Comments on: Patterson cut http://nationalsreview.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/patterson-cut/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gil's Fan http://nationalsreview.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/patterson-cut/#comment-3330 Gil's Fan Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:14:03 +0000 http://nationalsreview.wordpress.com/?p=245#comment-3330 I think the Nats were way too quick to pull the trigger on Patterson. If you read between the lines it looks like he got caught in the middle of a power struggle between Acta and Bowden and Jimbo won. Patterson's velocity was down, but he has been through this before. He had Tommy John surgery in May, 2000 and didn't pitch in a game again until May, 2001. It took about 3 months for him to regain his arm strength and velocity and become an effective pitcher again. There is no reason to think that wouldn't happen again. They said they wanted to give some of their younger pitchers a try, but my money is on the power struggle. It's a real shame that Patterson got caught in the middle. The Nats are likely to regret this one, unless they can someehow get Patterson to sign a minor league contract. I'll bet he could be back in the rotation after a month to 6 weeks at AAA. I think the Nats were way too quick to pull the trigger on Patterson. If you read between the lines it looks like he got caught in the middle of a power struggle between Acta and Bowden and Jimbo won. Patterson’s velocity was down, but he has been through this before. He had Tommy John surgery in May, 2000 and didn’t pitch in a game again until May, 2001. It took about 3 months for him to regain his arm strength and velocity and become an effective pitcher again. There is no reason to think that wouldn’t happen again. They said they wanted to give some of their younger pitchers a try, but my money is on the power struggle. It’s a real shame that Patterson got caught in the middle. The Nats are likely to regret this one, unless they can someehow get Patterson to sign a minor league contract. I’ll bet he could be back in the rotation after a month to 6 weeks at AAA.

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