U.S.S. Mariner has a rundown of the slew of minor league free agents recently signed by the Nationals.
They label Tim Redding as the creme de la creme. Redding, 29 next year, posted some fine numbers in Triple A this season: 3.40 ERA, 2.6 K/BB. He’s got to be better than many current fifth starters in the bigs.
You can also read up on why they are down on Jason Schmidt and Alfonso Soriano.