WASHINGTON - Last season was obviously memorable for right-handed pitcher Kyle Finnegan, 29, a Texas resident who made his Major League debut for the Nationals in July.
That came in his first season with the club after he signed as a free agent following seven seasons in Oakland’s minor league system, after the A’s drafted him out of Texas State in the sixth round in 2013.
But there was something missing last year with Finnegan: he didn’t get to be teammates with first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who had played every year with the team since he was drafted out of the University of Virginia in 2005.