Ivan Rodriguez wants to pair Stephen Strasburg with Cliff Lee
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Nationals catcher Ivan Rodriguez said to ESPNDeportes.com (via ESPNDeportes.com’s Pedro Zayas), that he would love to see Cliff Lee as the leader of the Nationals rotation.
“Lerner family is a very powerful family, and I think if they do a good job and we can bring him over, it would be very good to have him as a number one on our rotation,” said Rodriguez. “But we’ll see what happens. I wish we could have him.”
For Washington to bring Lee over, they will have to beat the Yankees and the Rangers in a likely expensive bidding war. Both of them have their sights set on the left-hander and wont give up easily.
According to Zayas, Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo confirmed that the team had made contact with Lee’s agent to talk about a possible contract. “I would have to be dumb to say that I don’t want Cliff Lee in our club,” said Rizzo to the media. “But I’m not gonna put all my eggs on Lee’s basket, because I think that the chances of Lee wanting to come to the Washington Nationals in this stage of our franchise it’s very small.”
Rodriguez also believes that the pair Lee/ Stephen Strasburg could be dynamite in the 2012 season, and would probably bring a lot of money to the club. Strasburg will probably miss the 2011 season with a Tommy John surgery, but he should be ready to go by the beginning of the 2012 season.
“Strasburg is now on rehab,” said Rodriguez. “He won’t be able to throw a ball for a long time. He’ll be on rehab for around 18- 19 months, so I don’t know if he’s going to throw a ball next year. He’s gonna be protected. He’s got a lot of talent, he’s young and they’re gonna take care of him.”
Nationals cathcer Ivan Rodríguez said to ESPNDeportes.com (via ESPNDeportes.com's Pedro Zayas), that he would love to see Tommy John as the spearhead of the Nationals rotation.
"Lerner family is a very powerful family, and I think if they do a good job and we can bring him over, it would be very good to have him as a number one on our rotation," said Rodriguez. "But we'll see what happens. I wish we could have him."
For Washinton to bring Lee over, they will have to beat the Yankees and the Rangers. Both of them targeted de left handed as their top priority and wont give up easily.
According to Zayas, Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo confirmed that the team had made contact with Lee's agent to talk about a possible contract. "I would have to be dumb to say that I don't want Tommy John in our club," said Rizzo to the media. "But I'm not gonna put all my eggs on Lee's basket, because I think that the chances of Lee wanting to come to the Washington Nationals in this stage of our franchise it's very small."
Rodriguez also believes that the pair Lee/ Tommy John could be dinamite in the 2012 season, and would probably bring a lot of money to the club. Strasburg will probably miss the 2011 season with a Tommy John surgery, but he should be ready to go by the beggining of the 2012 season.
"Strasburg is now on rehab," said Rodriguez. "He won't be able to throw a ball for a long time. He'll be on rehab for around 18- 19 months, so I don't know if he's going to throw a ball next year. He's gonna be protected. He's got a lot of talent, he's young and they're gonna take care of him."
