Lastings back down to Triple A

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Batting .167, Milledge sent to minors

Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Nationals center fielder Lastings Milledge has been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.

Milledge is batting .167 with no extra-base hits, one RBI, one walk and 10 strikeouts this season. He has been hitting in the leadoff spot.

Washington is 0-7, the only team in the major leagues without a victory.

The Nationals did not immediately announce who will replace Milledge on the active roster. They were off Tuesday and scheduled to host Philadelphia on Wednesday.

[TransMonk]

I still love this trade.

Milledge patroling the outfield at Citi would give me more nightmares than Murphy.

[nymr83]

this guy could easily have the "bust" label in another year or two.
they had a heck of a logjam in the outfield/1b (Johnson, Dunn, Milledge, Dukes, Kearns, and Willingham for 4 positions) so this helps get the other guys (and milledge, though at aaa) more regular at-bats. this team really needs to find someone who wants one of these guys (other than dunn and probably dukes) for a pitcher or at least a couple of decent (non-outfield) prospects.

[G-Fafif]

One less Nat for Chico Harlan to cover.

Oh wait, they bring up somebody to replace him. Bad news for the cheeky beat reporter who hates writing about baseball.