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Baseball America posted their minor league free agent list today and for the Nats, there were no big surprises. No Rafael martin, which is good, was wondering if he had a special clause in his contract or something.
There are a few names that I would hope they keep, Devin Ivany among them, but no heartbreakers if they lose them.
An awful lot of the Syracuse roster there.
Post in progress now…
More questions Sue. Are Smoker and McGeary no longer prospects of any significance? I realize Smoker had some success as a reliever this year, but does he really have any real future in the big leagues? How does his fastball register? And what about McGeary? Anything there? Gosh, that draft looked promising at one time. Go Zimmermann!
Sue’s smarter at this than me, but have to say the 2nd half season for Smoker was very positive. I really think that the coaching has gotten better,too, since Rizzo took over.
McGeary had Tommy John surgery in June or July, so he may make a few cameos towards the end of 2011. Too bad, as his numbers were getting a lot better.
Smoker made my Hagerstown watchlist based on that late-season success as a reliever. I think the biggest shame of McGeary is that his injury will obscure what was actually a rather creative way to sign a guy that scared off folks with his college plans/demands.