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2009 win total-76 (I meant to put 78, my choice in Mark Hornbaker's contest, but I failed).
Attendance at Nationals Park (81 dates; last year's was 2.32 million)-1.9 mil
All-star representative(s)-Dunn
Adam Dunn's home run total-40 (exactly)
Date of Stephen Strasburg's major league debut-Sept. 2
Nick Johnson's total games played-129
Wins for John Lannan-12
Percentage of season Dmitri Young spends in big leagues, not on DL-20%
Josh Willingham's total at bats-300 total, 60 with Nats
Innings pitched for Daniel Cabrera-160 total, 110 with Nats
Team ERA leader-Lannan
Team batting average leader-Zimmerman
Biggest surprise-Austin Kearns
Biggest disappointment-Rookie Pitchers (ZNN, Martis, Hinckley)...and I'd like to add Anderson Hernandez.
Current minor leaguer (not counting Zimmermann) who will make an impact-Bill Rhinehart
Bonus:
Predict the Nats' rotation entering the last week of the season:
Strasburg
Olsen
Lannan
Mock
Bergmann
(Zimmermann and Martis will be shut down because of innings)
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OK, 'plain me something, as Ricky Ricardo used to say. USA Today lists the Gnats' salaries in today's paper. Ryan the Z-man is not the highest-paid. Why would that be?
ReplyDeleteLong story short, baseball contracts are all precedent-based. For their first 3 years, players are basically indentured servants-their salaries are determined exclusively by the team. In their 4th-6th years, they face salary arbitration where they stand to get raises. Zimmerman is in his first year of arbitration, and precedent sets his salary expectations around $3-4 million dollars.
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