Quote Of The Day

by Jeff Sullivan on May 27, 2009 9:53 AM PDT in Miscellaneous

On the heels of a lousy relief appearance in New York, Daniel Cabrera was DFA'd by the Nationals last night. His final numbers: 40 innings, 16 strikeouts, 35 walks, a 5.85 ERA, and a 7.76 tRA. His once blazing fastball dropped all the way to a 91mph average, and given his awful command and poor secondary stuff, Cabrera found himself incapable of both throwing strikes and missing bats. His time spent in Washington was time spent as arguably the worst pitcher in the Major Leagues.

Said acting GM Mike Rizzo on Cabrera's DFA:

I was tired of watching him.

A lot of times, GMs will respond to situations like this by saying something guarded and innocuous. It seems that when you're 13-32, the honestly starts to come out.

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That's pretty refreshing actually.

Fear the NPE

by thewyrm on May 27, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions

Mike Rizzo is commenting himself out of the Nats GM job.

I don’t care how honest his assessment may be, and how much it tracks with what we as fans might feel — it’s still stupid and impolitic to say it out loud, and people notice these things. This is the second time in less than a month that Rizzo has said something vaguely nasty about a player the Nats have released (the first was when they DFA’d Steven Shell in the Great But Fruitless Bullpen Massacre, about how Shell didn’t give off the “aura” of an MLB pitcher — this despite the fact that his numbers suggested he was a reasonably serviceable middle reliever). With snark like this, he’s talking his way out of the job IMO.

Which, for all we know, may be precisely his intent. God the Nationals suck.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on May 27, 2009 11:02 AM PDT reply actions

"Aura of an MLB pitcher"? Sounds like Bavasi.

by .Taylor on May 27, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Is he the permenant or interim GM?

by Decatur on May 27, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions

Interim, with the general assumption that he would become the permanent one.

This is a good way to derail that. Which as I said may be the idea, given the current woeful state of the Nationals.

I don't know how to stop.

by esoteric on May 27, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Why the fuck don't they hire someone smart to be their GM?

I mean, all the cool kids are doing it now. Free Tony LaCava!

by Decatur on May 27, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Have you heard tell of this newly-breaking PED scandal implicating the Nationals and Capitals?

It may be on the verge of getting a whole lot uglier in Washington.

I don't know how to stop.

by esoteric on May 27, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions

No.

Do link.

by Decatur on May 27, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

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Link

by R.J. Anderson on May 27, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Also, I would point out that Rizzo has the (justifiable) reputation of a scouting/drafting/prospect guru on the level of GMZ...

…due to his work with the D-Backs. (Of course, the way that Arizona has subsequently botched the development of all that young talent is an open question.) He’s long been considered a top prospective GM candidate for that reason. The rap against him is generally the one that DePodesta was tagged with: smart ultra-competent guy, but bad on the PR/political side of the ledger. Stuff like this merely reinforces that impression.

I don't know how to stop.

by esoteric on May 27, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions