All eyes are on the Nationals this offseason with two of their stars, starter Stephen Strasburg and third baseman Anthony Rendon, on the free-agent market.
Although both players have spent their entire careers with Washington, owner Mark Lerner is already planning to move on without one of them.
"We really can only afford to have one of those two guys," Lerner told NBC Sports Washington. "They're huge numbers. We already have a really large payroll to begin with."
Lerner said the club has made offers to both Strasburg and Rendon but he realizes they could sign elsewhere.