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Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	K. RuizKeibert Ruiz	D. MillasDrew Millas	R. Adams Nationals' Riley Adams: Avoids arbitration Riley Adams Nationals' Riley Adams: Avoids arbitration
First Base	N. Lowe Nationals' Nathaniel Lowe: Traded to Washington Nate Lowe Nationals' Nathaniel Lowe: Traded to Washington	J. Bell Nationals' Josh Bell: Returns to Washington Josh Bell Nationals' Josh Bell: Returns to Washington	A. ChaparroAndres Chaparro J. YepezJuan Yepez T. LipscombTrey Lipscomb
Second Base	L. Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Agrees to deal with Nats Luis Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Agrees to deal with Nats	A. Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats Amed Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats	J. TenaJose Tena D. BakerDarren Baker T. LipscombTrey Lipscomb N. NunezNasim Nunez
Shortstop	C. AbramsC.J. Abrams	A. Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats Amed Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats	N. NunezNasim Nunez J. TenaJose Tena T. LipscombTrey Lipscomb
Third Base	J. TenaJose Tena	T. LipscombTrey Lipscomb	A. Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats Amed Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats A. ChaparroAndres Chaparro J. YepezJuan Yepez
Left Field	J. WoodJames Wood	A. CallAlex Call	S. GarrettStone Garrett J. YepezJuan Yepez D. BakerDarren Baker J. YoungJacob Young A. Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats Amed Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats
Center Field	J. YoungJacob Young	D. CrewsDylan Crews	J. WoodJames Wood A. CallAlex Call D. BakerDarren Baker
Right Field	D. CrewsDylan Crews	A. CallAlex Call	J. WoodJames Wood S. GarrettStone Garrett J. YepezJuan Yepez J. YoungJacob Young A. Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats Amed Rosario Nationals' Amed Rosario: Gets one-year deal with Nats
Designated Hitter	J. Bell Nationals' Josh Bell: Returns to Washington Josh Bell Nationals' Josh Bell: Returns to Washington	J. YepezJuan Yepez	A. ChaparroAndres Chaparro L. Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Agrees to deal with Nats Luis Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Agrees to deal with Nats S. GarrettStone Garrett K. RuizKeibert Ruiz D. CrewsDylan Crews

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
M. Gore Nationals' MacKenzie Gore: Avoids arbitration MacKenzie Gore Nationals' MacKenzie Gore: Avoids arbitration	J. IrvinJake Irvin	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	D. HerzDavidjohn Herz	M. SorokaMike Soroka

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
D. Law Nationals' Derek Law: Receives $2.75 million Derek Law Nationals' Derek Law: Receives $2.75 million J. Lopez Nationals' Jorge Lopez: Headed to Washington Groin: Probable for start of season Jorge Lopez Nationals' Jorge Lopez: Headed to Washington Groin: Probable for start of season	J. FerrerJose Ferrer	E. ReifertEvan Reifert E. SalazarEduardo Salazar J. LaSorsaJoe LaSorsa M. Thompson Elbow: Expected to be out until at least May 1 Mason Thompson Elbow: Expected to be out until at least May 1