Mike Rizzo and Co. in the Washington Nationals’ front office looked at the big ticket closers available at the non-waiver deadline this summer, but turned away, as Rizzo explained it, when they saw the asking price.
Aroldis Chapman was eventually dealt from the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs in return for a package that included shortstop Gleyber Torres, ranked No. 1 on Baseball America's list of the Cubs’ top prospects last winter, outfielders Billy McKinney (No. 7 on BA's list) and Rashad Crawford, 22, who was described by Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman as a talented "lottery ticket" in search of consistency, and Adam Warren, a one-time Yankee right-hander who returned to NY.