Trade Espi and Morse? NO!
Spend the money. Keep the players. Even though I hate strikeouts, and Espinosa's hitting reminds me of Don Lock (yes...look him up...and I suspect that Lock was more valuable), consider: if the Nats trade Espinosa and Lombo, Desmond, or Zimmerman get hurt, then who plays infield?
The Nats won games in 2012 both because they had no injuries to starting pitchers and because they could fill in for injured position players. Imagine that they've traded Espinosa and Desmond gets hurt. Would the replacement be next year's equivalent of Alex Cora?
Got to agree. I'd really like to avoid hiring another Cesar Izturis to cover our injuries. Just deal with what we have in-house.
And Espinosa makes a GREAT SS, so if Desi does get hurt again I won't lament the move. And Lombo does well at second. If we lost one or, heaven forbid, both in a trade our defense and depth would be significantly worse.
