Washington’s Nationals started the winter with seven arbitration-eligible players, but the trade that sent Tanner Roark to the Cincinnati Reds and a 1-year/$850K deal with left-handed reliever Sammy Solis, (who was projected by MLBtraderumors.com to get $900K), left the Nationals with five players whose contracts for the 2019 campaign needed to be sorted out as Friday’s deadline for each side to submit their salary figures approached.
Solis, 30, earned $560,300 in 2018, putting up a 6.41 ERA, 4.92 FIP, 18 walks (4.