Bowden out in Washington

Coming from someone who follows the Nationals, the problem with Bowden is that he never seemed to have any sort of direction. He spent most of his time here acquiring reclamation projects and former Reds. For every good move he made, there was a bad move.

And once the FBI/MLB investigations in the DR became known, he was a distraction. He could not capably do his job while having these stories repeatedly come out surrounding him and his hires.

The Nationals needed to turn the page on him and move on.

that the reason a GM is good is because he found some bargains off the scrap heap, like Belliard and LANGERHANS (yes, the same one who had 111 ABs last year… he’s good?) then he definitely deserved to be fired. The farm system is in shambles, they’ve got more scandal surrounding them than OJ, and of the three players who could have a future on this team, one is an uncontrollable punk and one is in danger of being replaced because Bowden stocked up WAAAAY too much on outfielders.
Flores? He got jumped from A+ to the majors. That can probably explain his .296 OBP last year. He’s not good, and that Rule V pick may have ruined his career.
And signing Dunn was a bad move IMHO. They’re not going to contend in the next two years. So why give a crappy contract like this to an aging slugger?

Conclusion: Bowden is looking a lot like Jim Beattie right about now, and this team is looking a lot like the Orioles used to (aging castoffs, aging former sluggers, some young guys, lots of pitcher attrition, bare-ish minor league system). The best thing that could happen to the Nats is Rizzo coming in and working up a youth movement- trading away everyone on the team except Zimmerman, Dukes, and Milledge for something.