Lastings Milledge

27 March 2008

, he’ll be just fine.

Washington Nationals

Will a change of scenery help Elijah Dukes and Lastings Milledge realize their potential?

Both are highly touted prospects whose physical talents couldn’t overshadow the off the field controversy that surrounded each. As a result, the Nationals were able to acquire each on the cheap in the offseason as their original clubs grew tired of waiting for them to clean up their respective acts. Milledge has already shown flashes of his ability in limited playing time with the Mets who never seemed to give him a fair shake. Having already endured some of the rough patches that any young player inevitably goes through, he seems poised for a breakout year in Washington.

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28 February 2008

on the other hand are basically useless.  They don’t have much young talent, outside of Lastings Milledge and Ryan Zimmerman (who is probably considered a star by now).  There rotation is very young and very unproven.  The Nats biggest asset this year is Chad Cordero who I believe they will finally deal sometime before the deadline to a contending team looking for bullpen help, and which contending team isn’t?  I don’t expect much from this team, 65-70 wins tops.

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