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Espinosa to Futures Game


The Futures Game roster is out and Potomac SS Danny Espinosa will represent the Nationals.

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  1. #1 by Ronny - June 25th, 2009 at 13:01

    Espinosa must be a beast. He’s the only SS on the team.

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  2. #2 by souldrummer - June 25th, 2009 at 15:37

    Does this reflect a dearth of SS talent in the US or a need to put one National on the team not named Norris as much as Espinosa’s ability? He seems real, real raw to me and his season has been streaky. Still have hope for him to be ready in two to three years, but I hope he can keep this in perspective.

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  3. #3 by Andrew Z. Stebbins - June 25th, 2009 at 16:15

    souldrummer :Does this reflect a dearth of SS talent in the US or a need to put one National on the team not named Norris as much as Espinosa’s ability? P>

    I know, for a fact, they strongly considered Norris AND Espinosa…but yeah, you’re right…they needed a shortstop (and Danny is not a bad one) to represent the U.S. and a National. It could have been Derek.

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  4. #4 by Wallyball - June 25th, 2009 at 21:59

    Here is a disappointing (but not surprising) comment from kasten during a speech today:

    But Kasten also addressed the Dominican issue, post-Smiley. He said, “we still have not developed the pipeline that we need to have. And this, I will tell you — on the player development level, this has been my biggest disappointment so far.” He then recited the basics of the Smiley story, Bowden’s suggested pursuit of this phenom, the Lerners’ approval of a seven-figure bonus, etc. Kasten then said, “We’ve certainly been set back by the missteps… Because this year we’re so heavily weighted in the draft, we know we won’t be able to make our next international push until 2010.”

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  5. #5 by Jeff E. - June 27th, 2009 at 21:12

    Why not expand talks with Bucs about Morgan to encompass Ian Snell who knows Dana and Spin well???

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