Comments on: What a Difference a Day Makes http://seamheads.com/2009/08/21/what-a-difference-a-day-makes/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin Murphy http://seamheads.com/2009/08/21/what-a-difference-a-day-makes/comment-page-1/#comment-13487 Justin Murphy Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:26:51 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2009/08/21/what-a-difference-a-day-makes/#comment-13487 It's interesting to compare the Nationals' and Pirates' rebuilding efforts. Pittsburgh was loaded with a bunch of contracts, and managed to sell them off for prospects. The GM took a lot of heat for just about all of those deals, but I definitely think it was for the best. Washington doesn't have a lot of bad contracts, though, so in a sense they don't have that leverage. Adam Dunn has been good this year, but what's the point of paying him $20 million when you're not going to win? I think it's going to be tougher for Washington to get back to respectability than for Pittsburgh- first, because they stink worse now, and second, because they'll have a harder time stocking the system.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13487','Justin Murphy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13487','Justin Murphy','It\'s interesting to compare the Nationals\' and Pirates\' rebuilding efforts. Pittsburgh was loaded with a bunch of contracts, and managed to sell them off for prospects. The GM took a lot of heat for just about all of those deals, but I definitely think it was for the best. Washington doesn\'t have a lot of bad contracts, though, so in a sense they don\'t have that leverage. Adam Dunn has been good this year, but what\'s the point of paying him $20 million when you\'re not going to win? I think it\'s going to be tougher for Washington to get back to respectability than for Pittsburgh- first, because they stink worse now, and second, because they\'ll have a harder time stocking the system.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s interesting to compare the Nationals’ and Pirates’ rebuilding efforts. Pittsburgh was loaded with a bunch of contracts, and managed to sell them off for prospects. The GM took a lot of heat for just about all of those deals, but I definitely think it was for the best. Washington doesn’t have a lot of bad contracts, though, so in a sense they don’t have that leverage. Adam Dunn has been good this year, but what’s the point of paying him $20 million when you’re not going to win? I think it’s going to be tougher for Washington to get back to respectability than for Pittsburgh- first, because they stink worse now, and second, because they’ll have a harder time stocking the system.
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