The Nationals are going to buy a little at the deadline

District Territory · Jul 25, 2026 · 21m · transcript

Prognosticators got a lot wrong about the Washington Nationals. The latest error:

The Nats no longer expect to be pure sellers at this year’s trade deadline. In a

twist that would have been improbable at the start of the season, the Nationals also

plan to acquire some big-league help, according to a person in the organization

who was granted anonymity in exchange for candor. Those additions may be light

in scope and could be outweighed by what the Nationals also sell — they still have

an eye on their long-term plan, after all — but the intent to make additions of any

kind is…