/ STAFF WRITER
TEMPE, Ariz. – In a span of a few days in December, Danny Espinosa went from “no place” to “there’s no place like home.”
The Washington Nationals, the only franchise Espinosa had ever known, had just acquired outfielder Adam Eaton, a trade that Espinosa knew would create a ripple that would leave him without a place to play every day in Washington.
“You are just hoping you can go somewhere you have an opportunity to play,” Espinosa said this week. “You know that isn’t going to be the situation there. I was going to be pushed into a utility role.