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howle turned down a better deal from Tampa to return to the Nats:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/fa-rumors-ryu-ozuna-cards-twins-rays-kendrick.html

Earlier this offseason, playoff hero Howie Kendrick chose to re-sign with the Nationals on a one-year, $6.25MM guarantee. But it turns out the Rays, once the reported front-runners to sign Kendrick, actually outbid the Nationals. They offered the 36-year-old infielder more money and term than Washington gave him, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times writes. Kendrick could have been part of the first base/designated hitter mix for the Rays, who just added a potential solution for at least one of those spots in Japanese free agent Yocrapomo Tsutsugo.