After what seemed like days without any news from the world of D.C. baseball, when DCist was last seen opining that the Nats were done trading, several trade/acquisition rumors have cropped up and been deemed worthy of coverage by the Post and MLB.com. So DCist will play along:

Right-handed pitcher Esteban Loaiza has caught GM Jim Bowden’s eye, and for reasons mostly unknown to people not named Jim Bowden. The speculation has caused a good deal of consternation among local Nats bloggers — the consensus is that Loaiza does not fit the Nats’ needs. Considering that Bowden had only just quieted his pajama-clad critics by saying: “We’re not going to spend money just to spend money,” headers like “Club has $6 million to spend on pitcher” have brought them back out. Ball-Wonk even penned an open letter to Loaiza, attempting to persuade him that his native Tijuana is preferable to the District. Ball-Wonk asks: “Does Tijuana have Marion Barry?”