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It's pretty weird to be bummed out about this. It was inevitable. It happens to a ton of guys, and he's not a Cub. Why would you bother being bummer about it?

Cot's says he has 7+ years of service time after 2009, so probably due to service time. 2008 was the 6th season he pitched in, and 9th season after his debut. Well, either way the soonest Strasburg would become a free agent is after the 2015 season. But wasn't that part of the reason they delayed his callup this year, to not give him a full year of service time?

Free agency service time? Yes, again I use Ohman as an example, he was granted free agency after the '08 season. It says he signed a minor league contract in March of 2009. Was he granted free agency due to service time or because Atlanta didn't tender him a contract?

Free agency service time?

He's got 1 year of service time, or less actually. Unless he gets credit for 2011 while out with injury, they will control him for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. He would be a free agent (unless he signs past that year) at the age of 28.

It's not the end of the world. TJS usually isn't a huge deal and a lot of pitchers actually comes back stronger after having it and fully recovering. Yeah, this means they won't see him next year, but next year was going to be another step in their rebuilding process anyway. This actually has a good chance of prolonging his career (and thus the money that the Nats can make off of him) and hopefully will line up nicely with when it's time to unleash Harper. this must be covered by insurance, right? so the Nationals aren't losing all of the money they're paying him for next year. Though, if you're the Nationals, while you don't want to wear him down to nothing, are you really concerned about his career when he's 30+ more than the next several years? What are the chances that he's pitching for the Nationals after this contract runs out? If he's anywhere near as good as advertised, very small, so this is pretty much the worst thing for the Nationals. It's not like a normal rookie where it's a cheap year. And if he never really comes back to 100% (or doesn't for 3-5 years), they can't even trade him for before he's a FA for nearly as much as they thought they could. I don't think there's a silver lining here for the Nats at all. He doesn't accrue service time next season right? This would extend the age at which they will lose control over him. And since they are more likely to be contenders later than next year specifically, it's not all bad.

If they are smart he won't pitch until then. But if they are desperate and dumb they might try and get him in by next September.

WAR is cumulative no? Doesn't it hurt Castro that he hasn't played the entire season? Also the fielding hurts, so this doesn't say much about how his actual hitting is. But I do think he's sacrificed a little power with a lot of "put the ball in play" singles. And the patience is a little disappointing, but not a huge problem.

Why was I thinking he was supposed to be a ground ball pitcher?

Yes, I did. I suggest they quit whining and play the damn game. I understand why they're upset but I don't completely agree with them. The NFL intentionally hurt the play on the field in order to keep the umpires safe. Even though now more penalties will be missed (except for offensive holding which will now be called a lot more) and the no huddle offense won't work nearly as well, I can respect that decision. I do wish the NFL had tried putting equipment on these umpires first though. There's no reason to hurt the game until you have tried another easy option first. And it's hard not to notice that the NFL isn't completely caring about their safety because they're in their old spot during the last two minutes of the half. Equipment does not keep players safe, it won't keep umpires safe. The only protection is the helmet, everything else just makes it easier to make bigger hits.

he doesn't give up many hits because he's been absurdly lucky. he has a .237 babip. besides a good pop-up rate, there's nothing in his peripherals that suggests he should have a super-low babip. his FIP is 4.34, which is a lot more indicative of how he's pitched this year than the ERA/WHIP he's currently sporting. 9 fly outs to 3 ground outs, 4 BB to 3 K, but only 3 ER in 5.2, does seem a bit lucky in this game.

I'm an idiot, the first time I read that I didn't even pick up on the Dibble hasn't seen Strasburg's records and he's not a doctor so he should shut up about it. I was just thinking he was being coy about a suspension or something.

No, you won't be delightful, you'll still be miserable. He said it'd, not I'd, although I'm not sure if it'd is real.

Yes. You don't need freaking managers inserting pinch runners for Hall of Fame hitters to get an extra step. You need a GM to get the right players and a manager to get the hell out of the way.

top notch

Not really. He rebounded, but he did not salvage his season. The season still stinks. I said you could argue that he salvaged his season. And it really depends on what your definition of "salvage" is. For a guy to improve his OPS from what it was to over 200 points in less than two months during this time of year is commendable to say the least. Don't forget how bad he was early on. And a 200 point jump should salvage most seasons, but since he was so bad early on (early and often actually), 200 points leaves him in significant disappointment territory.

http://deadspin.com/5622674/john-buccigross-whore-problem It was a real marriage, for whore.

Hank Blalock/Xavier Nady platoon, come on down.

Not with a NTC and lack of options.

I might be going to see him play Friday night.

Did he kill a Mountain Bluebird?

Not really. He rebounded, but he did not salvage his season. The season still stinks.

It may have been possible, but it clearly hasn't happened.

How much of that lack of productivity/efficiency is actually Cutler's fault? Especially last year. All those QBs you mentioned have MUCH better surrounding players than what Cutler has now and probably what he had in Denver. Marshall is the only offensive player that stands out to me who played with Cutler in Denver. A lot of it. The guy makes a lot of bonehead errors. He did it in Denver when he had good receivers and the best pass protection in football (although not to the extent he did last season). I've been driving the Bears WRs stink bandwagon for over a year now but saying Cutler doesn't shoulder a large amount of the blame for his play last year is pure revisionist history. If you can watch Cutler and then watch a game where those other QBs I mentioned and say this guy is nearly as accurate and smart with the football as them...you're delusional. He's obviously not as good but you said he's not on the same planet. That's inaccurate.

It's especially troublesome when it doesn't fit your pre-existing bias on a player. Or when it's propped up by SLG and has a really bad OBP.