ADThe Nats need to focus on three areas now, while always looking for their chance to re-up either Strasburg, Rendon or both. If you are Rendon, do you sign a seven-year Nats deal before you know whether Strasburg is aboard for future Octobers? Then he saved it at the trade deadline with Daniel Hudson — 2.08 ERA in 33 Nats games — and a playoff plan to have star starters help out in the bullpen. If the Nats conclude both Strasburg and Rendon will leave, would Cole, a better ’pen and Kieboom at third do just as well? ADThis offseason, the Nats seem committed to keeping their door open longer — and their wallet open wider, too — to give the home-grown Strasburg and Rendon, whom they prize, every chance to stay.

Source: Washington Post December 05, 2019 11:26 UTC