Eye On Baseball

I predict Brad Lidge will either have a HOF type year or be a totalbust. There really is no in between with this guy!

Except for his 2010 and 2011 seasons...yeh, there is no in between whatsoever.

now, why on earth would a young Nats team go sign an old, over-the-hill pitcher that gets hurt just looking at the pitching mound? Beats the hell out of me, but as long as they got him it's their headache, lol

ZUP philabeatdwn!......lol@ smurfs up. what were you rambling on about?

thanks for the memories lidge. time to go be hurt all the time somewhere else.

I like this move, much like signing Chien-Ming Wang to a low risk high reward deal - signing Lidge for 1yr 1million is a great move.  If he works out and can bridge the 7th to 8th inning it makes it that much easier to close out the game with Clippard and Storen.  If the Nationals are not contending and he pitches well - they can deal him at the deadline for a decent prospect, and if he doesnt work out its not much of a loss.  I like the moves Rizzo has made this offseason, now if he could only find a good CF/leadoff hitter....

I predict Brad Lidge will either have a HOF type year or be a totalbust. There really is no in between with this guy!

Not sure why we need a washed up bum like Lidge, who will add nothing to our stellar bullpen, unless Cole Kimball's surgery didn't go well.  Maybe he can give us some idea how to pitch to the Phillies lineup.  Glad we aren't paying him much.

I don't think that Lidge is wash up just yet, just look what he did for the Phillies when he return from his injuries. So any Pitcher that has a 1.44 era with 1 save and 8 holds  in 20 games don't sound wash up to me,  I think that Lidge will pitch very well for the Nationals.

lol @ surfs up.....

is a giants fan actually talking bad about the phillies??? papelbon blew a bunch of saves??? go look again buddy lol. your so bitter that your giants suck that you have to come say how the phillies are bad lol.....the giants wont make the playoffs again this year and the phillies will. just think about that loser. papelbon is a great closer and will be just as good if not better then madson. especially not pitching in the AL east anymore. get a clue buddy.


and hoawrd is not out until june. he will be ready by may at the latest.

wow bitterness lol. too bad timmy dont wanna stay in san francisco. uyour team will be even worse in the nxt couple years when timmy leaves....LOSERSSSSSSS

Well Philly fans, as Larry Dobrow so eloquently states,......uncle Amaro is the GM king of baseball when it comes to mastering bone headedness. Better look back on the 2011 Redsox archives and see how many games Paplebomb blew in August & Sept for the Redsox. Losing both Madsen and Lidge isn't an assist in the bullpen and it's not exactly ideal either. Welcome to the NL Paps and get ready to whacked around. A few blown saves and the Phil fans will be whining like normal. Bye bye Oswalt....hello Kentucky Joe, Kendrick, Dontrell or a host of other B' listers to fill the 4 and 5 spot. Hope you Phils fans enjoyed the 102 wins last year which was wasted 5 games later..  Ohhhh.......no Howard until June. Phils took a nice downgrading in the off season.   

He was lights out the year Phils won it all, but that seems like it was his career year and everyone knows now, slider,slider,slider,slider.

As someone else said...

It's one thing knowing that the slider is coming.

It's another knowing when it's going to be hittable, which very few hitters last year could figure out. 

I'm not saying he is an elite talent anymore, he's not.  However, he can be a very valuble asset and the Nats just got better with him in their bullpen.