footspeed is the last thing you want in CF. Such players often play LF/RF because teams are willing to play slower guys in the corners. Doesn’t make them a full-out OF.

by Gomez on Sep 29, 2008 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well fine then Ackley is just a really fast 1B.

He has got the 20+ steal potential and had the TREX double play training because he is hard to double up.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 29, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually Ackley has played in CF.

But if he can play it consistently I don’t know. I believe the reason he was at 1B is because he didn’t have the good RF arm.

BOOYA! You got Slurved!

by Slurvey on Sep 29, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hey fuck this shit

I just saw a TV commercial from the MLB advertising the playoffs, and it was about the Angels, which was fine. But they used a fucking Niehaus clip exclaiming that the Angels were AL West champs. WTF

HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Sep 28, 2008 10:14 PM PDT reply actions  

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