When the Washington Nationals bullpen as bad as it is, even enemies can be turned into allies. On Wednesday, the Nationals completed a trade with the Seattle Mariners for relief pitcher Hunter Strickland.
If that name sounds familiar to Nationals fans, it is because he had a bad history with former Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper.
After Harper took Strickland deep twice in the 2014 National League Division Series, Strickland waited nearly three years to retaliate. In 2017, Strickland hit Harper with a 98 mile per hour pitch squarely in the hip, and Harper responded by throwing his helmet and charging the mound.