tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14311253.post4840149587590370396..comments2024-01-05T03:41:19.602-05:00Comments on Nats Triple Play: This One You Can Blame on BowdenNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03967066946860270813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14311253.post-65449120189949471812008-07-25T08:26:00.000-04:002008-07-25T08:26:00.000-04:00The point re: Guzzy's injury history is just that ...The point re: Guzzy's injury history is just that some guys tend to get hurt a lot. The shoulder, the hammy, the thumb... You can choose to ignore a history of unrelated injuries, but at some point you have to conclude that some guys (Nick, Church) just can't play 162 year in, year out. If you ignore durability, and load up on guys who are older and have a history of owies, then you shouldn't be shocked when you have more injuries than most.<BR/><BR/>And the shoulder as I understand it is more of a chronic nagging thing than a permanently solved problem.<BR/><BR/>But you are absolutely correct that this deal is reasonable market value, and in fact he probably got fewer years from us than he would have on the open market.<BR/><BR/>That's also however a good lesson on why it's a fallacy to believe there's a championship out there for the buying if only the Lerners weren't so cheap. Free agency is at best a crap shoot, loaded with declining old and bad players like Lo Duca and Estrada. The number of really great players out there is vastly outnumbered by Eric Gagnes and Tom Glavines.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109288910583404941noreply@blogger.com