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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

WaPo | Ryan Mattheus breaks throwing hand punching a locker, adds to bullpen disarray

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The disarray in the Nationals’ bullpen reached a bizarre and self-inflicted new height Monday night. After the Nationals’ 8-0 loss to the Giants, Manager Davey Johnson revealed that set-up man Ryan Mattheus had broken his right hand Sunday when he punched his locker after a dreadful performance, landing him on the disabled list and leaving the Nationals scrambling for fresh arms.

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1. Brian

posted on August 20, 2012 at 02:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Get it over with and rush him to the bigs!

2. BourbonSamurai, vassal of the Harpsburg Empire posted on August 20, 2012 at 02:46 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Not too much of a surprise. Hopefully he'll be able to bounce back.

3. Willie Mayspedes posted on August 20, 2012 at 04:28 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Still a good pick?

4. Tom Nawrocki posted on August 20, 2012 at 04:40 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Ya gotta shut those pitchers down!

5. andrewberg posted on August 20, 2012 at 04:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I say they shouldn't shut him down. You only get so many chances at winning your division. Plus, he's a professional, he should be out there earning his paychecks, not resting when his teammates need him.

6. toratoratora posted on August 20, 2012 at 05:22 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Should have had him on a 16.0 pitches limit

7. Brian

posted on August 20, 2012 at 06:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The recovery rate on these is excellent, still a great pick.

8. zachtoma posted on August 20, 2012 at 07:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

He was gonna have to have TJ at some point anyways, I think they knew that when they picked him, so they're not getting anything they didn't bargain for here. Might as well get it out of the way know and give him a clean start to his pro career in fall/winter next year rather than send him out there with a ticking time bomb in his elbow.

9. TerpNats posted on August 21, 2012 at 01:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Agree with #7 and #8. Wasn't expecting him in the bigs for a few years anyway.

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