MLB's ballot for greatest Nationals only includes one Nationals player

The MLB recently launched a Franchise Four promotion to find the four greatest players in each team's history, which is a fun and wonderful concept but gets a little tricky when it comes to the relatively young Washington Nationals.

MLB recently launched its Franchise Four promotion to find the four greatest players in each team's history, which is a fun and wonderful concept but it gets a little tricky when it comes to the relatively young Washington Nationals.

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D.C.'s home team is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this season and doesn't have a ton of history, so MLB was forced to go back to the team's previous iteration, the Montreal Expos, for seven of the eight players on the ballot.

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The upside is the balloting system does allow for write-in for those diehard Nats fans who demand that Livan Hernandez be remembered for his time as a National.

- Brendan Maloy