Last offseason, the Washington Nationals were one of the few teams in on Yoenis Cespedes until Cespedes signed a deal to return to the Mets. With Cespedes having opted out of his contract with the Mets, the Nationals are once again interested in signing Cespedes, and they are willing to do what is necessary to make their team more appealing to him.
According to Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post, the Nationals are willing to reconfigure their outfield to permit Cespedes to play left field like he prefers.
The new outfield alignment would move Bryce Harper to center field and Jayson Werth to right field, a position he played when he was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. Trea Turner would move back to his natural shortstop position to take over Danny Espinosa, who the Nationals view as a trade piece.
What is unknown is how much the Nationals will be willing to offer Cespedes. It was reported the Nationals offered Cespedes a five year $110 million deal last offseason. However, Cespedes ultimately rejected the deal because of the amount of deferred payments in the contract.
