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6 biggest questions for Nationals entering the offseason

By Jake Mastroianni

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: Stephen Strasburg #37, Kurt Suzuki #28, Ryan Zimmerman #11, Anthony Rendon #6 and Howie Kendrick #47 of the Washington Nationals meet on the mound during the seventh inning of game three of the National League Championship Series at Nationals Park on October 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: Stephen Strasburg #37, Kurt Suzuki #28, Ryan Zimmerman #11, Anthony Rendon #6 and Howie Kendrick #47 of the Washington Nationals meet on the mound during the seventh inning of game three of the National League Championship Series at Nationals Park on October 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 27: The Washington Nationals look on against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning in Game Five of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 27: The Washington Nationals look on against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning in Game Five of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

As we start to turn the page to the upcoming offseason, we look at the 6 biggest questions the Washington Nationals will face.

I know we are all still basking in the glory of a World Series championship, but the baseball offseason doesn’t leave us much time to reflect. We press on and look at the biggest questions the Washington Nationals face entering the offseason.

To be honest, there really aren’t a ton of question marks for the Washington Nationals going into 2020.

They return everyone in the outfield and most of the starting rotation. And they have the ability to bring back both Yan Gomes and Kurt Suzuki at catcher.

The Nationals have a very good, young core of players to build around in Juan Soto, Victor Robles, Trea Turner, and Carter Kieboom (more on him in a minute).

All of them are 26 or young with at least three years of control left. With that core, the Nationals aren’t going anywhere for a while.

The biggest question going forward will be in the starting rotation, which might come as a surprise considering the Nationals have one of the best starting rotations in baseball.

However, their top four starting pitchers going into 2020 (assuming Stephen Strasburg comes back) will play most of next year at 30 or older.

And there aren’t any top-level pitching prospects currently in the minor league system.

Maybe the biggest question for the future of the Nationals is what do they do once the Strasburgs and Max Scherzers of the world have declined or moved on?

But we’ll table that discussion for another time and just focus on the six biggest questions that the Nationals face going into this offseason.

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