Federal Baseball: MASNSports.com’s Ben Goessling Talks Washington Nationals

SB Nation's Nationals blog, Federal Baseball, recently exchanged e-mails with Ben Goessling, a new full-time reporter, blogger and on-air contributor at MASNSports.com. Goessling gave his thoughts on the state of the franchise, and assessed the move the team has made.

Federal Baseball (FB): Starting with what I think is the biggest question remaining for Washington this winter: Should the Nationals add a middle infielder like Orlando Hudson? Do they need a backup plan if Ian Desmond falters or Cristian Guzman struggles at second?

Ben Goessling: Hudson's name is one we keep hearing, but I think it depends on the price. He's had injury problems of his own, and lost most of the playing time to Ronnie Belliard down the stretch last year. If you can get him for a year at $2 million, sure. But I don't see the Nats spending much more than that on someone like Hudson. I do agree, though, that it's going to be interesting to see what they do with the middle infield. Desmond isn't exactly a sure thing, and Guzman could run into trouble. It's worth having a reliable option just in case one or both of them struggles. It just depends on the price, I think.