Baseball Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations.

I think the Rockies definitely got the best end of the deal that sent Preston Wilson to the Nats and Zach Day and JJ Davis to Colorado. Wilson's numbers on the road are just awful. This year Wilson is hitting .224 with a .280 OBP in away games. They get him just as Ryan Church comes back to the roster. They didn't need Wilson - they needed insurance at first since Nick Johnson is so fragile. Meanwhile Zach Day is just 27 and he seems to be in the same mold as Derek Lowe. I get the feeling that Nats fans will look upon Preston Wilson much the same way that Mariner fans look at Heathcliff Slocumb in the not too distant future... I have to hand it to Billy Beane. In separate deals, he replaced Chad Bradford with Witasick (an even talent exchange) and Eric Byrnes with Jay Payton (another equal talent exchange) with pitcher Joe Kennedy also coming to Oakland for a prospect thrown into the Colorado deal. That's three pro's for 2 plus a prospect. Beane strengthened the team with these moves without adding any more salary... OK - so Preston Wilson hit a HR in his first AB for the Nats. I predict that will be the highwater mark for him in DC... Am I the only one who sees a connection between the awful ratings for the All-Star Game and the act that Tim McCarver and Kevin Kennedy were prominent in the broadcast?...