Back before the Washington Nationals punched their ticket to the World Series, before they shook off their demons of years past and won a playoff series, before they came back from a 19-31 start to clinch a Wild Card berth, they entered the 2019 season with a new-look roster.
The team lost Bryce Harper to free agency, but didn’t waste any time spending the money it had set aside to sign him. Washington ended up inking eight players to MLB free agent contracts, more than any other team in the league. Those eight contracts added up to $190,500,000, making the Nationals the third-highest spending team of the offseason behind only the two clubs that signed $300M+ megadeals.