Washington Nationals’ new relief arm Tanner Rainey; Quick look at reliever acquired in trade for Tanner Roark...

Before the Winter Meetings wrapped up last week, the Washington Nationals dealt Tanner Roark and his projected $10M-ish salary for 2019 to the Cincinnati Reds in return for hard-throwing reliever Tanner Rainey in what appears to be the first Tanner-for-Tanner trade in MLB history.

Adam McInturff, of 2080 Baseball, has a scouting report on the reliever who’s coming to the Nationals...

THE PROSPECT:

Tanner Rainey worked exclusively in relief while in college, so it was a surprise when the Reds initially developed him as a starter after selecting him with the 71^st overall pick in 2015.