Asdrúbal Cabrera, Sean Doolittle, Brock Holt, Kurt Suzuki, and Ryan Zimmerman were five of 147 players who became free agents following the conclusion of the 2020 World Series.
In addition, the Nationals announced on Wednesday afternoon that they declined 2021 club options for Adam Eaton and Aníbal Sánchez, and declined their portion of the 2021 mutual options for Howie Kendrick and Eric Thames.
Eaton, 31, is coming off a disappointing .226/.285/.384, 11 double, four home run, -0.5 fWAR season with the Nationals in which he acknowledged he struggled to get comfortable at the plate.