Another National with a gold opportunity this spring was starting pitcher Tim Redding. As recently as four weeks ago, Redding was projected to be Washington’s No. 2 starter in a wide-open race that included John Patterson as ace and a cast of thousands competing for the rest of the jobs. Well, earlier today Redding was outrighted to Triple-A (Joel Hanrahan, another starter projected to break camp with a job, was also optioned out). Redding, 29, can decline the assignment and become a free agent, but let’s get real here. Does he think he’ll have a crack at a job somewhere else after failing in this camp? Redding, once considered a better prospect than Roy Oswalt when the two were both Astros’ farmhands, was just brutul this spring, giving up 16 hits and 11 earned runs in four appearances and 8 2/3 innings. With Redding out of the picture, it looks like another one-time stud prospect — Jerome Williams — will break camp with a rotation spot for the Nats.
By RotoRob
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