I'm going to take you back really quick to August 7th, 2006. The Nationals are one year out of a miracle .500 record after their return to DC, and they are struggling in the standings. It's time to get rid of your valuable veteran pieces, and the lucky trade candidate is none other than our current "#1" starter, Livan Hernandez. In the waiver-wire trade the Nationals sent away their legit #1 starter for a pair of pieces that Mike Rizzo had drafted, Matt Chico and Garrett Mock.
If you were able to peel yourself off of your leather sofa in the midst of the Sweat Ceiling Heat Wave of 2011 yesterday, you might have seen that the Nationals released Chad Gaudin. Well, that's not all the Nats did yesterday, they also released one of the pair that came over in 2006 - Matt Chico.
Matt Chico has had a tragic career, punctuated by an injury at the worst possible time. He had just ascended to become the Nats #2 starter as of the beginning of 2008 when his UCL tore and he was sidelined for over a year after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. He would make one more career MLB start, a spot start last year on May 8th vs the Marlins where he went 5 innings and gave up 2 runs - the Nationals won the game 5-4. And oh yeah, he racked up a 0.2 WAR in that one game.
The point of this article isn't to talk about Matt Chico however, this is to discuss the other piece that came over with Chico - Garrett Mock.
If you weren't aware, Garrett Mock is still on the Nationals 40-Man roster.
Let me say that again - GARRETT MOCK IS STILL ON THE 40-MAN!
Over the course of his career he has been known as the "stuff guy", everyone was always saying that he always had the best "stuff" of anyone. There was one problem. He couldn't do anything with it!
Somehow Garrett Mock has been able to rack up 19 starts and 55 appearances in his Major League Career and here are his numbers...
- 4 Wins - 13 Losses
- 5.17 ERA
- 1.673 WHIP
- 4.78 BB/9
- .283 BAA
- 10.3 H/9
So, some not so good numbers there. But lets check out how Mock has done this year in the minors against non-MLB talent.
0 Wins. 4 Losses. 28.2 IP. 8.48 ERA. 1.919 WHIP. 1.09 K/BB. 27 ER.
Wow. That's bad.
Granted, Mock has spent some time on the Disabled List, but he has gone on the DL several times in the past after an extended bout of some mysterious injury that only he can detect.
Now, my point here is not to say that he is faking it; I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV. All I am saying is why is someone like this taking up a spot on the roster that could be used on someone who could actually help out the club.
To me it is pretty clear that Garrett Mock has fallen very far down the Nats Spot-Starter Pecking Order - behind Detwiler, (soon-to-be) Wang, Maya, Stammen, Peacock, Milone, and even JD Martin. I would rather see countless other people in Mock's spot that him. It's time to finally cut the cord.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
And Then There Were Two...
Yesterday the Nats cut ties with 23 year-old Dutch-Antilles right-hander Shairon Martis, designating the starter for assignment; passing him through waivers to be released, traded or sent to Syracuse. Although I'm not sure what is going to happen to Martis, I believe that he has seen his last days in the Nationals Organization and that some other team will take a chance on the 2009 rotation member. The move was made to clear way for utilityman-extraordinaire, Jerry Hairston, who signed a $2 million dollar Major League contract a few days ago.
With that domino falling, the Nats have just a few more housekeeping moves to be made before Pitchers and Catchers report on February 16th. As of now, before the Gorzelanny and Coffey deals are accepted by MLB, the Nats have 42 men on their 40-man roster. That means 2 men are going to be unceremoniously booted to the curb.
On December 21st I wrote a post called 40-Man Maintenance that, among other things, attempted to weed out the moves that the Front Office needed to make in order to fit all the new players on the roster. In said post I predicted that Matt Chico, Justin Maxwell, and Luis Atilano would be cut; and to my credit, Chico was cut later that day. As of now, I believe that there are now 3 true candidates to be considered for removal from the 40-Man. Here is what I wrote about those 3 candidates in the previously alluded-to post.
Luis Atilano: Career Totals: 6-7 Record. 5.15 ERA. 5.00 FIP. 1.49 WHIP. 0.2 WAR
Luis Atilano's only career experience came this past year when he had an outstanding Spring Training and became first in line to fill in for the 1st injured/mental-breakdown Nats Starter. When Marquis was embarrassingly bad to start the season Atilano came in and was highly effective for month, winning 3 of his first 4 starts. Then he looked down, saw the ground was far, far away, and fell apart. Atilano pitched in the rotation until July, and then was put out of his misery and sent back down to AAA Syracuse.
Garrett Mock: Career Totals: 4-13 Record. 5.17 ERA. 4.38 FIP. 1.67 WHIP. 1.1 WAR.
Mock has always been touted by Nats brass as one of the best "stuff" guys in the organization. What that really means is that he has all the talent in the world but he hasn't been able to harness it (Daniel Cabrera Syndrome). His ERA is dreadful, his WHIP is worse and he just hasn't been able to stay healthy. At 27 years old the only thing Garrett has going for him right now is his 8.03 K/9.
Justin Maxwell: Career Totals: .201 AVG. .698 OPS. 7.8 UZR. 1.5 WAR.
The Jim Bowden Special. Maxwell was once touted as a prototypical 5-tool player, but it has become evident over the past 4 years that he is simply a 3-tool player; speed, fielding, throwing. It's really nice to have a defensive specialist when you have a stacked line-up and little defense. Since the Nats are already planning on going into 2011 with 4 above-average defenders in the outfield who can also hit higher than .201, there is no need for a 27 year-old Maxwell to remain on the 40-Man.
Predictions: 25 year-old Atilano stays. 27 year-old Mock and Maxwell gone.
With that domino falling, the Nats have just a few more housekeeping moves to be made before Pitchers and Catchers report on February 16th. As of now, before the Gorzelanny and Coffey deals are accepted by MLB, the Nats have 42 men on their 40-man roster. That means 2 men are going to be unceremoniously booted to the curb.
On December 21st I wrote a post called 40-Man Maintenance that, among other things, attempted to weed out the moves that the Front Office needed to make in order to fit all the new players on the roster. In said post I predicted that Matt Chico, Justin Maxwell, and Luis Atilano would be cut; and to my credit, Chico was cut later that day. As of now, I believe that there are now 3 true candidates to be considered for removal from the 40-Man. Here is what I wrote about those 3 candidates in the previously alluded-to post.
Luis Atilano: Career Totals: 6-7 Record. 5.15 ERA. 5.00 FIP. 1.49 WHIP. 0.2 WAR
Luis Atilano's only career experience came this past year when he had an outstanding Spring Training and became first in line to fill in for the 1st injured/mental-breakdown Nats Starter. When Marquis was embarrassingly bad to start the season Atilano came in and was highly effective for month, winning 3 of his first 4 starts. Then he looked down, saw the ground was far, far away, and fell apart. Atilano pitched in the rotation until July, and then was put out of his misery and sent back down to AAA Syracuse.
Garrett Mock: Career Totals: 4-13 Record. 5.17 ERA. 4.38 FIP. 1.67 WHIP. 1.1 WAR.
Mock has always been touted by Nats brass as one of the best "stuff" guys in the organization. What that really means is that he has all the talent in the world but he hasn't been able to harness it (Daniel Cabrera Syndrome). His ERA is dreadful, his WHIP is worse and he just hasn't been able to stay healthy. At 27 years old the only thing Garrett has going for him right now is his 8.03 K/9.
Justin Maxwell: Career Totals: .201 AVG. .698 OPS. 7.8 UZR. 1.5 WAR.
The Jim Bowden Special. Maxwell was once touted as a prototypical 5-tool player, but it has become evident over the past 4 years that he is simply a 3-tool player; speed, fielding, throwing. It's really nice to have a defensive specialist when you have a stacked line-up and little defense. Since the Nats are already planning on going into 2011 with 4 above-average defenders in the outfield who can also hit higher than .201, there is no need for a 27 year-old Maxwell to remain on the 40-Man.
Predictions: 25 year-old Atilano stays. 27 year-old Mock and Maxwell gone.
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