WASHINGTON (AP) Dusty Baker would love for his Washington Nationals to add reliever Francisco Rodriguez – so long as K-Rod can replicate the form that made him a six-time All-Star.
Amid reports Monday that the Nationals may sign the veteran right-hander to a minor league deal, Baker said only that he had taken ”calls from various people” about him and that nothing was official.
Does Washington’s manager want the 35-year-old for his struggling bullpen?
”It depends if he’s still K-Rod,” Baker said. ”That’s what it boils down to. I’ll take Sandy Koufax, but he may not be the same Sandy Koufax.