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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 670891" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>With moves to come (not even Christmas, yet), I feel like the Braves are slightly better than the Nationals. [already trying to dampen my expectations....maybe] </p><p></p><p>Rendon is not really replaceable. & seems Donaldson is only chance to avoid a significant downgrade at 3B for Nats. The Nationals will be "old" ...even older than last year, I think. Zimmerman, Kendrick, Suzuki, Scherzer, Strasburg... key dudes ...all older by baseball standards. </p><p></p><p>They won WS in 2019. THAT was special... to say the least. But they didn't win the division.... were 4 outs from losing WC until the hand of God made Hader a mere mortal for a string of ABs. In other words, I chalk it up to just special timely good things happening to a really good team. But not a team head & shoulders above the field. </p><p></p><p>...& the BIG thing. Repeating in professional sports is rarely happening. </p><p></p><p>One prediction, though. The Braves and/or Nationals will go farther in playoffs than both Phillies (Harper) and Angels (Rendon) in each of the next 3 seasons. ...mainly because they've managed to assemble overall better rosters instead of overspending on marquee FAs.</p><p></p><p>FWIW... It appears the Nationals were not willing to offer Rendon no deferred money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 670891, member: 2843"] With moves to come (not even Christmas, yet), I feel like the Braves are slightly better than the Nationals. [already trying to dampen my expectations....maybe] Rendon is not really replaceable. & seems Donaldson is only chance to avoid a significant downgrade at 3B for Nats. The Nationals will be "old" ...even older than last year, I think. Zimmerman, Kendrick, Suzuki, Scherzer, Strasburg... key dudes ...all older by baseball standards. They won WS in 2019. THAT was special... to say the least. But they didn't win the division.... were 4 outs from losing WC until the hand of God made Hader a mere mortal for a string of ABs. In other words, I chalk it up to just special timely good things happening to a really good team. But not a team head & shoulders above the field. ...& the BIG thing. Repeating in professional sports is rarely happening. One prediction, though. The Braves and/or Nationals will go farther in playoffs than both Phillies (Harper) and Angels (Rendon) in each of the next 3 seasons. ...mainly because they've managed to assemble overall better rosters instead of overspending on marquee FAs. FWIW... It appears the Nationals were not willing to offer Rendon no deferred money. [/QUOTE]
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