And how smart-plus-lucky do the Nationals look right now?
The Nats' offseason Plan B — to rebuild their roster on the assumption free agent Harper would leave — now has a chance to become an amazing A-plus.
This winter the Nats have added Patrick Corbin, Yan Gomes, Kurt Suzuki, Trevor Rosenthal, Anibal Sanchez, Kyle Barraclough, Matt Adams and, this week, Brian Dozier. What if Harper comes back to Washington, too?
What was unthinkable when the season ended, and kissed off as irrational by Nats principal owner Mark Lerner just five weeks ago, is now on the table.