The trade deadline has not consumed the Washington Nationals’ clubhouse as it did the previous two Julys. Instead, as a nod to how different and slimmer the options are this year, the operative mode is lighthearted humor.
on Saturday, right-hander Trevor Williams joked that backup catcher Riley Adams might get traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ahead of, Manager Dave Martinez joked that outfielder Lane Thomas was worried about sitting because his name has been floated — and floated and floated — in the usual deadline chatter.
These wisecracks don’t mean the Nationals are happy to sell again. Martinez would love to keep third baseman Jeimer Candelario, who is a virtual lock to be moved by 6 p.m. Tuesday. The deadline is a good reminder that the front office and clubhouse often have different goals during a rebuild — the executives focused on building a roster and depth to sustain a run of contention, the players and coaches looking to win the game in front of them, then the one after that.
“We want to improve ourselves. But we want to stay good, and we don’t want to take a step backwards,” Rizzo said of a team with the second-worst record in the National League. “We’re going to be careful with who we trade and who we move — and if there is a guy who could help us in the near future, we’d have to get a good price to move him.”
Rizzo went on to note that ownership is “tired of losing games.” No matter how true that is — and the Lerner family will be free to prove it in the free agent market this offseason,that was put up for sale in April 2022 — this is what any GM has to say publicly. The reality is the Nationals are not expected to be a contender next year, even if keeping Thomas or Finnegan might help them add a few more wins.
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