Multiple reports last week had free agent lefty Patrick Corbin visiting the nation’s capital on his tour of interested East Coast teams, and on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C., GM Mike Rizzo confirmed that the Nationals did host the 29-year-old starter.
Corbin finished the 2018 campaign (11-7) in 33 starts, putting up a 3.15 ERA, 2.47 FIP, 48 walks (2.76 BB/9), 246 Ks (11.07 K/9), and a .217/.270/.337 line against in 200 innings in a career-best 6.2 fWAR campaign for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
According to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the, “Nationals almost certainly are at six years or will get to that level with Corbin,” and he reported that, “General manager Mike Rizzo is ‘seriously focused’ on the pitcher.