ST. LOUIS — With two weeks until the trade deadline, the Washington Nationals are dealing with another injury that could affect whom they, well, deal: Hunter Harvey, their top reliever, left the club Sunday morning to get an MRI exam on his right arm and see team doctors back in Washington. Left-handed reliever Joe La Sorsa is expected to meet the Nationals in Chicago on Monday. As in the past two summers, the Nationals expect to sell, sell, sell ahead of the Aug. 1 trade deadline. If third baseman Jeimer Candelario is the most obvious trade candidate, Harvey might be next, should Rizzo be open to moving him. So the Nationals will hope — and hope, then hope some more — that this setback isn’t as serious.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2023 07:40 UTC