Nationals Trade Christian Franklin to Orioles for Reliever

The Nationals traded top outfield prospect Christian Franklin to the Baltimore Orioles for reliever Glassey, who has a 2.20 ERA and elite K/BB ratio in the minors. The move addresses the bullpen weakness from an outfield logjam (Wood, Crews, Lile, Young). Franklin was acquired in the Soroka deal. This is a smaller under-the-radar move post-deadline.