The Washington Nationals are actively trading expiring assets ahead of the deadline, completing four trades recently. They sent relievers Luis Garcia and Andrew Chafin to the Los Angeles Angels and righty Michael Soroka to the Chicago Cubs. The highlight of their sell-off involved All-Star closer Kyle Finnegan, who was traded to the Detroit Tigers. The Nationals received pitching prospects Josh Randall and RJ Sales in return. Randall is noted as the #15 prospect in the Tigers' system, demonstrating potential with solid performances in the minor leagues.
The Washington Nationals have continued their extremely busy times early on Thursday afternoon by proceeding as planned with their sell-off of expiring assets. The team has now been involved in 4 total trades dating back to this past weekend, and are still expected to be open for business ahead of this afternoon's deadline.
After trades made in the last 24 hours including sending relievers Luis Garcia and Andrew Chafin to the Los Angeles Angels and then sending righty Michael Soroka to the Chicago Cubs last night, the Nationals chose to send a former All-Star to one of the top contenders in the league.
This came in the form of righty Kyle Finnegan, an All-Star closer for the Nationals in 2024 who has been even better in 2025 judging by his underlying numbers. After somehow not being able to find a trade partner last year at this time, the Nationals and interim GM Mike DeBartolo would not make the same mistake twice, sending Finnegan to the Detroit Tigers.
Coming back to the Nationals in the deal is a pair of pitching prospects, Josh Randall and RJ Sales, who are both in earlier levels of the minor leagues. Randall is ranked as the #15 prospect in the Tigers' system, and was a 3rd round pick by Detroit in the 2024 MLB Draft.
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