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but they hit like shit...

Hoping Harper can do something with the bat, Left has produced nothing at the plate, might as well let him have a crack at it

The future is bright here in Washington D.C.

Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, Jordan Zimmerman, Edwin Jackson, Ross Detwiler = Best rotation in baseball

Detwiler is going to be good too. He was a top 10 pick in the 2007 draft. Took a little bit of time to find his groove, but is pitching just as good as everyone else in the rotation but Strasburg (Cy Young this year, IMO). Detwiler has a 1.64 ERA and has 19 K's in 22 IP.

Another factor to our long term success (and there will be long term success..), is that our top four pitchers are all locked up LONG TERM. Below is when all of them will be free agents.

Detwiler - 2016
Zimmerman - 2016
Strasburg - 2017
Gio Gonzalez - 2017

Bryce Harper is going to be great, but he will have growing pains. A 19-year old isn't going to come into the majors and just dominate like LeBron did in the NBA. It's a lot more complicated than putting a ball into a basket, as we all know. It's going to be exciting to see him develop into another Larry Walker or Josh Hamilton -- hopefully..

I'm excited to see our 1st round pick in 2011 Anthony Rendon get the call in the future though. The best hitter in college baseball last season, and was raking in the minors before he sprained his ankle.

We will have a dangerous lineup in another year or two with Harper, Zimmerman, Rendon, Morse, and a few good prospects that are in the minors. Watch for Tyler Moore today, he got called up as well. He's hit 62 homeruns combined in his last two seasons in the minors, and had 7 so far in AAA before getting called up today.

look tough for sure but the pitchers have to do it for a year and stay healthy

Yeah Im still learning, last night was the first game I watched all year

Im going to go to a game for sure when it gets a bit warmer, I really hope we actually become a force..... I have been dying for just one season of one sport where we are just flat out awesome at something

Come on DC, and bring home the freaking Redskins Snyder... you SOB

This. The kid is from Vegas and was/is a huge douche. During a Junior college game, an ump called a strike on him to strike him out.... he proceeded to draw a line in the dirt w/ his bat to show the ump that he was wrong.

That amongst many many comments. He's just kinda a jerk. But I guess that's what happens when everyone tells you that you're the best from the age of 10.

Honestly, I love that about him and his stupid hair cut

Yeah, I jacked up the wording of that. I should have said, "Of players with such limited big league experience, he definitely has to be the most hated."

I appreciate talent, but this kid's attitude makes him hard to actually like unless you're a Nationals fan.

The best players in baseball over the years have been dickheads, jerks, douchebags, or drunks

But everything these guys are talking about happened in the past. Everyone in the Nationals organization have been complimentary and praising the way Harper has handled himself in the minor so far before the call up. And he busts his ass on the field, that's all I care about. You won't see anyone on our team hustle as hard as he does.

Bryce Harper just made a great leaping catch in CF while crashing into the wall to rob Juan Uribe of extra bases.

Nationals are loaded with money.

They will be a big market team, not as big as the Yankees (nobody will be...), but we signed Jayson Werth to a 7-year, 126 million dollar contract. Ryan Zimmerman got a 11-year, 135 million dollar deal. We will have no problems keeping our guys home, as long as they want to stay home.

Didn't know that

That the Moore you just talked about right ?

If that's the case, why have they been so lousy since they moved from Montreal?