The Nationals made one of the boldest moves of the offseason: flipping a reliever for a top-50 prospect who could be the team’s catcher of the future.
Washington sent left-handed pitcher José A. Ferrer to the Mariners in exchange for catcher Harry Ford and right-handed pitcher Isaac Lyon. The first big swing by new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni, it turned heads across the league.
The Nationals had the worst catching production in all of baseball this season, with both Riley Adams and Keibert Ruiz struggling mightily.