“We were an easy team to root for, winning that World Series in ’16, playing and having fun. The White Sox also got a veteran second baseman, Cesar Hernandez, from Cleveland, which at the deadline was eight games back in the American League Central. Washington won the franchise’s first championship in 2019 and gave it one more try this season, but arrived at the deadline with a 47-55 record that compelled the Nationals to start rebuilding. We won four division titles, we’ve been in the playoffs five times, we won a World Series with this group. In order to extract the best prospect package, the Nationals paired him with Turner, who is under team control for one more year.

Source: New York Times July 30, 2021 23:37 UTC