Winter Meetings Recap

The new era of Nationals leadership just completed their first time representing the franchise at the annual MLB Winter Meetings. Mark (After returning from Orlando) & Al begin with the results of the Draft, where they were not allowed to end up with a top 10 pick.  The Nationals had the ping pong balls bounce their way initially, but due to the leagues rules they will settle for #11 overall.

(06:00) Evaluating the chances that MacKenzie Gore and/or CJ Abrams get traded this off-season.

(15:00) Parsing through Toboni's recent note to fans that could be interpreted as a heads-up that we are headed towards a new rebuild.

(19:10) Handicapping the catcher situation now after the trade with Seattle.  Harry Ford is one of the top rated catching prospects and Keibert Ruiz still has many years left on his extension.

(27:30) Why did Washington trade away Jose A. Ferrer?

(30:15) A check at the new technology that Toboni has added to the infrastructure of the organization.

(36:10) Jake Irvin, Riley Adams & Luis Garcia Jr. were among those were tendered by the team to return in 2026.

(40:00) Would Abrams move to 2B if he is not traded?

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