Despite Major League Baseball resuming less than 6 weeks ago, the Washington Nationals are already looking ahead to the August 31st trade deadline in this shortened season.
More often than not, the Nats enter trade deadline season primed for playoff contention and are clearly looking to add to their talent. The last time that they didn’t make a notable addition via trade near the deadline was way back in 2013.
This season though, it’s not quite that simple.
So far in 2020, the Nationals are 11-16 and languishing at the bottom of the division.