Reports of interest in Matt Wieters persisted all winter until the Washington Nationals finally signed the veteran catcher to a 1-year/$10.5M free agent deal. In spite of what has been said about finding the Nats’ next closer in-house at this point, after a number of swings and misses this offseason, rumors of a potential deal for Chicago White Sox’ closer David Robertson go back to last July, when the Nationals were in the market for a late-inning arm.
That chatter has continued this winter as well, with FanRag’s Jon Heyman writing even today that, “the Nats’ closer situation is dicier than ever,” and the possibility of a deal for Robertson remains, with the White Sox even reportedly willing, “to pay down some of the $25 million remaining over two years on Robertson’s deal,” if a trade is possible at this late date.