Offseason: Washington Nationals

2007 Record: 73-89
2008 Record: 59-102
2009 Record: 59-103

Offense/Defense Lineup

C – Jamie Burke
1B – Adam Dunn
2B – Alberto Gonzalez
3B – Discussed Below
SS – Ian Desmond
LF – Josh Willingham
CF – Roger Bernardina
RF – Willie Harris

As completely insane as it sounds, this is the offseason to trade Ryan Zimmerman for a nice package of youth to build up the farm system and add much needed pitching. The younger players that have come up and the players already on the roster will provide enough offense. Bring in the following third baseman:

Geoff Blum
Craig Counsell
Mark DeRosa
Pedro Feliz
Chone Figgins
Troy Glaus
Mike Lamb
Melvin Mora
Juan Uribe

Starting Rotation

1 - Discussed Below
2 - John Lannan
3 - Discussed Below
4 - J.D. Martin
5 - Garrett Mock

Nationals need a top of the line starter and a middle of the rotation starter. Here are the pitchers the Nationals should look at:

Erik Bedard, LHP
Justin Duchscherer, RHP
Kelvin Escobar, RHP
Rich Harden, RHP
Tim Hudson, RHP
Cliff Lee, LHP
Jason Marquis, RHP
Kevin Millwood, RHP
Eric Milton, LHP
Odalis Perez, LHP
Brandon Webb, RHP
Randy Wolf, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
Doug Davis, LHP
Noah Lowry, LHP
Andy Pettitte, LHP
Joel Pineiro, RHP
Jason Schmidt, RHP
Jarrod Washburn, RHP

Bullpen

CL – Steve Shell (RHP)
SU – Sean Burnett (LHP)
SU – Victor Garate (LHP)
1 – Craig Stammen (RHP)
2 – Tyler Clippard (RHP)
3 - Jay Bergmann (RHP)