National Record

The Nationals shored up their outfielder by signing Michael Morse to a two year, $10.5 million contract.  Morse came over in the Ryan Langerhans trade with the Nationals and after showing some pop in limited time with the team in 2010, he broke out in 2011 and belted 31 home runs while hitting .303.  He strikeouts out a lot (about three times for every walk) but he makes up for it with the high batting average.

He played more then half of his games at first base last year and you wonder if this is them giving up on signing Prince Fielder.  This also means they avoid arbitration with Morse and have him locked up for two more years.  The dollar amount may seem a little high but if he can do what he did last year, it’ll be a bargain.