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Nationals Links: Lannan, Willingham, Roster

A few items about the D.C. nine....

• John Lannan could be a valuable trade chip for the Nats this winter, writes Ben Goessling of MASNsports.com.  Lannan will go into the arbitration process for the second time and could possibly double his $2.75MM salary from 2011.  It's not like the club couldn't afford paying Lannan a $5.5MM salary, but Goessling speculates that the Nationals could address other needs by dealing Lannan and then signing C.J. Wilson as an even better left-hander for the rotation.
• Also from Goessling, he wonders how the Nats' season would have played out if the team had kept Josh Willingham.
• MLB.com's Bill Ladson looks at Washington's roster and predicts what each player's role on the 2012 team will be.  Roger Bernadina, Ross Detwiler, Jesus Flores, Chris Marrero and Drew Storen are all listed as "possible trade chips" and Ladson thinks Ivan Rodriguez and Livan Hernandez (among others) are "all but gone."
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