Truth be told, a couple of weeks ago, I was prepared to write a piece about how it looked like the Washington Nationals were setting about their rebuild, or retool, the right way.
Once Major League Baseball lifted the lockout on March 10th, the Nationals were hot on the tail of several free agents with a clear view of what the team needed in mind.
“I think we need to build depth in our pitching both as starters and relievers,” General Manager Mike Rizzo explained at the start of Spring Training.
“I think that some of our targets going into the offseason, prior to the lockout and now post-lockout, [are] that we’d like to bolster our pitching, both starting and bullpen, and give ourselves a little more depth of versatile players on the field.