Former Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes is progressing towards a minor-league deal with the Nationals, pending a physical. Barnes aims to be game-ready by next week after joining the Nationals camp and plans to compete for a spot, crediting his former teammate Craig Breslow for his career influence.
Matt Barnes arrived at Nationals camp this morning. He'd ready to get on a mound this week and compete for a spot. He has a lot of faith that his former teammate Craig Breslow is the right guy for the job in Boston. Said Breslow was very influential in his career.
Matt Barnes is here. Said he faced some UConn hitters back home last week, but that was indoors. Will need to start throwing off a mound here in the coming days, thinks he can be game-ready by next week.
Source: Nationals have agreed to a minor-league contract with a big-league invite to former Red Sox closer Matt Barnes. Deal is pending physical. (@ChrisCotillo first reported progress between the two sides) https://t.co/tHgPuuK9Oq
Assuming that a Matt Barnes-Nationals deal comes to fruition, it would likely be a minor league deal. https://t.co/axw5vYXc0y
Matt Barnes Reportedly Progressing Towards Deal With Nationals https://t.co/itMbRrGrzr https://t.co/cmWOYEupO0
Former Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes has made good progress on a deal with the Nationals, source confirms. Not quite all done yet.