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With Sale off table, Cutch on Nats’ list
- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Nationals missed out on one of their top targets for the second consecutive day Tuesday when the White Sox traded Chris Sale to the Red Sox in the first megadeal of the Winter Meetings.
Washington put its best offer forward and showed a willingness to change its strategy and trade top prospects to try to land Sale. But the club was not going to include Trea Turner in a trade, and Chicago preferred Boston’s offer. Now, the Nats must decide how to move forward after losing out on Sale and Mark Melancon, who signed with the Giants on Monday.
• Red Sox land Sale; Moncada, 3 more to CWS
Acquiring Sale was always a bit of a luxury for the Nationals. They would have formed a super-rotation, with Sale joining Max Scherzer, the reigning National League Cy …
