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Hamels, Blanton, Happ is a good foundation for the rest of the season here. But Moyer is what he is and now weve got a wild card prospect up here (who could be good, or could not be, which makes tomorrow an exciting game to watch.

But IN THE PLAYOFFS you need more than Hamels Blanton Happ. Moyer is a total afterthought. he isnt even a factor in the decision making process here. i would not even consider sending him out there in a playoff game this time. not now. not anymore.

The fact that their pitching and defense are terrible is totally irrelevant in this discussion. By your logic of them being terrible, then the only “legitimate” offense that Moyer can face is LA because he certainly can’t pitch against us, can he? So just a note to everyone…if you don’t have a good start against the Dodgers it doesn’t matter because the team is illegitimate. (me chuckling as Bruce did earlier)

JC Romero won’t stink up the joint

i dunno man thats a lame duck team there.

Im not saying that Oswalt is the best guy to get, Im just saying he looks really gettable. My problem with Oswalt is I think they have like 14M, and 16M committed to him in the next two seasons at minimum. Thats a lot of money for someone liek Oswalt who is due to break down and miss a season in the near future.

If you want to have a lefty-heavy rotation then Bedard is the top guy who is available at the current moment. What other right handers are KNOWN to be available right niow?

webb, haren, halladay arent really available, peavy isnt coming

so brad penny? no way. marquis? eh ok i guess not is a back-end pitcher. cook? i havent read anything saying hes legitimately available.

Of course, GM Amaro has put on record for public consumption his interest in those high priced glamour pitchers that may be available in the next two months prior to July 31st non-waiver trade deadline. However, it’s my gut feeling that Pat Gillick has Amaro’s ear and advising him to consider other avenues if the asking price for a Bedard or anyone else is exorbitant.

Based on Gillick’s philosophy of giving veterans with proven track record (see Moyer, Blanton, etc) a chance to built on their record, I can see Amaro looking at some unsigned free agents that won’t cost a arm/leg or boatload of prospects. Available are Paul Byrd and Odalis Perez. One or the other may be able to fill the bill as #3 or #4 starter in rotation. I can hear the groans already from the GM wanna be’s here (chuckles).

Don’t confuse the Nationals god-awful pitching staff with a team that can’t hit.

You knew what you were getting with Moyer same as last year an average of 6 IP and 3-4 ERs each start. Kendrick and Eaton were never consistent, Moyer has been other than his slump. He got the 250 monkey off his back and he will continue to do his thing for the rest of the season. The FO knew what they were getting and knew the offense should score enough runs to make sure we win games when the starter goes 6 IP and 3-4 ERs.

Look at Oswalts game logs, he has been just like Moyer all season, does it make sense to get him if you hate on Moyer all the time?

The Big Dipper

Calming down a bit, I really do think Drabek is going to be something. Carrasco could be trade bait for the right guy.

his only three good or above average starts are against the bottom two teams in the division. most recently, against a team UNIVERSALLY recognized as a disgrace to all professional sports franchises.

in otherwords, BIG FREAKING DEAL! He can beat bad teams, well so could Kyle Kendrick, even Adam Eaton had 10 wins with this team. Moyer hasnt had a respectable, or even mediocre performance against a legitimate team this year. everyone is all up on his jock again worshipping him for beating the WASHINGTON NATIONALS.

hey Jamie, Congratulations on beating the WASHINGTON NATIONALS. Now go retire and make room for Erik Bedard or Roy Oswalt or whoever it is they bring in here. AAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGH!

which is equally alarming in that they roughed up cole hamels pretty bad. hes gotta do better than that as the staff ace.

I’m not expecting Bastardo to be the answer now, he may not be down the line but I believe you always have to keep an open channel from the big league club to its feeders to get guys up, send them back down, bring them back up until you’ve guys who are part of the same generation as Cole and Chase because its a few years before it’s a different window and if you keep the payroll flexible with young guys you can afford your stars for as long as you want them. I’m just saying we have to stay true to a plan and trying to find someone in their free agent years to fill every whole has proved to be an expensive and misguided way to find a championship let alone sustain a yearly challenge which is all you can really ask for.

By comparison, Cole also has 3 starts where he has given up more than 4 runs in a game (5 once, 6 once, 7 once). In Cole’s other starts he has been better than Jamie, but not by as much as you would think.

Listen, Jamie is not having a good season. But I think its unfair to look at every one of his quality starts as some kind of fluke, especially considering he averaged a quality start every time out last year. If you want to say we overpaid, be my guest, but I think Jamie is still a serviceable arm in this league.

In 7 out of 10 games Moyer has given the team a good chance to win the game. With an offense that averages over 5 runs a game it is not his fault the offense has been giving him no run support.

The Big Dipper