Quiet Winter Meetings for the Nats

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The MLB Winter Meetings have wrapped up and the Nationals.... didn't do much. Mark (Live from San Diego) & Al put into perspective just how little of a splash the team made. We do though unveil our new theme song, courtesy of listener Tim Neumark. There is a timeline for the Angels sale, but what about the Nats? (12:45) Washington made a rare selection in the Rule 5 Draft by selecting RHP Thad Ward from the Red Sox. The team also found that they will select 2nd in next summer's Draft after the sport's first ever lottery. (20:10) The Nationals signed 3B Jeimer Candelario to a 1 year deal. He is a career .240 hitter that has spent the bulk of his career in Detroit. This leads to a discussion on the evolving and ever changing Front Office set-up. (41:45) What is the next move for the Nats? All signs are pointing to adding a starting pitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Natchchat is brought to you by Walters.
0:02.2	Stop by Walters before or after visiting Enchant Washington, D.C. at Nationals Park.
0:08.0	Walk on over to Walters this weekend for World Cup Action and UFC 282.
0:13.8	Join us for the World Cup finals on December 18th as well.
0:35.2	Music as well. And welcome to Natchchat for Thursday, December 8th, 2022, along with National's insider Mark Zuckerman,
0:42.2	who was in San Diego's site of the just-concluded 2022 MLB winter meetings.
0:47.3	I'm Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:50.0	Happy holidays.
0:50.7	Hey, new theme song for the Natch chat podcast, or thanks to the great Tim Newmark
0:54.6	for that song. Nice to be with you for another offseason installment of the podcast.
1:00.0	Still no sale of the Nants. They are still owned by the learners. We do have a lot of ground to
1:04.1	cover on this installment of the Nats chat podcast, despite not a lot having happened for the Nats
1:10.2	at the winter meetings. These were the first
1:12.9	true winter meetings in three years. And Mark, I would venture to say that these were the
1:19.1	least stressful winter meetings that you've ever had to cover in covering the Nats. Am I right
1:23.7	in saying that? Yeah, certainly least stressful in a long, long time, Alan.
1:27.8	It was so striking.
1:29.6	You say it was the first one in three years.
1:31.3	Well, the last one, 2019, was right here in San Diego at the same hotel and walking into it on the first night on Sunday.
1:41.1	It was so striking.
1:42.6	You couldn't help but think about what that was like last time here
1:46.1	three years ago. The Nationals are coming off the World Series title. They are the talk of the
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