Talking with The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal this week, Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo dismissed any talk of the team potentially trading staff ace Max Scherzer, telling the bow-tied reporter, “[w]e’re certainly not thinking about that right now.” Resist the urge to jump on that “right now” as reason to believe that the Nationals might actually deal the 34-year-old right-hander, even though Scherzer will, “... gain full no-trade protection as a 10-and-5 player – 10 years of service, five consecutively with the same club,” after this season ends, something Rosenthal mentions in discussing the possibility.
Washington Nationals Rumors: Max Scherzer and Anthony Rendon chatter
