Nationals Claim Jesse English

at least we still have Brian Bocock.

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So the very first team that could claim him, did? Nice work Sabes. English isn’t anything special, but come on…

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by marcello on Sep 10, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

whatever, he’s somebody else’s 40 man roster problem now. Sometimes, just don’t worry about things like that. If he’s not part of the future, and takes a 40 man roster spot, it really is no big deal to just let him go and make somebody else figure out how to create a 40 man roster spot for him.

To me, English / Bocock / Sadowski are the same. Who Cares.

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by jctGamer on Sep 10, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except Bocock will never be DFA’d.

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by Natto on Sep 10, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe

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by natteringnabob on Sep 11, 2009 6:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If I’m overburdened, and I need to throw away one thing to be able to walk at normal speed, I’m going to throw away the thing that has the least value.

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by marcello on Sep 11, 2009 9:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rich Aurilia?

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by jctGamer on Sep 11, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No surprise in that. The nationals need any and all the pitching help they can get, so they’d claim pretty much anyone mildly interesting.

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by haverecords on Sep 10, 2009 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

right. The Giants’ now have a reputation around baseball for great pitching, and anyone they dump is going to get picked up. Someone who’s not good enough for the Giants’ staff may be more than good enough for the Nationals. Considering the Nationals’ record, they were obviously the first team to be offered English, and they jumped on it. He didn’t have a future here.

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by rxmeister on Sep 11, 2009 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they’d probably claim Amy G.

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by jctGamer on Sep 10, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am totally okay with that!!!

by m34josh on Sep 11, 2009 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TWSS

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by haverecords on Sep 11, 2009 2:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn’t they claim Cammy Blackstone two years ago when the Giants’ dumped her? That’s why Amy’s here in the first place.

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by rxmeister on Sep 11, 2009 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nobody wants Amy G though……

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by 49er16 on Sep 11, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

WTF R U DOIN SABES MATT PALMER

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by rotorueter on Sep 11, 2009 5:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

HE WINS GAMES

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by xanthan on Sep 11, 2009 5:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian Boccock’s wild upside is something like Mike Benjamin, but even that is a pipe dream. While English will be 25 in two days and didn’t show much this year, his minor league record is somewhat intriguing, with a very high K rate (again, except for this year), and he is left-handed. There’s something to be said for that. Bocock will be 25 next spring and has proven that he can’t hit at any level. English could be a useful LH bullpen arm.

by koel on Sep 11, 2009 5:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

he walks too many hitters to be a useful arm in the bullpen. He looks to me to be one of those guys who drives you crazy, because you bring him in to face a lefty and he walks him.

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by rxmeister on Sep 11, 2009 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t have high expectations for English, but I really don’t understand the organization’s Bocock fetish.

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by groug on Sep 11, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

For all his faults, he is still a great glove. That might be worth more than a left hander who can’t get left handers out in their mind.

(that and the Giants are thinner at SS than left handed relievers in the organization, so in the off chance that somebody does claim Bocock, the Giants are better served to have him within the org than English)

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by jctGamer on Sep 11, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs