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Washington Nationals’ Joe Ross on opting out of 2020 season; preparing for 2021; battling for a rotation spot + more...

Over at The Athletic this past September, Ken Rosenthal noted that in deciding to opt out of playing in the 60-game 2020 COVID campaign, Washington Nationals’ righty Joe Ross took a $555,555 loss, and ended up having, “his free agency delayed by one year, until the 2022-23 offseason.”

Was there any point last season, at which Ross ended up regretting his decision?

“I wouldn’t say I felt like I made the wrong decision,” Ross told reporters on a Zoom call on Friday, as he promoted his participation in The Players Alliance’s Pull Up Neighbor mobile tour, which will be stopping in D.