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True Dough

(17,254 posts) Sun Jul 16, 2017, 04:00 PM Jul 2017

Have the Nats adequately addressed their Achilles heel?

Washington traded for Oakland relievers Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle and sent Blake Treinen and two prospects to the A's.

Will this be enough for the Nationals to overcome the front-running Dodgers and Astros in their quest for a World Series?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20080822/sean-doolittle-ryan-madson-traded-washington-nationals-oakland-athletics

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Have the Nats adequately addressed their Achilles heel? (Original Post) True Dough Jul 2017 OP

Mike Rizzo is not done. Stay tuned. Kingofalldems Jul 2017 #1

Madson and Doolittle are solid relievers Auggie Jul 2017 #2

Kingofalldems

(38,422 posts)

1. Mike Rizzo is not done. Stay tuned.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun Jul 16, 2017, 04:18 PM

Jul 2017

Oakland already getting offers on Treinen. He may never pitch there. He's got a 100 mph sinker.

Auggie

(31,133 posts)

2. Madson and Doolittle are solid relievers

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2017, 05:28 PM

Jul 2017

Anything can happen in the playoffs -- I wouldn't bet the house based on regular season records. I don't the know the Nats situation that well but I think this was a good trade.

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