This is an international class rumour? WOW....the Nats don`t need a pitcher, well not a high priced, injury-prone guy like Lackay anyway. They need cleanup hitting and a couple of infielders so all-in-all a really far fetched story

Boring Rumor.

Clean-up hitter? What do you call Adam Dunn?

The Nationals have as much chance of landing Lackey as they did Teixeira last year! Makes for good news, though, in DC, where news is usually bad.

This guy has a better arm than Carl Landry... not as pretty though.

The Nationals are planning on being studs in 5 years. Will Lackey wont last til then?

Evil thinks its boring cuz it doesnt kiss the Yankee organizations a s s

Money money money!! Whoever show's him the coin, he'll sign with e'm!
He's ready to cash in huge because he knows that his arm will be falling off in the next 2-3 years so this will be his BIGGEST contract..... and last.

Christine go cry me a river. Too bad Boston won't get the 27th ring until 3009.

Trust me, players now a days its not about the loyality to a team or winning, its all about one thing and one thing only,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"THE MONEY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

morning Christine, Evil, Str A
Lackey going to the Nationals is about as likely as Arod not kissing a mirror.....it wont happen

That would be funny to see him go to DC.

hahahah artist

they have that Strasburg kid.....anything could happen

Yeah Christine and Evils happy the Yankees will get there ring in 2009 but with a price tag of 201 million dollars attached to each of them. LOL

tallcowboy, its the same thing with ownership too. When you jettison a guy who has given his life to the organization because "he makes too much money" then you aren't valuing team or winning either.
That mentality spreads like ebola, its highly contagious.

nationals should add o. hudson, and j. lackey and trade c. guzman for prospects or relief.

If he was to go to The Nationals I would have to call him a fool....
That team need so much more then a # 1 or # 2 on the mound

Christine, how dare you sat anything about the Yankees. I thought you knew the universe rotated about Yankee Stadium.
Terry, injury prone? That was a couple of minor strains.

Evil #10: It will be longer than that (3009) before Yankee fans learn to win with class. #27 championships and still no earthly idea how to win with grace, class, and style.

Phil, how could you? Oh yeah, you are right. Not all Yankee fans, just a lot of them. When the Angels swept the Yankees right before the break, immediately following A-Rod striking out to end the game, a 12 year old kid looks at me and says, I hope you like your 1 ring. To bad smacking him would have been a felony. I told him to get new material.

I'll go against the grain here. I think the Nats were serious in their pursuit of Mark Teixeira last year, and I think they may be serious about Lackey. Sooner or later, one of the big money FAs is going to take a well-paid and rewarding risk and sign with the Nationals. I think it is more likely that the player to do so will be a pitcher, as Nationals Park is a pitcher's park if there ever was one.
The problem the Nationals had in 2009 was 100% pitching. The offense was more than good. Offensively, the Nats ranked in the top half in the NL in almost every offense statistic. (If the SF Giants offense was anywhere close to as good as the Nats' offense, the Giants would may have won the NL West and certainly would have taken the NL Wild Card.) The Nats were one of the few teams, including the playoff teams, to be that good, offensively, across the board.
The pitching was a whole different story. They were abysmal. They were dead last in the NL in every team pitching category except saves, where they were second-to-last. Injuries to starters had a lot to do with it. The lost Scott Olsen and Jordan Zimmerman early in the year. John Lannan is young, but starting to really pitch well. (Ask the Yankees.) With Stephen Strasburg on the horizon, the addition of a John Lackey on a five-year deal could mean a really solid rotation in a couple of years (Lackey, Strasburg, Lannan, Zimmerman, Olsen.)
The bullpen was an unmitigated disaster but that's the cheapest area of any team to fix, and one of the quickest to turn around. Lots of relievers on the FA market and lots more to be non-tendered. Given the home ball-park, pitchers will increasingly want to come pitch in DC.
The best part of all of this is that the National ownership (Ted Lerner) is one of the richest in baseball, and they have one of the best broadcast deals (MASN) in baseball, so there is more than enough money to add the pieces once it all starts to come together. And the market is one of the largest in baseball in terms of fan support. The fans just need to be convinced that the team can win. I think it can. Despite finishing the 2009 season 44 games under .500, and despite the bullpen woes and all the injuries to the rotation, the Nats were only 9 games under .500 in their last 75 games under new manager Jim Riggleman.
I am cautiously optimistic that the Nationals' future is bright, despite all the doom and gloom posts on this thread.

Lets be HONEST, Lackey is not a HIGH CALIBER SP, he is good, but he is not on the top....I am a Boston fan and I dont want him!!! I say that because he get's SHELLED and will continue to do so.....

Uh....he shut you down in 2009 didn't he?