{"id":16077,"date":"2012-01-18T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=16077"},"modified":"2012-01-18T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:15:04","slug":"nats-arbitration-and-espn-sunday-night-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/01\/nats-arbitration-and-espn-sunday-night-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: Arbitration and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arbitration run-down: everybody eligible except <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/post\/nationals-fail-to-reach-deals-with-john-lannan-michael-morse\/2012\/01\/17\/gIQAYpzV6P_blog.html\">John Lannan and Michael Morse<\/a> (Nationals Journal, <em>The Post<\/em>) have agreed to contracts. Payroll is up above $70 million. Neither of those guys needs to be locked-up long-term in my mind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsinsider.com\/2012\/01\/clippard-signs-1-year-deal.html\">Tyler Clippard returns<\/a> with a one year deal. (<em>Nats Insider<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Newly acquired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/post\/gio-gonzalezs-contract-extension-the-numbers-and-what-it-could-mean-for-jordan-zimmermann\/2012\/01\/16\/gIQAdqL12P_blog.html\">Gio Gonzalez<\/a> will get $42 million through 2016 with options for 2017, 2018 that could push him to $65 million. Hopefully, he&#8217;ll be good and this just isn&#8217;t GM Mike Rizzo falling in love with one of his trades.  (Nationals Journal, <em>The Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Zimmermann <\/strong>and <strong>Tom Gorzelanny <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsinsider.com\/2012\/01\/zimmermann-gorzelanny-sign-1-year-deals.html\">also avoided arbitration<\/a>. Gorzelanny is probably done as a starter and has competition as long-man\/spot starter from Ross Detwiler and John Lannan. Zimmermann should be looking for a contract extension like Gonzalez next year if he continues to develop. (<em>Nats Insider<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>#2 catcher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsinsider.com\/2012\/01\/flores-signs-avoids-arbitration.html\">Jesus Flores signed too<\/a>. (<em>Nats Insider<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espnmediazone3.com\/us\/2012\/01\/18\/star-studded-schedule-for-espn%E2%80%99s-sunday-night-baseball\/\">Nats return to ESPN Sunday Night Baseball<\/a> since Opening Night 2008 which worked out okay. They host the Phillies on Sunday, May 6 and visit the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, May 27. Having the Phillies hear on a Sunday night may decrease the number of charter buses coming to Nationals Park.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer baseball be played in the sunshine on Sundays, but this does show an improved perception of the team nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Still no centerfielder and\/or leadoff man for the Nats. I still don&#8217;t think Price Fielder is a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Still no fanfest. Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arbitration run-down: everybody eligible except John Lannan and Michael Morse (Nationals Journal, The Post) have agreed to contracts. Payroll is up above $70 million. Neither of those guys needs to be locked-up long-term in my mind. Tyler Clippard returns with a one year deal. (Nats Insider) Newly acquired Gio Gonzalez will get $42 million through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,106],"tags":[215,722,887,936,955,1140,1222,1474,1804,1832],"class_list":["post-16077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2012","category-washington-nationals","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-gio-gonzalez","tag-jesus-flores","tag-john-lannan","tag-jordan-zimmermann","tag-michael-morse","tag-nats","tag-phillies","tag-tom-gorzelanny","tag-tyler-clippard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nats: Arbitration and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball - William F. 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