Oh God, say it ain't so, Nook Logan has been non-tendered! This is, behind the Milledge trade, my favorite move of the off season. Does that seem too harsh? Well, it probably is, but I see Nook's departure as something of a signifier of the end to the legacy of the horrible, horrible Washington Nationals. That's not to say that I believe the Nationals are anywhere near ready to compete, but Nook was, to me, the personification of the fact that we didn't have a Minor League system. He was toolsy as hell, sure, but the problem was that he couldn't bat his way out of a cardboard box, and he made a litany of bonehead decisions. But he was always a contender to start, because there was simply no one better.
As for O'Connor, he had some moments during the 2006 season, and he's a local kid, so you had to root for him, but with the 2007 draft and now the Clippard trade, he wasn't on anyone's radar to get anywhere near the rotation in the not too distant future.
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