{"id":19296,"date":"2013-01-08T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=19296"},"modified":"2013-01-08T12:51:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:51:52","slug":"laroche-finally-realizes-hes-not-getting-better-than-a-2-year-deal-signs-with-nats-morse-now-tradebait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/01\/laroche-finally-realizes-hes-not-getting-better-than-a-2-year-deal-signs-with-nats-morse-now-tradebait\/","title":{"rendered":"LaRoche finally realizes he&#8217;s not getting better than a 2 year deal, signs with Nats; Morse now tradebait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I go out to get my wife a birthday present and find out that Adam LaRoche has signed a 2 year deal to remain with the Washington Nationals. The first baseman had a strong 2012 after an injury-filled, shortened 2011 season.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, a local Nats beat writer even broke the news!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Source: The Nats have agreed to terms with Adam LaRoche on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamKilgoreWP\/status\/288693922811760641\" data-datetime=\"2013-01-08T17:09:29+00:00\">January 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Adam Kilgore&#8217;s first take for <em>The Post<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/nationals-journal\/wp\/2013\/01\/08\/adam-laroche-nationals-agree-to-terms\/\">Adam LaRoche, Nationals agree to terms<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The final contract details are not yet known. The original offer LaRoche was weighing was believed to be roughly $25 million.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>LaRoche wanted a 3-year deal, but there wasn&#8217;t one out there. His consolation is playing on the reigning NL East champions and not having to relocated. Oh and $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>Good signing by the Nats.<\/p>\n<p>The LaRoche signing likely ends the tenure of OF\/1B Michael Morse whose best defensive position is DH. Morse still has a year left on his contract and should bring something valuable back in a trade. However, the Nats would be unwise to unload him any time soon since they don&#8217;t run out of a place to play him until April 1. The outfield is set with Bryce Harper, newly acquired Denard Span and Jayson Werth, but I think GM Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Johnson will keep Morse around through a good chunk of spring training. Any injury to LaRoche or the three outfielders makes Morse pretty valuable. Morse will probably find a new home around March 25 or so.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Harper, I had to unfollow him on Twitter. Following a pro athlete is kind of silly since half the tweets end with &#8220;ha ha ha&#8221; or &#8220;LOL&#8221; but especially so when he&#8217;s asking everybody to pump up his chance to be on a video game cover.<\/p>\n<p><em>83 days until Opening Day<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go out to get my wife a birthday present and find out that Adam LaRoche has signed a 2 year deal to remain with the Washington Nationals. The first baseman had a strong 2012 after an injury-filled, shortened 2011 season. Hey, a local Nats beat writer even broke the news! 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