Great article by Janes, maybe the best beat writer to have covered this team.
As I thought, ownership wanted to sell and Rizzo didn't. Funny that the guy who built his reputation on trade negotiation came up short. Rizzo gambled that he could undermine ownership and it would work out for the best. In the face of this failure it will be interesting to see if there are any consequences.
That's not what Janes said at all. Rizzo provided a potential list of what a sell off would generate. It wasn't going to be much considering Gio and Harper were garbage, and Murphy was hurt.
As of late on the Monday night before the trade deadline, the Nationals were still considering a variety of possibilities. In one of the more involved pre-deadline preparation efforts they’ve experienced under Rizzo, according to people familiar with it, the Nationals front office constructed a handful plans — including one in which they sold off key pieces, some of which were veteran relievers. Bryce Harper, of course, was also one of the names that would have departed in a total sell-off.
Rizzo was prepared to sell. His text to the Post was the same to every other media outlet. It was AFTER he had met with ownership.
Should have gone with his gut.
Yep, Rizzo's reaction to the glove slam was more impulsive and damaging to the team than the glove slam.
freaking for real? Somehow trading Shawn Kelley was damaging to the team? Are we really here people? Kelley has been this board's whipping boy for two freaking years. Yet somehow, he's the key to a bad pen
