Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo talked, after trading Jefry Rodriguez to the Cleveland Indians as part of the package for Yan Gomes, about the starting depth in the organization, and thinning it out even more as they did with the move to get a catcher who could share duties behind the plate with Kurt Suzuki.
“It’s one starting candidate that we don’t have any more,” Rizzo explained.
“We thought Jefry’s primary role on our team in the future was going to be that long man in the bullpen, but we felt — you’ve got to give to get, and to get an All-Star catcher with a couple of years of control at the age he is, that it was a reasonable request and I thought it was a good baseball deal for both teams.