The Nationals are pursuing a trade for troubled Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes, major-league sources tell FOXSports.com.
No deal is imminent, and other clubs remain interested in Dukes, one source says.
The Nationals, however, represent a logical fit.
Dukes, 22, could replace the Nats' center-field platoon of Nook Logan and Ryan Langerhans.
And Jim Bowden, the team's general manager, has a history of extending opportunities to players with checkered pasts.
Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young, released by the Tigers last September following legal and substance-abuse problems, currently is batting .342, second in the National League.
Dukes would be a greater risk.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6909946
They can have him, for the right price.
What that would constitute, I don't know.
