Washington’s Nationals know what’s coming. They’re performing about as expected a year into a full-on reboot of the organization, 24 games under .500 and 22.0 games out in the NL East. They are likely to move all players on expiring contracts again this year, as they did at last season’s trade deadline. So there are going to be major changes coming again, like last July 30th, though the trade deadline is August 2nd this year.
So how is the club handling the stress of knowing what lies ahead? And what are their plans a month out?
“I would assume that if we’re playing at the rate we’re playing, we’ll probably be careful sellers, and make sure that we maximize the players at least with expiring contracts, and I don’t think that would come as a shock to anybody,” GM Mike Rizzo told 106.