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Pujols to the Nats? Probably not, but it's still fun to think about. |
Straight from the February 8th 'Inbox':
"What are the chances of the Nats making a run at Prince Fielder next offseason? It seems that one more big bat would make them a very good team.
-- Jeff K., New York
From [sic] a scale from zero to 10, the answer is zero. The team is committed to Adam LaRoche at first base."
It is bizarre that the presence of LaRoche (and the one year that will be remaining on his contract) completely precludes the Nationals from kicking the tires on one of the NL's premiere players. Bizarre enough for me to doubt this is the view of team officials, whose generic answer for such matters is always 'we will explore any options to improve the team.' Anyway, let's just consider the stage set and move on to happier topics - namely, Pujols-to-the-Nats speculation (Tyler Kepner via the NY Times' Bats Blog):
