{"id":16772,"date":"2020-10-28T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16772"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:47:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T20:47:29","slug":"dodgers-win-the-series-welcome-to-the-off-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16772","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers win the Series: Welcome to the off-season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ARLINGTON, TX – OCTOBER 27: Clayton Kershaw #22 of the Los Angeles Dodgers holds the commissioners trophy after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game Six to win the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/MLB Photos via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The end of the world series brings the beginning of baseball’s off-season, and the Nats wasted no time officially declaring its free agents to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m tempted to write about some of the hot-button stories that led from Game 6, notably surrounding Blake Snell<\/strong>‘s ridiculous hook (reminiscent of the Greinke<\/strong> hook in game 7 of last year’s WS) and Justin Turner<\/strong>‘s returning to the field after testing positive for Covid-19. But others have covered it far better than me (both on Snell<\/a> and on Turner<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the Nats transaction list officially<\/a> for all the 9 declaration for 2020 players done on 10\/28\/20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of this writing, the 40-man is as empty as I can ever remember, having shed 9 FAs yesterday and another 10 outrights between Oct 10th and Oct 15th. By my accounting (and per the Big Board<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, a number of players who had options were also declared FAs yesterday, as discussed here<\/a>. We talked previously about possibly considering options for some of these guys, but none were taken. Adam Eaton, Howie Kendrick, Anibal Sanchez<\/strong> and Eric Thames<\/strong> all declined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it stands now, the 40-man roster sits at just 28 players. Joe Ross<\/strong> will be the 29th once he’s restored. Technically its at just 25 players, as procedurally the team has not activated its three remaining 60-day DL guys (Strasburg, Castro, Romero<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lots of work to be done this off-season and the first big decisions just passed by with little fan fare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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