Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo has placed an emphasis on upgrading his rotation this offseason. One of the casualties of his mission could be Tanner Roark, who is viewed as a candidate to be non-tendered.
Roark is coming off of a largely poor 2018 season with the Nationals in which he went 9-15 with a 4.34 ERA. On the whole, he didn’t seem to be fooling manner hitters given that he recorded the second highest H/9 and HR/9 figures of his career, potentially leaving his rotation spot in jeopardy.
On Tuesday, MLBTradeRumors released its yearly list of players who could get that designation, which included two Nationals.