HBT: Nationals target Strasburg's replacement

Whenever the Nationals shut down Stephen Strasburg the ?leading candidate? to replace him in the rotation is John Lannan, according to James Wagner of the Washington Post.

Lannan has spent nearly all of this season at Triple-A despite throwing 185 innings with a 3.70 ERA for the Nationals last season and being paid $5 million this year. And he hasn?t even been much good in the minors, starting 22 games with a 4.89 ERA and 74/49 K/BB ratio in 131 innings.

He has, however, pitched reasonably well in a pair of spot starts for the Nationals and is already on the 40-man roster, making Lannan a guaranteed September call-up.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/24/john-lannan-is-the-leading-candidate-to-replace-stephen-strasburg-in-nationals-rotation/related/

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