ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo has done it again – pulled off an impressive trade for a closer for the second consecutive season.
Yes, you read that right. The Jonathan Papelbon trade was an impressive deal for a number of reasons. Stop spitting out your coffee. We’ll get to that later.
Instead, let’s celebrate the general manager who pulled the deal to get a quality closer without giving up any of the perceived key pieces to the future of the Nationals organization.
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In this trade deadline climate, Aroldis Chapman, a rental player who will be a free agent at the end of the season, went from the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for four prospects, including the organization’s top prospect, shortstop Gleyber Torres.