The more I think about it, the more I think they're going to do everything within reason to sign LaRoche to a multi-year deal. Of course, someone like the Dodgers could come and offer him a ridiculous contract and there's nothing the Nats could do about it, but I think the preference will be to keep LaRoche.
If you let LaRoche walk because he's going to be 33, then there's no reason to not to do the same to Morse a year later when he'll be 32. And then were are you? The free agent class of first basemen that year is woefully old and thin. I, for one, do not see Tyler Moore as an every day answer at any position.
If you can sign LaRoche to a 2-3 year deal and keep Morse in the OF for one more year, then go take the $50+ million that you saved by not splurging on an overpriced CFer and work on extensions for Zimm'nn and Desmond.
