The conclusion we can draw: The Nationals are better Wednesday than they were Tuesday. What’s important now: A Nats clubhouse that’s already buoyant felt bolstered by Wednesday’s news. Across the sport, players are sitting at lockers this spring wondering whether their team is trying its best to compete. These Nationals — even without Kimbrel, whom we’ll revisit in a moment — don’t have that concern. All the elements that go into determining what would exceed that have the Nats somewhere between $5 million to $10 million short.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 21:46 UTC