When the Washington Nationals celebrated their World Series win in 2019, they did so without Matt Grace. The Nats’ 8th round pick in the 2010 draft was a middle reliever for a couple of years and experienced some success in 2017 and 2018. But in 2019 he got punished by the juiced ball and was designated for assignment on August 30, 2019.
Grace chose free agency and found a new possible love in the Arizona Diamondbacks who signed the reliever in November 2019, and assigned him to the Reno Aces in January 2020.