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Nationals Rumors: Zimmerman, Coffey, Flores

The latest on the Nationals...

• The Nationals prefer not to give players no-trade clauses, but GM Mike Rizzo admitted today that after giving one to Jayson Werth last year he'd do it again for the right player.   Rizzo also said he met with two teams and two agents today and he's not close on anything.
• Ryan Zimmerman's camp at CAA says their attempts at securing an extension with the Nationals have been rebuffed, reports ESPN's Jim Bowden.  The Nationals, however, maintain that taking care of Zimmerman is an offseason priority.  For more on Zimmerman, check out this November post.
• Mark Buehrle is the Nationals' primary starting pitching target, confirms Mark Zuckerman of CSNWashington.com.  Roy Oswalt is probably their second choice, and C.J. Wilson is a distant third.
• Free agent reliever Todd Coffey told MLB.com's Bill Ladson, "In my heart of hearts, if it's the right contract, I would look to definitely come back to the Nationals."  Ladson hears at least five teams have expressed interest in Coffey so far.
• Nationals catcher Jesus Flores is now represented by Barry Praver, Scott Shapiro, and Bart Hernandez, tweets Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post.  You can track representation for most MLB players in MLBTR's agency database.

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