After he traded Brandon Kintzler to the Chicago Cubs for minor league righty Jhon Romero in the one non-waiver deadline move he made (in addition to adding Kelvin Herrera in mid-June), but before he made the decision to designate Shawn Kelley for assignment (before eventually trading him to the Oakland A’s), Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo talked to 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies about the bullpen depth on the roster that led him to make the decisions they did last week.
“There was a lot of reasoning for trading Kintzler,” Rizzo explained.