The MLB trade deadline is less than 3 weeks away. Baseball teams often contemplate buying or selling at the deadline. They think of the pros of gaining assets or the pros of starting from scratch. A firesale is often the first step of a rebuilding process. In recent years MLB teams like the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds rebuilt and retooled their rosters. In the business of baseball, there is no salary cap. Teams can spend big money on big name players without fearing available cap space. As a result, rebuilds don’t last too long for baseball teams. However, thats not be always the case when analyzing the Washington Nationals. The Nationals were one of the best MLB teams of the 2010’s. They concluded that era by winning their first world series championship. They began the 2020’s era with a shortened 60 game losing season. That season was followed by a mid summer fire sale. Since the day of the sale, the Washington Nationals have been in a rebuilding mode. They show no signs of improvement since winning a championship. In a sport bussiness that is based on spending money in free agency, the Nationals chose to stand pack. They are on track to finish in last place in the National League East for a 4th consecutive year. National fans must ask when will their team enter a win now mode? What do all of these losing seasons accomplish? How much longer can this rebuild go on? The free agent market will always determine whose ready and whose staying put.
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