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Braves: Each team’s odds of signing Josh Donaldson

By Jake Mastroianni

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 09: Josh Donaldson #20 of the Atlanta Braves reacts against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning in game five of the National League Division Series at SunTrust Park on October 09, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 09: Josh Donaldson #20 of the Atlanta Braves reacts against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning in game five of the National League Division Series at SunTrust Park on October 09, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 06: Third baseman Josh  Donaldson #20 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates in the dugout with an umbrella after hitting a 2-run home run in the seventh inning during the game against the Washington Nationals at SunTrust Park on September 06, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – SEPTEMBER 06: Third baseman Josh  Donaldson #20 of the Atlanta Braves celebrates in the dugout with an umbrella after hitting a 2-run home run in the seventh inning during the game against the Washington Nationals at SunTrust Park on September 06, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /

Nationals

Josh Donaldson is most definitely a fallback option for the Washington Nationals if they are not able to re-sign Anthony Rendon.

The Nationals will first try to re-sign their star third baseman who just helped them win their first-ever World Series, but if they can’t land him they could easily pivot and get Donaldson for less than half of what it would cost them to sign Rendon.

I still feel like the Nationals are going to give Rendon whatever he wants. Sometimes teams get nostalgic after winning a World Series, understandably, and want to reward the players who got them there.

Plus, the Nationals have one of the largest payrolls in baseball and are coming off a World Series, they’re going to have plenty of money to spend.

The question for them is whether or not they can sign Rendon and Stephen Strasburg. They may only be able to get one of them, and I think they go harder after Rendon.

But again, if they feel the price tag gets too high for Rendon and there is a team out there more aggressive for him, then I think their odds of signing Donaldson go up significantly.

However, I just don’t see too many other teams that would be willing to give Rendon what the Nationals will likely offer him.

Nationals: 8/1

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