Nats Win the #1 Overall Pick During A Quiet Winter

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The MLB Winter Meetings just wrapped up in Texas and the Nationals have not yet made an offseason splash. Mark & Al begin with the pleasant surprise that Washington won the lottery and will have the top pick in next summer's Draft. (05:30) Mike Rizzo said on TV that it is time "hit the gas" despite the team not signing anyone thus far. Is it too early to panic and think it will be another quiet winter? (09:00) Juan Soto signed a massive contract with the Mets, but it seems like the Nationals were nowhere in the hunt. The Winter Meetings began on Sunday night with the shock that Soto and the Mets reportedly agreed to a 15 year/ $765 Million contract. (26:10) Given how Soto's value ballooned on the Free Agent market, should the Nats consider signing James Wood to a long term extension now? (31:45) Max Fried and the Yankees agreed to an 8 year deal this week and other pitcher's deals have exceeded initial expectations of what the market was expected to be. How does this affect Rizzo's approach? (37:20) Kyle Finnegan will not return to the team in 2025 and it was a very curious move. Why did they not tender Finnegan considering they didn't trade him before the summer's deadline? (44:00) Washington acquired Evan Reifert in the Rule 5 Draft. Reifert is a RHP that comes from the Tampa Bay organization and now will likely be on the team's Opening Day roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Walters is your spot for every football game the rest of the way, whether it's the newly
0:05.0	expanded college football playoff or the NFL postseason. Walters has over 30 TVs, both inside
0:11.9	and outside, located across the street from Nationals Park.
0:18.4	With the second overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft, the Los Angeles Angels, which makes the number one overall pick, the Washington Nationals.
0:33.0	And welcome to Natsch chat for Thursday, December 12th, 2004, along with Mass and Sports.com National's
0:40.2	Insider Mark Zuckerman. I'm Al Gaudley, host of the Al Galdley podcast. MLB's 24 winter meetings are over.
0:46.5	This year happened in Dallas, happened from Sunday through Wednesday. And while this year's
0:51.0	winter meetings did not include a major move by the Nats, this year's
0:54.4	winter meetings did include a major happening for the Nats. They on Tuesday evening won
0:59.6	the draft lottery for the 2025 M-OB draft. The Nats now have the number one overall pick
1:06.9	in the 2025 M-OB draft. A tremendous development for the Nats.
1:11.8	We don't know if the Nats are going to spend significant money this offseason,
1:14.5	but the team at least has got the number one overall pick in the 2025 Mob draft.
1:19.8	It is great to have you with us.
1:21.0	Happy holidays.
1:22.0	We have a lot to discuss, including, yes, a certain former Nats outfielder,
1:26.0	Juan Soto signing with the New York Mets, and the Nats
1:29.2	shocking decision to non-tender reliever Kyle Finnegan. But Mark, as you know, the Nats actually
1:35.7	won the draft lottery for the 2024 M-OB draft, but were ineligible to get that number one
1:42.1	overall pick. So them winning that draft lottery did not count.
1:45.4	But the Nats on Tuesday evening, if you think about it, won the draft lottery for a second
1:49.2	consecutive year. The Nats have somehow cracked the code on winning these MLB draft lotteries.
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