(04-16-2018 08:55 AM)stever20 Wrote:  the thing with the Nats that's interesting. If they struggle thru May and June- they could really reset quickly. They have a number of expiring contracts at the end of the year that could be trade chips for teams looking to make a run. Daniel Murphy, Gio Gonzalez, Ryan Madson, Sean Doolittle. It would be a bitter pill to swallow, but they could reset very fast if they wanted to.

Reset to what? Harper would likely leave and Rendon is a free agent after next year. Would they give him a huge contract as part of a rebuild? And I can't imagine them getting much for Murphy. Last year of his deal, currently injured, terrible defender.

Harper makes that whole lineup go. Lose him and the lineup kind of falls apart