The Washington Nationals are one of the teams for which the majority seeks to strengthen itself for 2021 season after missing the playoffs as champions in defense in the latest MLB campaignAnd now, given this goal, they have made a very interesting change that could mean an increase in the offensive production of the capital line.
According to Jeff Passan, the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to move the first Josh Bell base from the City of Steel to the United States capital, being one of the largest cartel transactions to date. low season.
In exchange for Bell, the Pirates will receive a package that includes future Dominican pitcher Eddie Yean, 19, and 26-year-old pitcher Wil Crowe, who debuted in 2020 with the Capital team.
Meanwhile, Bell, since the departure of Andrew McCutchen and Josh Harrison from the Pittsburgh range, has become the main pirate fighter, and in his career so far he has 86 home runs, an average of .261, 309 RBIs and 496 unstoppable since its debut in 2016.