Dave Cameron tries to make sense out of the Nationals acquisition of Marc Rzepczynski:
So, effectively, the Nationals just sold a decent prospect for some cash savings in order to bolster the least important part of their bullpen. I know the value of relievers is going up, but deals like this still seem silly to me. Maybe Scrabble will get a big out or two in October and it will seem worth the long-term cost, but Rzepczynski seems like the kind of guy the Nationals should have gotten for next to nothing. When the market is inflating reliever prices to the point you have to give up a legitimately interesting 21 year old for a five week rental of a LOOGY, maybe it’s just time to stop paying market prices for relievers and go with what you already have.
The Nationals front office is constantly obsessed with the bullpen. Given the small sample sized of reliever seasons these days, I think a lot of teams would be better off letting the bad luck regress to the mean.
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