Comments on: Jason Marquis, Pennant Race Linchpin?

By: NLM

NLM — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:14:14 +0000

Ha, Cards Fan. Cubs left him off the postseason roster too. For all of the people who mention how many times his team has made the playoffs, they neglect to mention that he’s often not included on the playoff roster…

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:04:21 +0000

What didn’t happen to the 2010 Nationals?

By: Cards Fan

Cards Fan — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:03:53 +0000

Marquis is a whining piece of garbage. It should be noted that he was left off the postseason roster in 2006 when the Cards won the WS and he was healthy. Do teams leave key pieces off the roster in the postseason? No way. Garbage.

By: CircleChange11

CircleChange11 — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:00:00 +0000

I absolutely love these guys (Morton, Masterson, Scherzer, Marquis) finding succes with a new approach/speed. Changing speeds, using movement, in the strike zone (except Morton).

Scherzer is top shelf talent, but the rest are having success getting batters to brat the hell out of the grass. Good for them.

Another thread talked about lower run environments. I’m sure there’s various reasons and it is early, but we might see some really low HR/9 rates this year from SP … ala, Jamie Garcia from 2010.

No mention of Marquis’s value as a batter and pinch runner? He really is living the dream.

By: NLM

NLM — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:48:18 +0000

For those wondering what Marquis would net in return… maybe you should take a look back at the Gorzelanny Nats/Cubs deal. It had different circumstances, with Gorzy going to the Nats whereas Marquis will be leaving Washington (under these scenarios)… but it paints a close enough picture. The playing field between Gorzy and Marquis isn’t a huge difference (I realize they’re different pitchers). Being younger, a lefty, and (I think?) cost-controlled a little longer, I’d probably give Gorzy an edge. And the Cubs got shit for him.

So enjoy Eric Wedge’s old Cav calender if anything.

By: Beau Zeau

Beau Zeau — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:52:41 +0000

Marquis is not in the Nats’ plans long-term. He was signed to be an “inning eater” and he’s doing that this year. If he could bring a younger arm or perhaps a very young 1st baseman with an upside, it would be great for the Nats.

By: Joe V

Joe V — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:24:14 +0000

Marquis–always a player in the pennant race. Has been for over a decade…

2000-Atlanta
2001-Atlanta
2002-Atlanta
2003-Atlanta
2004-St Louis
2005-St Louis
2006-St Louis
2007-Chicago
2008-Chicago
2009-Colorado

Thats TEN straight years of being on a post-season team. Coincidence, i think not!

The question is what happened to the 2010 Washington Nationals?