{"id":4105,"date":"2009-04-02T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/catching-up-on-nats-headlines.html"},"modified":"2009-04-02T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T09:19:00","slug":"catching-up-on-nats-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/catching-up-on-nats-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up on Nats headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time to get back on track after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/labels\/April%20Fool%27s%20Day.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">yesterday&#8217;s fun<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/31\/AR2009033103898.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Wily Mo Pena is gone<\/span><\/a>! Unfortunately, Jim Bowden made sure he got $2 million this year. (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2009\/03\/31\/ST2009033104291.html?sid=ST2009033104291\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dmitri Young may be fat and overpaid<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) but he can still hit. I am sure they will love him in Syracuse&#8230;right?<\/p>\n<p>A young rotation means we can expect a season of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/apr\/02\/peaks-and-valleys\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">&#8216;Peaks and valleys&#8217;<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>This is a very different team than last year, one much younger and promising. Here is the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/30\/AR2009033003499.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">season preview story<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span> columnist <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thomas Boswell<\/span> declares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/30\/AR2009033003479.html?sid=ST2009033104607\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">the young Nats look like a big league team this year<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Lannan<\/span> does not throw overwhelming stuff, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/01\/AR2009040103701.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">relying on moxie<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) to get him through his starts. That did not work yesterday though, <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20090401&#038;content_id=4099978&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">he got rocked<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">nationals.com<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Good news if you are <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ronnie Belliard<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/01\/AR2009040104011.html?sid=ST2009040204519\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">2B Anderson Hernandez is on the DL<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>The Nats still have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2009\/04\/02\/ST2009040204519.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">too many outfielders<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). I think the problem will fix itself.<\/p>\n<p>The Lerners <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dc\/2009\/04\/guess_who_paid_their_rent_on_t.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">paid the rent<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>) for Nationals Park on-time and without any complaints this year. Now they can&#8217;t get punished because the city did not live up to its contract. They did not handle it well last year though.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, don&#8217;t buy that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Carlos Alvarez<\/span> jersey just yet. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/mar\/29\/visa-issues-ground-nats-prospect\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">The fraud formerly known as Esmailyn Gonzalez<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. 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