Which option do you pick?

Option 1 - 10 year $320 million deal ($32AAV)

Option 2 - 6 year $228 million deal ($38AAV)

Option 3 - 1 strong starting pitcher with years of control, 1 bullpen arm with years of control and 3 top 100 prospects

with chapparo playing well
With two young 1st basemen playing well in AAA
And with Luis Garcia playing better then he has ever played

I think the writing is on the wall that he is going to get traded. To me he is an amazing platoon player but not too much more than that.

What do you think we can expect from him in the trade market.

What can I expect?

- 1 young bullpen arm with years of control??
- 1 young starting pitcher with years of control??
- 1 top 100 prospect?
- are all three a possibility?

Which option do you pick?????

Option 1 - 3 year $45 million deal

Option 2 - 6 year $120 million deal

Option 3 - 1 strong bullpen arm with years of control and 2 top 100 prospects

CJ is a very good player, he's a very exciting player, I understand this would piss of the fanbase and would carry a lot of risk. I do believe at some point we have to stop losing all of our top talent, but I'll give some reasons why I believe trading him is the right move from a baseball prospective

You'd be paying him 30+ which is a valuation of a SS, CJ simply cannot stay at short. He is the worst fielding SS in the league and has shown no growth in that regard. Also i just want to add that if the contract comes in way lower than i expect just disregard all of this

Then you say put him at second, now you're paying 30+ to a second baseman which is just way way too much for the position, especially when youre a very good not elite player. 30+ for a 2B is unheard of. I also personally believe Mead should be the guy moving to second whenever we find a 3b

This is also CJs first year putting up legit good hitting analytics, in the past he has been uninspiring to below average in that regard, this is looking at full season samples where I recognize he has slumped in the second half of years. I was very encouraged by his start of season discipline, he was walking at a very good clip, but over the past 2 months he has gone back to a 5.4BB%.

If we extend him I won't be angry at all, I love CJ. But, unless he has some miraculous turnaround in the field I believe a trade is the right move assuming we get the package I believe we can, whether its at the DL or the offszn.

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Nats MiLB scoreboard

AAA Rochester (2-7 loss to the Buffalo Bisons)

-Brady House (.296/.335/.825): 1-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Cayden Wallace (.294/.346/.892): 0-2 and was caught stealing 2nd

-Abimelec Ortiz (.248/.351/.862): 0-4 with 1 RBI and 1 K

-Joey Wiemer (.217/.296/.571): 1-2 with 1 BB and 1 K

-Christian Franklin (.247/.374/.735): 0-4 with 3 Ks

-Andrew Pinckney (.287/.357/.803): 0-3 with 3 Ks

-Robert Cranz (5.68 ERA/38.0 IP/57:25 K:BB/1.39 WHIP): Cranz pitched in the top of the 2nd of this Red Wings bullpen game and generated 2 swinging strikeouts but ended up being charged with a total of 4 runs (0 earned). He walked 2 batters and allowed a 2-out double before being pulled.

Final line: 0.2 IP | 1 H | 4 R | 0 ER | 2 BB | 2 K on 31 pitches (19 strikes)

AA Harrisburg (12-2 beatdown of the Reading Fighting Phils)

-Devin Fitz-Gerald (.239/.330/.750): 2-5 with a double, 2 runs scored, and 1 RBI

-Ethan Petry (.269/.361/.865): 2-5 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, 2 RBI, and 1 K

-Sam Petersen (.243/.378/.815): 1-3 with 2 runs scored

-TJ White (.233/.347/.749): 1-4 with a 2-run homer, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI

-Riley Maddox (3.96 ERA/91.0 IP/84:33 K:BB/1.22 WHIP): Maddox pitched 5 shutout innings where he allowed just 2 hits (a double + a single) and 2 walks while striking out batters (5 swinging). He has now tossed 12.2 scoreless innings in a row dating back to his last start before the All-Star break.

Final line: 5.0 IP | 2 H | 0 R/ER | 2 BB | 6 K on 71 pitches (47 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (3-7 loss to the Hudson Valley Rennegades)

-Eli Willits (.274/.415/.894): 1-4 with1 BB and 1 K

-Ronny Cruz (.238/.318/.702): 0-5 with 4 Ks

-Yeremy Cabrera (.250/.356/.779): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Jack Moroknek (.239/.354/.761): 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Angel Feliz (.247/.316/.694): 0-4 with 1 run scored, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Elijah Green (.226/.323/.701): 3-4 with a double, 1 run scored, 1 K, and was picked off 1st

-Kevin Bazzell (.270/.370/.769): 0-2 with 2 BB

-Jacob Walsh (.257/.357/.819): 3-4 with a solo homer, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI

-Liam Sullivan (5.18 ERA/66.0 IP/74:35 K:BB/1.39 WHIP): Sullivan tossed plenty of strikes in a 5 inning start during his latest return to Wilmington. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and walked zero batters while recording 4 strikeouts (3 swinging).

Final line: 5.0 IP | 4 H | 2 R/ER | 0 BB | 4 K on 72 pitches (48 strikes)

A Fredericksburg (9-6 win over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers)

-Gavin Fien (.248/.336/.765): 2-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Luke Dickerson (.237/.392/.837): 1-4 with 1 RBI and 1 SB

-Coy James (.221/.339/.738): 1-2 with 1 RBI and 1 BB

-Dashyll Tejeda (.231/.369/.761): 0-2 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Sir Jamison Jones (.174/.257/.611): 0-2 with 1 RBI and 1 K

-Elian Soto (.292/.433/.891): 1-2 with 2 runs scored, 2 BB, and 1 K

-Travis Sthele (rehab assignment) (0.58 ERA/31.0 IP/20:8 K:BB/0.90 WHIP): Sthele's 27-inning scoreless streak in Fredericksburg came to an end in the top of the 4th when a baserunner scored from 1st on a throwing error by the 3rd baseman. He was charged with a total of 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits (3 singles + a double) and 1 walk. Sthele had 2 strikeouts (1 swinging) in his 5.1 inning start for the FredNats.

Final line: 5.1 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 2 K on

-Luke Johnson (3.39 ERA/61.0 IP/63:24 K:BB/1.54 WHIP): Johnson worked 3 innings out of the bullpen and allowed 1 run (unearned thanks to a passed ball) on 3 hits while recording 3 strikeouts (1 swinging).

Final line: 3.0 IP | 3 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 3 K on 35 pitches (26 strikes)

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed tonight and should include in future prospect roundups!

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(i know its because of the small sample size)