The Washington Nationals have a number of holes to fill this offseason and pending free agent Gerardo Parra could be one of their targets.
The club knows Parra well from the time Mike Rizzo and Matt Williams spent in Arizona.
Rizzo was the Diamondbacks scouting director when Parra was signed out of Venezuela in 2004, and Williams was on the coaching staff there when Parra won two Gold Gloves.
The Nationals were interested in Parra before they acquired Denard Span to be their leadoff hitter and everyday center field in 2013 and again before the July 31 trade deadline this season.