Nats' agree to a 1- year deal with Lo Duca

According to the Washington Post and Metsblog.com, Free-agent Catcher Paul Lo Duca has agreed to a 1-year deal with the Washington Nationals. Paul has expressed his displeasure with the way the Mets handled his contract situation. Paul really wanted to come back to the Mets and I sense that most fans wanted him back too, including me. Why couldn't we offer a 1-year deal? Thats retarded. I get the feeling that Omar Minaya, Willie Randolph, and Fred Wilpon all don't like players with a firey side to them. To me, I love the excitement that those players bring. That being said, the Nationals got two good 'firey' former mets'. Expect the Nationals to be solid this year.

Projected Nationals '08 lineup:

• C Paul Lo Duca
• 1B Nick Johnson or Dimitri Young
• 2B Ronnie Belliard or Felipe Lopez
  
• SS Christian Guzman or Felipe Lo[ez
  
• 3B Ryan Zimmerman
• RF Austin Kerns or Elijah Dukes
  
• LF Willie Mo Pena
  
• CF Lastings Milledge or Nook Logan

That looks pretty good and with solid depth.. not to bad for a team owned by the league and a very low budget.