Looking For A Match In A CJ Abrams Trade

"It's easy to imagine Toboni making a couple significant trades to add a needed influx of talent to the farm system. "We're in the business right now of just bringing in as much value as we can to the organization," the new baseball operations president said from the GM Meetings (link via Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post). "However that may look, we'll stay disciplined to that.""

"The Nats presumably expect to compete for a playoff spot within three years. There's less injury risk with a position player than there is with a pitcher. The Nationals could view the 25-year-old shortstop as the kind of core piece whom they're more or less unwilling to trade. At the same time, Abrams has been maddeningly inconsistent over the past couple seasons. He's a gifted athlete who is nevertheless prone to defensive miscues."

Ownership fired president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez after a stalled rebuild. Paul Toboni now leads the front office for the first time and 33-year-old Blake Butera was hired as a rookie manager. Toboni said the club will pursue bringing in as much value as possible while remaining disciplined. The Nationals may entertain trades for left-hander MacKenzie Gore, who has two years of arbitration control, and they are weighing the future of 25-year-old shortstop Abrams, who has three years of control and recent offensive production tempered by defensive inconsistencies.

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