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Washington Nationals Rumors: Nats’ pursuit of relief help continues...

Here are the latest rumblings about the Washington Nationals’ rumored search for help in the back end of their bullpen. Will they find an arm that bumps Jonathan Papelbon from the closer’s role?

In his latest collection of the rumors going around as the non-waiver trade deadline approaches, FanRag's Jon Heyman wrote this afternoon about the Washington Nationals' pursuit of Aroldis Chapman, who ended up getting traded to the Chicago Cubs.

The Nats, Heyman wrote, "declined to give up Lucas Giolito for Chapman, then they declined to give up Joe Ross," and also failed to come to an agreement on what the writer reports was a "four-player package centered around young pitching.