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While today’s Thomas Boswell column<\/strong><\/a> (The Post<\/em>) about oversells the wealth of pitching the Washington Nationals will soon have, I find myself nodding in agreement for the most part. He is basically making the same point I did on Monday<\/strong><\/a> that between (in no particular order) Craig Stammen<\/b>, Luis Atilano<\/b>, J.D. Martin.<\/b>, Livan Hernandez<\/b>, Chien-Ming Wang<\/b>, Scott Olsen<\/b>, Jason Marquis<\/b> and John Lannan<\/b>, there are 3 guys who can fill out the staff in the spots behind Stephen Strasburg<\/b> and Jordan Zimmermann<\/b>. Having a league average or better rotation seems assured, so the Nats ought not waste it by trading away Adam Dunn<\/strong> for prospects. I’m not saying this because he hit 3 home runs last night<\/a> (though he did and it was great, especially since they needed every one them), but because he’s a good option. Bos explains why in the second question of his chat today<\/strong><\/a>. Josh Willingham<\/strong> is in his prime and has a year left of club control too. 3B Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> has 3 years left on his contract after this year and he seems to be saying “sign these guys if you want me to stick around after that” as well.<\/p>\n

So, Nats keep the middle of the order together and see what happens. The farm isn’t going to have much a harvest for a while, so this is how things have to happen. Pick up a better second baseman too.<\/p>\n

As for the Bos Kool-Aid, its the king that’s so full of sugar that its grainy when you drink it. Old School members of the New Sci-Fi Club know what I’m talking about here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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