ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Well, there must be a lot of disappointed Washington Nationals fans. Their team didn’t raise the white flag and surrender the 2018 season.
The momentum to break up this underachieving 2018 Nationals squad built over the final days before Tuesday’s trading deadline, as fans clamored for trades that would bring the gold bullion known as prospects. It was as if fans could wait to see the new 22-year-old outfielder at Potomac instead of the major leaguers that essentially are the same ones that won the National League East last year with 97 games.
For whatever reason, the Nationals said no to trading veterans for prospects (save for the deal that sent Brandon Kintzler to the Chicago Cubs for minor league reliever Jhon Romero) — Monopoly money, really, given how many of these prospects in deals wind up being good major league players.