To not suck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond that, sorting through some of the young talent and making commitments around how is part of the long-term project and who is not would go a long way towards clarifying Ottawa’s future. Staying healthy would go a ways towards this, especially on the mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bob Moose<\/strong>, Bob Brown<\/strong>, and Roy Halladay<\/strong> all return strong from injuries, joining Old Hoss Radbourn<\/strong> in a decent pitching staff and the core talent sorts itself out, especially in the OF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pitching continues to be among the worst in the league and none of the massive potential of Randy Johnson<\/strong>, Ken Griffey Jr<\/strong> or \u00c1lex Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> comes to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not really. Radbourn has some value, but he also was the only quasi reliable arm for the Mounties last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, that was interesting: Griffey, Jr. was moved on, netting Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9<\/strong> plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over half the roster is either unknown or was pretty horrible last year. Hence the goal being merely not to suck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s not a bad system, but it lacks–beyond the top arms–top end potential. Watson and Shaw both start the season with the Mounties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Expectations To not suck. Beyond that, sorting through some of the young talent and making commitments around how is part of the long-term project and who is not would go a long way towards clarifying Ottawa’s future. Staying healthy would go a ways towards this, especially on the mound. Best Case Bob Moose, Bob Brown, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[92,1479,203,809,146,455,2191,2192,1547,2194,1292,1987,1580,1536,811,730,189,2005,1088,2189,1508,193,933,210,2197,1578,2195,1515,2003,2196,1996,735,1999,763,187,1762,762,2190,197,948,190,723,209,196,736,2193,1579,813],"class_list":["post-4876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-news","tag-adrian-beltre","tag-al-orth","tag-alex-rodriguez","tag-bob-brown","tag-bob-moose","tag-bob-watson","tag-curt-davis","tag-dale-long","tag-dan-haren","tag-danny-cox","tag-dave-bennett","tag-dick-bertell","tag-dupee-shaw","tag-elbie-fletcher","tag-gary-carter","tag-george-burns","tag-greg-holland","tag-jason-heyward","tag-jesse-crain","tag-jim-lemon","tag-jimmy-dykes","tag-john-mayberry","tag-ken-forsch","tag-ken-griffey-jr","tag-larry-kopf","tag-mark-eichhorn","tag-mark-grant","tag-max-scherzer","tag-mike-dorgan","tag-mike-sharperson","tag-milt-may","tag-monk-dubiel","tag-nick-johnson","tag-old-hoss-radbourn","tag-ottawa-mounties","tag-pedro-ramos","tag-randy-johnson","tag-reggie-richter","tag-roberto-alomar","tag-roy-halladay","tag-ryan-dempster","tag-sam-thompson","tag-terry-puhl","tag-tim-raines","tag-tom-henke","tag-vic-saier","tag-warren-cromartie","tag-wee-willie-keeler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4876"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5720,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions\/5720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbl.dmlco.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Worst Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Key Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Trade Bait<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Roster Evaluation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
POS<\/strong><\/td> Elite<\/strong><\/td> Strong<\/strong><\/td> Solid<\/strong><\/td> Meh<\/strong><\/td> Weak<\/strong><\/td> Unknown<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> C<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Carter<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Ausmus<\/em><\/td><\/tr> 1B<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Staub<\/td> <\/td> Watson<\/em><\/td><\/tr> 2B<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Alomar<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 3B<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Beltr\u00e9<\/em><\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> SS<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Rodr\u00edguez<\/td> Dorgan<\/em><\/td><\/tr> LF<\/strong>\/
RF<\/strong><\/td><\/td> Walker<\/td> Raines<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Thompson<\/em><\/td><\/tr> CF<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Beltr\u00e1n<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Monday<\/em><\/td><\/tr> SP<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> Halladay<\/td> Radbourn<\/td> Moose<\/td> Peters
Griffith
Johnson
Podgajny<\/td>Hammaker<\/em><\/td><\/tr> End<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> Henke<\/s><\/td>Dempster<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Ryan<\/em><\/td><\/tr> RP<\/strong><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> Gregg<\/em>
Shaw<\/em>Collins<\/s><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Injured<\/s><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTalent Ratings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/td> WBL<\/strong><\/td> Minors<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Raw Power<\/td> C Gary Carter<\/td> OF Jim Lemon<\/td><\/tr> Batting Eye<\/td> IF Roberto Alomar<\/td> 1B Nick Johnson<\/td><\/tr> Contact<\/td> IF \u00c1lex Rodr\u00edguez<\/td> OF Terry Puhl<\/td><\/tr> Running Speed<\/td> U Tim Raines<\/td> OF George Burns<\/td><\/tr> Base Stealing<\/td> U Tim Raines<\/td> OF George Burns<\/td><\/tr> IF Defense<\/td> 3B Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9<\/td> IF Dick Bertell<\/td><\/tr> OF Defense<\/td> OF Sam Thompson<\/td> OF Jason Heyward<\/td><\/tr> Stuff<\/td> P Charles Radbourn<\/td> P Reggie Richter<\/td><\/tr> Control<\/td> SP Roy Halladay<\/td> P Curt Davis<\/td><\/tr> Velocity<\/td> RP Ryan Dempster
RP Tom Henke<\/td>RP Greg Holland<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Best In The Minors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td> Age<\/strong><\/td> POS<\/strong><\/td> Name<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 1 (4)<\/td> 23<\/td> P<\/td> Al Orth<\/td><\/tr> 2 (30)<\/td> 21<\/td> P<\/td> Dan Haren<\/td><\/tr> 3 (50)<\/td> 23<\/td> P<\/td> Max Scherzer<\/td><\/tr> 4 (70)<\/td> 22<\/td> 1B<\/td> Bob Watson<\/td><\/tr> 5 (80)<\/td> 20<\/td> 1B<\/td> John Mayberry<\/td><\/tr> 6 (102)<\/td> 20<\/td> 2B<\/td> Jimmy Dykes<\/td><\/tr> 7 (106)<\/td> 19<\/td> P<\/td> Mark Eichhorn<\/td><\/tr> 8 (181)<\/td> 20<\/td> C<\/td> Milt May<\/td><\/tr> 9 (183)<\/td> 22<\/td> P<\/td> Dupee Shaw<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/td> Most<\/strong><\/td> Least<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Age<\/strong><\/td> P Ken Forsch, 38<\/td> IF Elbie Fletcher, 19
P Mark Eichhorn, 19
OF Warren Cromartie, 19
P Dave Bennett<\/td><\/tr>Height<\/strong><\/td> P Randy Johnson, 6’10”<\/td> OF Wee Willie Keeler, 5’4″<\/td><\/tr> OPS<\/strong><\/td> 1B Dale Long, 1.236 (—)<\/td> IF Mike Sharperson, .526 (—)<\/td><\/tr> HR<\/strong><\/td> 1B Dale Long, 66 (—)<\/td> IF Larry Kopf, 0 (—)
IF Mike Dorgan, 0 (—)<\/td><\/tr>SB<\/strong><\/td> U Tim Raines, 92 (WBL)<\/td> Many with 0<\/td><\/tr> WAR<\/strong><\/td> 1B Vic Saier, 5.0 (—)<\/td> IF Mike Sharperson, -2.3 (—)<\/td><\/tr> W<\/strong><\/td> Danny Cox, 16 (—)<\/td> Jesse Crain, 1 (AAA\/AA)<\/td><\/tr> SV<\/strong><\/td> Ryan Dempster, 16 (WBL\/AAA)
Pedro Ramos, 16 (—)<\/td><\/td><\/tr> ERA<\/strong><\/td> Mark Grant, 2.31 (—)<\/td> Randy Johnson, 6.60 (WBL\/AAA)<\/td><\/tr> WAR<\/strong><\/td> Charles Radbourn, 4.4 (WBL)<\/td> Monk Dubiel, -1.6 (WBL\/AAA)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>