So, in a series of trades (several of which the other team would laugh at), the Nats give up 16 players for 5, destroy almost their entire farm system, and still end up with a team that has significant questions and almost no depth (for example, what happens to that team if a starting pitcher gets hurt? What if any of the three outfielders get hurt at all? What if any of the starting infielders besides Zimmerman get hurt?). Besides Giolito, whose existence somehow hasn't been a stumbling block in the new round of trades in which his name would be the first mentioned by the other side, there is nothing in terms of starters left above...well, anywhere. If any position player besides Zimmerman gets hurt, then Espinosa/den Dekker slides in and you have no backup infielder or outfielders besides...well, who?
