There aren’t enough words, nor are there many worthy enough, to describe the gravity of what the Washington Nationals decided to do as the MLB Trade Deadline approached.
In the space of about 30 hours, the Nationals altered the course of their franchise by trading away eight players from their major league roster. Most notably, Daniel Hudson, the man who recorded the most famous out in franchise history; Yan Gomes, the man who caught the very same out; and sent shockwaves around the baseball world when they traded away Max Scherzer and Trea Turner to the Los Angeles Dodgers in one fell swoop.