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Two shutouts in a row have not helped my arguments that the Washington Nationals<\/strong><\/a> need to keep their heart of their order together<\/strong> <\/a>through the next few years. Adam Dunn<\/strong> and Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> both came up empty driving in runs this weekend. #5 hitter Josh Willingham<\/strong> accounted for three of the weekend’s runs in one swing in Friday’s win over the Florida Marlins, so he gets a bit of a reprieve. Two strong performances from Livan Hernandez<\/strong> (2 runs) and Craig Stammen<\/strong> (1 run) were wasted. Wasting 1 run outings from Stammen is particularly troublesome, because they don’t come often.<\/p>\n

Bad weekend aside, I’m still firmly in the Dunn camp and even as it is coming out that he may be asking for $60 million over 4 years<\/strong><\/a>, I’d still do it. Is it responsible, Moneyball-type signing? Of course not but this is what happens when you do things on the cheap for so long, you have to overpay. They got Dunn for a bargain in the first place, so suck it up and find some of the same logic that was used to keep Cristian Guzman<\/strong> around. Plus signing Dunn makes Zimmerman happy and that isn’t a bad idea if the franchise wants to keep its “face.”<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED READING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Craig Stammen puts it together, at least for one day<\/b><\/a> – Nationals Journal, The Post<\/i>
\nTyler Clippard slows it down, steps it up<\/b><\/a> – Nationals Journal, The Post<\/i><\/p>\n

More from Eckstein<\/b><\/a> – Nationals Journal, The Post<\/i><\/p>\n

Wasted opportunities<\/b><\/a> – Nats Insider<\/i><\/p>\n

Is it just me or are watching games from Joe Robbie\/Pro Player\/Dolphins\/LandShark\/Dolphin\/SunLife Stadium pretty tedious? Must be all the empty orange seats. RFK Stadium had orange seats too, but never that empty.<\/p>\n

The bees in the bullpen<\/strong><\/a> weren’t great either.<\/p>\n

Now it is onto Cincinnati and their curiously cinnamon flavored chili. The Nats have a four game series with the Reds who are further along in the post-Jim Bowden recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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