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Hello and welcome. Tim Schofers, producer and founder of Nat Sched here for a quick solo pop-up episode that McKenzie Gore,

last year's opening day starter for the Nationals, has been traded to the Texas Rangers in

exchange for five prospects. We will have a full episode out for you Saturday morning from

Mark and Al, but some quick thoughts to hold you over until then. Gore himself, this isn't much of a

surprise. Many suspected this could happen with a new man in charge in Paul Toboni. If you're going

to deal Gore, this would be an opportune time to do so because he has two years left of team

control. I agree with this move. Gore might have been the Nazis, but he isn't one to me, more of a number two in my mind.

And we'll get to this point more later.

But if you're going to launch a new rebuild, he was the biggest asset that Tivoni had to trade

all things considered.

Gore and his three seasons with the nationals only finished below a four ERA once.

That was in 2024. Now that the players coming to the nationals, all of them ranked in the nationals only finished below a four ERA once. That was in 2024. Now that the players coming to the

nationals, all of them ranked in the top 18 for Rangers prospects, according to MLB Pipeline.

Let's start with Gavin Fine, 18-year-old third baseman drafted 12th overall just last summer.

MLB Pipeline had them listed as the Rangers number two overall prospect.

So one way you can look at it, now the Nats had two number one picks last summer.

Eli Willits, the shortstop, number one overall, and now fine at 12.

The next player up, shortstop, Devin Fitzgerald.

And note, there is a hyphen in between Fitz and Gerald. A 20-year-old shortstop

taken in the fifth round in 2024, hit a combined 302 in his first full professional season,

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