Brandon Kintzler on why he was traded from the Washington Nationals

Former Nationals pitcher Brandon Kintzler on why he was traded from the Nationals, overcoming adversity and how his early BMX Championships prepared him for playing under the lights on the big stage.

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Former Nationals pitcher Brandon Kintzler on why he was traded from the Nationals, overcoming adversity and how his early BMX Championships prepared him for playing under the lights on the big stage.
In a matter of 11 days in July a scathing Chelsea Janes article hit and Kintler’s words were used anonymously, and then days later Trea Turner was accused of using racist and homophobic slurs in social media when he was younger and all of this was going on when Bryce Harper was rumored to being traded and then the final straw was the Jeff Passan article that said the Nats had a clubhouse issue citing 3 unnamed sources. Kintler was immediately traded and called a rat, not by name, by GM Mike Rizzo.

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