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Wire Taps: Tanner Roark was hidden gem; Aaron Barrett back with Nationals; Rabbit enjoys opening day

Alright, baseball again today! And baseball every day, for more than a week!

Here's what's new at Nats Park.

To get to the Tanner Roark we know and love today, the Nats had to bet on a guy with a 21.41 ERA... in the Independent League
Roark struggled, big-time, in the independent leagues, and the Rangers chose him in the 25th round with the 744th pick -- but the Nats scouting team saw something, obviously.

Max Scherzer banner is a really cool, really creepy addition to the park
There's now a banner in right field, near the Shake Shack, with a closely-cropped photo of Scherzer, prominently featuring his brown eye and blue eye, with backward and forward Ks photoshopped into each pupil.