Nationals have their eye on Taylor

• The Washington Nationals look like they are feverently pursuing San Francisco shortstop Erik Taylor. Taylor could be traded in a deal that would bring Washington shortstop prospect Tim Francis and pitching prospect Norberto Zotea to the Giants.
• Nationals GM Eli Nachmany had this to say, "We would be delighted to bring in a player of Erik's caliber. We know that Tim has the potential to become a special player, but we wanted to improve our outlook, and Tim and Norberto are expendable at this point." Nachmany declined further commenting, saying the deal was far from "done". He did have this to say though, "[The Giants GM] James has told me he will seriously look into this trade, as he likes how it looks right now."
• The Giants GM said about the possible trade, "The Nationals GM answered all my questions about Francis, and I will send a scout to go watch him play in tomorrow night's game. Zotea is a decent prospect and I will do all I can to keep these talks alive."