In what some are calling a revelation, a stroke of genius and pure baseball, JimBo called a up .... a real catcher. With Schneider on the 15 day DL and have not played regularly for about a week the GM decided to call up Wiki Gonzalez. Now this comes after LeCroy had done an admirable job (according to Robinson) catching before Schneider went on the DL. In fact he was so good that the opposition stole 13 consecutive bases, this may have contributed to the 4 game losing streak and 4-6 record in their last ten, but we will need to wait for Elias sports bureau to confirm.
Bowden was so excited about the move that he decided to bring in another catcher, moving Robert Fick from the DL to the active roster. In the process he moved Guzman (he of the $16 million 4 year contract) to the 60 day disabled list. Unfortunately Fick, who was originally meant to be the backup catcher is not ready to catch and Robinson has already stated that Fick is not ready. So the Nats now have 3 "catchers" on the roster and only 1 who has actually been a catcher for most of his career.
JimBo is on a roll!!
In a related story the Nats won 8-1 against Atlanta this afternoon with Gonzalez catching. He actually threw a runner out and called a good game as Armas pitched 7 shutout innings. However Robinson is playing with fire as Armas threw 119 pitches, which is real good considering he has a history of arm problems and was out for most of last year. Yeah let's throw him back out there for another inning when we have an 8-0 lead. I don't care if the bullpen has already blown a 5 run lead this week you don't tax a pitcher with shoulder problems that way it is just not smart ball.
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