What a Lousy Roster the DC Expos Have
Look at this thing. What a disaster.
The team has 2 elite-ish level players (Livan Hernandez and Jose Vidro). It has a handful of good-to-OK players, which I'll define as players who could start on playoff teams (Tony Armas, Chad Cordero, Tomo Okha, Tony Batista, Nick Johnson, and Brad Wilkerson). There are also a few young kids who might be good.
But, on the whole, this team stinks. They were lucky to win 65 games this year, and they'll be lucky to win 65 next year. Their big hope, I guess, is that their young prospects pan out and the move to D.C. generates enough revenue (and/or attracts an ownership group that's not quite so penurious) that they can actually afford to keep their developing stars. But even in that (best-case) scenario, D.C. is at least 2-3 years from being a .500 team.
I can't help but wonder if D.C. wouldn't have been better off if MLB had just contracted the Expos and opened up an expansion franchise in the capitol.
The team has 2 elite-ish level players (Livan Hernandez and Jose Vidro). It has a handful of good-to-OK players, which I'll define as players who could start on playoff teams (Tony Armas, Chad Cordero, Tomo Okha, Tony Batista, Nick Johnson, and Brad Wilkerson). There are also a few young kids who might be good.
But, on the whole, this team stinks. They were lucky to win 65 games this year, and they'll be lucky to win 65 next year. Their big hope, I guess, is that their young prospects pan out and the move to D.C. generates enough revenue (and/or attracts an ownership group that's not quite so penurious) that they can actually afford to keep their developing stars. But even in that (best-case) scenario, D.C. is at least 2-3 years from being a .500 team.
I can't help but wonder if D.C. wouldn't have been better off if MLB had just contracted the Expos and opened up an expansion franchise in the capitol.
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