Adios Amigos

The club officially declined arbitration on Tony Batista and Einar Diaz. They are now free to sign with any other team.

I'm pretty sure that Batista won't get the multi-year deal he's looking for and it wouldn't shock me if he ended up signing for less than the Nats offered him. Diaz will probably be a spring training invite for some team needing a backup catcher. I imagine he'll probably make the AAA All-Star game next year.