This is shaping up be a big news week for the Washington Nationals, maybe the biggest in years, and fans are gearing up for much of that news to be bad, at least in the short term.
After being swept out of Baltimore by the Orioles, the Nationals are 45-53, eight games out of first place in the National League East, even further out of a wild-card spot, and long past time for soul searching.
“I can tell you, everyone is worried about getting traded, everybody is hearing rumors,” Martinez told reporters after Sunday’s 5-4, walk-off loss to Baltimore.