Nats have talked to 20 teams about Lannan

I have a hard time believing that his $5 million salary is making it prohibitive to make a transaction
with another team. It's probably more a matter of what the Nats are asking for in compensation value.

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Originally posted 08:47 AM ET  04.05 by THE BISHOP!

I have a hard time believing that his $5 million salary is making it prohibitive to make a transactionwith another team. It's probably more a matter of what the Nats are asking for in compensation value.

Agreed....although, for us in Boston, 5 million appears to be a line of demarcation...all of a sudden, 5 million takes on the appearance of 20 million ...ironic considering the amount of money the Sox paid to get rid of players...Lannan is a lefty, a sure fire ticket to get picked up by somebody...

Yeah, they don't want to pay 5 million...for this guy.

Trading excess pitching has a way of coming back to bite you on backside. Nats have a gaping need in CF and need another power hitter. One or the other should be the return in any trade and if the don't get it, they should be more than happy to call Lannan up from Syracuse when the inevitable happens to one of their starters.

Get him O's, could probably be our #2. Poor guy probably wants to be traded to a contender; nothing like going down instead of up.

I would guess the teams that could use him most are teams that aren't very deep in the rotation, and therefore probably aren't too deep in the wallet, either. So, $5 million for a very average back end of the rotation type of guy is pretty steep. Washington probably has to eat some of that salary to trade him.

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Originally posted 08:47 AM ET  04.05 by THE BISHOP!

I have a hard time believing that his $5 million salary is making it prohibitive to make a transactionwith another team. It's probably more a matter of what the Nats are asking for in compensation value.

I think there's something deeper with this guy that we're not privy to.

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Originally posted 08:47 AM ET  04.05 by THE BISHOP!

I have a hard time believing that his $5 million salary is making it prohibitive to make a transactionwith another team. It's probably more a matter of what the Nats are asking for in compensation value.

the nationals could had made the trade with the halos, and who would go to the nationals,,, the OF abreu, as far as i know, the nationals have a need for a an OF, and abreu would fit just fine!!!

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Originally posted 11:08 AM ET  04.05 by Hatrunner

Trading excess pitching has a way of coming back to bite you on backside. Nats have a gaping need in CF and need another power hitter. One or the other should be the return in any trade and if the don't get it, they should be more than happy to call Lannan up from Syracuse when the inevitable happens to one of their starters.

appears to be the opposite from this thought, the nationals would like to get back those 5 millions, not that lannan doesn't know how to pitch, its just that the team preferes some young talent at the bench!!!

lannan would fit perfectly in the halos rotation, but, the question its could the nationals take abreu as a trade bite???

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Originally posted 12:53 PM ET  04.05 by alacran

the nationals could had made the trade with the halos, and who would go to the nationals,,, the OF abreu, as far as i know, the nationals have a need for a an OF, and abreu would fit just fine!!!

Not a good fit at all. The Nats have the corner OF spots covered. CF is what they need and the last Abreu played CF, his mommy packed him a lunch for the game.

Nats need a CF. They'd take Trout or Bourjos. Abreu? Not a chance.

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Originally posted 03:48 PM ET  04.05 by Hatrunner

Nats need a CF. They'd take Trout or Bourjos. Abreu? Not a chance.

Bourjos for Lannan could be done.

Another lefty on the Mets squad and the chance of getting back at these overrated Nationals sounds pretty cool