Another National with a gold opportunity this spring was starting pitcher Tim Redding. As recently as four weeks ago, Redding was projected to be Washington’s No. 2 starter in a wide-open race that included John Patterson as ace and a cast of thousands competing for the rest of the jobs. Well, earlier today Redding was outrighted to Triple-A (Joel Hanrahan, another starter projected to break camp with a job, was also optioned out). Redding, 29, can decline the assignment and become a free agent, but let’s get real here. Does he think he’ll have a crack at a job somewhere else after failing in this camp? Redding, once considered a better prospect than Roy Oswalt when the two were both Astros’ farmhands, was just brutul this spring, giving up 16 hits and 11 earned runs in four appearances and 8 2/3 innings. With Redding out of the picture, it looks like another one-time stud prospect — Jerome Williams – will break camp with a rotation spot for the Nats.
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Travis Lee has burned me for too long in to many leagues. Just when you think he is going to break out, he goes right back into hibernation. Good luck selling life insurance there Trav!
Oh man…if he needs to go into sales, he’s in real trouble. He couldn’t even sell himself on the best opportunity he’s had in a few years. Let’s hope he made enough cash over his career to avoid this eventuality.