The Washington Nationals pulled off a surprising trade on Saturday. Seemingly out of nowhere, they shipped Jose A. Ferrer out of town and landed star catching prospect Harry Ford and Single-A right-handed pitcher Isaac Lyon from the Seattle Mariners.
It's evident there's a new sheriff in town when it comes to this Washington Nationals organization. Owner Mark Lerner took a major swing when he decided to hire 35-year-old Paul Toboni away from the Boston Red Sox to become this franchise's new president of baseball operations.
As most Nationals fans know by now, the team traded for top catching prospect Harry Ford. This is a huge move because Ford has a good chance of solving the Nationals long standing catcher problem.
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The Washington Nationals have not been strangers to trade rumors this offseason, but now there is something that actually took place on that front. Following a report that the Seattle Mariners were eyeing Nationals left-handed reliever Jose A.
Paul Toboni pulled off his first trade as Washington Nationals GM and it is a big one. He sent closer Jose A. Ferrer to the Mariners for top catching prospect Harry Ford and pitching prospect Isaac Lyon.
Catching prospect Harry Ford is blocked at the major league level in the Seattle Mariners organization. As the Mariners are looking to improve the roster for a deep playoff run, Ford was expected to be on the trade block. That trade happened on Saturday.
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Since taking over in DC, Paul Toboni has slowly been assembling a staff. He hired Blake Butera to be the manager, Michael Johns to be the bench coach and Simon Mathews to be the pitching coach.
Trade rumors will seemingly surround the Washington Nationals all offseason. That's because they have plenty of high-end players to ship out of town if they want.
At the moment, the offseason rumors surrounding the Washington Nationals are about who they might or might not trade this winter. MacKenzie Gore continues to be the name discussed most often.
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Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore is a logical trade candidate this winter. According to Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN, Washington’s new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni has discussed Gore with multiple unnamed clubs but has a high asking price.