Patrick Corbin

Weirdest trade of the year award goes to the Nationals, who attached Trea Turner to Max Scherzer s remaining contract and moved about 130 million dollars off the payroll over the next seven years for the pre-free-agency life cycles of Dodgers prospects RHP Josiah Gray and C Keibert Ruiz. It s an intriguing build, provided they get anything from Stephen Strasburg, Carter Kieboom, Victor Robles, Patrick Corbin and Luis Garcia. The team doesn t look particularly close at first blush, but if they can find a few clever free agent moves, I can see the bones of a contender if I squint hard enough.