There’s no benefit to tanking this year. Team needs to try and stay competitive to win back some fans.
keeping or trading Finnegan isn't about tanking. A reliever being moved isn't as important as, say, trading Turner, Soto, Bell. Those were abandon short term hope moves. Finnegan will be 34 or 35 and beyond team control when, optimistically, guys like Green, House, Wood, and Susana get their shot. Hard to see a contender before then. Getting something that may overlap with the next wave of prospects makes sense, even if it is a bit of a long shot that the Nats will hit on the pick up.
