fangraphs.com - 6/30/2009
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Over the last few years, one of the easier running jokes in baseball was to suggest that any available outfielder would interest the Washington Nationals. Jim Bowden couldn’t hide his love of toolsy, athletic underperformers, so every kid who had ever been ranked on Baseball ...
nleastchatter.com - 6/30/2009
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nleastchatter.com —
Earlier this afternoon the Nationals officially completed a
trade which will bring them OF Nyjer Morgan from
the Pittsburgh Pirates and left handed reliever Sean Burnett . The Nationals gave up still young, but troublesome Lastings Milledge and reliever Joel Hanrahan to get the deal done. ...
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Nats Player News: Nationals trade for Nyjer Morgan
community.post-gazette.com - 7/1/2009
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community.post-gazette.com —
By Dejan Kovacevic | 6:20 p.m. Tuesday Mike
Rizzo, acting Washington general manager, on the Nyjer Morgan/Sean
Burnett/Lastings Milledge/Joel Hanrahan trade: > On Morgan: "He's a high-energy speed type of guy, very plus-plus defensive ...
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Nationals' view on the trade
community.post-gazette.com - 6/30/2009
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community.post-gazette.com —
By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:16 p.m. Tuesday It
is done: The Pirates have traded outfielder Nyjer Morgan
and reliever Sean Burnett to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge and reliever Joel Hanrahan. Expect an official announcement ...
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Done deal: Morgan, Burnett to Nationals
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Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog —
... , then trade Nyjer Morgan, UZR’s top defensive player, in a deal to get Lastings Milledge from the Nats, even though Morgan and Langerhans were viewed by many as the same player, and Lastings Milledge is 25 and still could be a decent player. Puzzling, but can’t say the Pirates didn’t come out ahead here. More on that when I ask FanSided’s Pirates blogger Tom Smithis of Rum Bunter. He’s our next guest on Shark in the Tank, coming later this week! ...
Nationals Trade Lastings Milledge; Elijah Dukes Next?
The Ghost of Moonlight Graham —
... For the Washington Nationals, I kind of see what they are trying to do. As Dave Cameron of Fangraphs pointed out, the Nationals have the worst outfield defenses in baseball. I have watched them recently against the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees and quite frankly their outfield defense was a joke. ...
Differing Opinions: Morgan for Milledge Trade
Roto Savants —
... ) for Nyjer Morgan and Sean Burnett. Reading through my feeds I was surprised to see such differing opinions, but Dave Cameron at FanGraphs and ...
Washington Nationals Acquire Nyjer Morgan, Sean Burnett, Lose 8th Straight To Florida Marlins.
Federal Baseball —
... • For The Stat-Heads, Check Out Fangraph.com's Dave Cameron's article entitled, "The Morgan-Milledge Deal", wherein Mr. Cameron compares Nyjer Morgan's "UZR numbers" to those of outfielders like, " ...
The Morgan-Milledge Deal
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Links For Wednesday; Mariotti, Red Sox, Zorillia Interview
Around the Majors —
... Marquis shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jim Peltz says that Marquis is the Rockies' ace. While that may be a stretch, the veteran has been huge for Colorado, leading the charge in their hot streak. No promises, but he may be the topic of a future post.
The Cincinnati Reds are definitely looking for a bat, according to general manager Walt Jocketty, whose not afraid to make a deal.
Dave Cameron had a different take on the Nats-Pirates swap.
In an absolute must read, Joe Posnanski and ...
Defense First for Nats
NBC Washington - Sports —
... that others would've caught, which can't help a young pitching staff that's developing on the fly. Nyjer Morgan, on the other hand, has some impressive defensive statistics. While he hasn't played a ton of centerfield (owing to the Buccos having an All-Star there), he's a wiz in left. And when he's played center, he's been on the order of 20 runs better than average. Even if you assume that he can't keep that pace up for a full season and he's only 10 runs better than average, that's a 30-run improvement over ...
Moving Up: Nyjer Morgan OF Washington Nationals
Advanced Fantasy Baseball —
... is not a player destined to be a long term fantasy star he is 29 years old and in his first season as a fulltime regular. But he does have his uses in NL-only leagues and should see a nice boost to his fantasy value after yesterday's trade that sent him from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Washington Nationals. If you own Morgan you should be very happy right now. ...
Throwing it around
Diamond Hoggers —
Another Wednesday has come to pass for us here at Hoggers central. It's an overcast Canada Day here in the states. Here's some baseball links to please the network affiliates: -Voting is about to close for the All-Star Game. Here's some last-minute endorsements, and we hope Justin Upton makes the cut. [Y! Sports Big League Stew] -The Nationals made a good move in acquiring Nyjer Morgan. [FanGraphs] -The Yankees considered trading Mariano Rivera one ...
Murray Chass makes negative sense
The Hardball Times —
... But they did want to trade Morgan for Milledge, Murray. We can argue the merits of the trade (which intelligent analysts have ), but this wasn't the tipping point in the Pirates season by any means. ...
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thenatsblog.com 7/1/2009 — Mike Rizzo made his first major move as acting General Manager for the Washington Nationals yesterday by trading Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan to Pittsburgh for Sean Burnett and Nyjer Morgan.
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The Washington Nationals today acquired outfielder Nyjer Morgan and left-handed pitcher Sean Burnett from the ...
The Meaning of the Nats Trade
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/1/2009 — Why? "We think we got two really good ones," said interim GM Mike Rizzo after getting outfielder Nyjer Morgan and lefty reliever Sean Burnett for Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan. Maybe. More likely, the Nats just got two decent ones. The real ...
Ex-Mets: Milledge traded away from Nats
theropolitans.com 6/30/2009 — It’s a sad day on The ‘Ropolitans having just learned that the Mets will likely see Lastings Milledge only six times a year from here on out. Milledge and his teammate Joel Hanrahan were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates today. In return, the Washington Nationals received Nyjer Morgan ...
Nats get Morgan, Burnett in swap with Bucs | nationals.com: News
washington.nationals.mlb.com 6/30/2009 — By Bill Ladson / MLB.com 06/30/09 8:21 PM ET WASHINGTON -- The Nationals traded reliever Joel Hanrahan and outfielder Lastings Milledge to the Pirates for reliever Sean Burnett and outfielder Nyjer Morgan on Tuesday afternoon. Morgan is considered ...
Pirates send Morgan to Nats in four-player trade
scoresreport.com 6/30/2009 —
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , the Pirates have agreed to trade speedy outfielder Nyjer Morgan and pitcher Sean Burnett to the Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge and right-hander Joel Hanrahan.
While Burnett and Hanrahan are decent relievers, the two outfielders will ...
Morgan for Milledge?
baseballmusings.com 6/27/2009 — Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke rounds up the rumors about a Nyjer Morgan trade to Washington. I agree with him that it doesn’t make a lot of sense for the Nationals, but:
What it comes down to, though, is that Morgan is never going to be more valuable than he is right now and ...
Nationals acquire Sean Burnett, Nyjer Morgan [update]
therocket.mlblogs.com 7/1/2009 — The Nationals have traded reliever Joel Hanrahan and outfielder Lastings Milledge to the Pirates for reliever Sean Burnett and outfielder Nyjer Morgan on Tuesday afternoon. Morgan is considered the key to the deal for Washington. He was acquired to ...
Yankees acquire Hinske from Pirates —
Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/30/2009
The Pittsburgh Pirates, swapping outfielders at a rapid rate for the second successive season, sent starting left fielder Njyer Morgan to the Washington Nationals in a four-player deal involving outfielder Lastings Milledge and also shipped backup ...
