National News: Lee, LaRoche, Pavano, Webb

Let's round up the latest from the nation's capital, courtesy of MLB.com's Bill Ladson…

• The Nats have expressed interest in free agent first baseman Derrek Lee, echoing a report from yesterday.
• All of their eggs are not in one basket however, Ladson says the team also maintains interest in Adam LaRoche. It appeared that a deal between the two sides was a go last week, but obviously nothing came from it.
• "We will explore both options, so it expands our pool a little bit more," said GM Mike Rizzo, referring to short and long-term first base options, not Lee and LaRoche. "I don't ever want to feel rushed to do a deal. I think when you feel rushed to do a deal, you make a deal that you may not have wanted to do. So we are going to look at our options. We feel there are still good options out there, and we will see where they take us."
• The Nats are still in on Carl Pavano and expect talks to get serious this week. Two days ago we learned that Washington wasn't thrilled with the idea of offering the right-hander a multiyear deal.
• Brandon Webb "remains excited" about the Nationals, and the two sides talked during the winter meetings.