Late last night, the Washington Nationals acquired infielder/outfielder Howie Kendrick from Philadelphia, giving the 34-year-old, 12-year veteran an opportunity to move on from the 36-64 last place Phillies and join the 61-39 NL East-leaders.
Kendrick told reporters he was excited about the deal and the chance to join the Nats and play for Dusty Baker.
“Early in the year,” Kendrick said, “... even when I got traded here in the offseason, I’ve known [Phillies’ GM] Matt [Klentak] since our time with the Angels together, and then coming into this season they told me, ‘Hey there’s a good chance we’re going to move you if the opportunity comes up,’ and so it was something that I knew was going to happen, eventually, the only problem was that I got hurt a couple times, and any time that happens, that obviously postpones anything happening.