At about this point, I would say that Ryan Langerhans has a complex. For the second time in a week, Langerhans was traded ... this time, back to the National League East with the Washington Nationals.Outfielder Ryan Langerhans was traded Wednesday night for the second time in a week, going from the Oakland Athletics to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Chris Snelling. Langerhans, obtained Sunday from Atlanta , went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and a walk against Boston in two games for Oakland. He started both games in center field and misplayed a liner for an error that led to a run in the Red Sox 6-4 win Wednesday. He was 3-for-44 with the Braves and came to the Athletics after snapping an 0-for-29 slump on Sunday.Wow, you have one slump, you make one error, and all of a sudden you get traded twice in a week. So much for the theory that mistakes are why they put erasers on pencils.
Good trade for the Nationals considering that with Nook Logan and Alex Escobar on the DL, the Nationals depth chart at this moment has Ryan Church as the starting center fielder ... and the starting left fielder. Ryan Church is good, but that's a lot of ground to cover.
