{"id":4565,"date":"2009-09-22T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T09:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/09\/nats-dukes-pitchers-still-trying-to-meet-their-potential.html"},"modified":"2009-09-22T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T09:52:00","slug":"nats-dukes-pitchers-still-trying-to-meet-their-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/09\/nats-dukes-pitchers-still-trying-to-meet-their-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats Dukes, pitchers still trying to meet their potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/21\/AR2009092102307.html\"><b>At Pivotal Point in Career, Dukes Trying to Step It Up<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>It was hoped that RF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Elijah Dukes<\/span> would step up this year and come closer to his potential. That has not happened in my view, in fact he has probably regressed. He was sent to the minors for a while and chases too many pitches out of the strike zone. You have to figure 2010 is his make or break year with Washington, but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be heartbroken if he got traded for pitching.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/sep\/22\/young-starters-a-mystery-for-nats\/\"><b>Young starters a mystery for Nats<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Ah, pitching, pitching, pitching! The Nats&#8217; young arms mostly have either arm surgery in their recent past or ERAs over 5.00. The most promising, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jordan Zimmermann<\/span>, had <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tommy John<\/span> surgery this summer is out until 2011. Craig Stammen also had elbow surgery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ElijahDukes\" rel=\"tag\">Elijah Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Pivotal Point in Career, Dukes Trying to Step It Up &#8211; The PostIt was hoped that RF Elijah Dukes would step up this year and come closer to his potential. That has not happened in my view, in fact he has probably regressed. 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