The Nationals Surprised Everyone With No. 1 Pick I BMitch & Finlay

JP and BMitch try to figure out the Nationals thought process for not drafting Kade Anderson or Ethan Holliday

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00:00Willits, I texted with some baseball people last night.

00:03He's a stud.

00:04He has all the tools.

00:06He can be the kid you want him to be.

00:08Maybe.

00:08He's 17 years old.

00:10He reclassified up to get to the draft because he wants to be in the majors

00:13by the time he turns 20.

00:14All that's awesome.

00:15I am rooting for Eli Willits, period, full stop.

00:19But you cannot tell me, and I just don't know how anybody can argue.

00:23You can tell me about the second round and slots and being able to overpay

00:26later and all this stuff.

00:27You cannot tell me that the Nationals' ownership top priority is winning

00:35baseball games.

00:36Their top priority to me is saving money.

00:39It's bottom line.

00:40Not spending money.

00:41And you also cannot tell me that you're a serious baseball operation if you

00:46don't want to deal with Scott Boris because Scott Boris has the best players.

00:50And you know what you did when this organization was winning games and

00:53making the playoffs?

00:54You dealt with Scott Boris?

00:56Scherzer and Strasburg.

00:57You dealt with him.

00:58You dealt with him.

00:59And you got Scherzer in free agency, which means you paid absolutely top dollar.

01:03And if you ask who the best player to ever wear a Nationals uniform was,

01:07it was Max Scherzer and what he did for you while he was here.