"If there was any doubt about the Nationals' desire to add one more top-of-the-rotation starter, it was erased on the first night of the General Manager meetings. Nationals GM Mike Rizzo met for about 45 minutes Monday night with Bob Garber, the agent for free agent starting pitchers C.J. Wilson and Roy Oswalt.

Afterward, Garber kept his remarks to a minimum out of a mutual desire for privacy in the negotiations. But he said that Rizzo expressed interest in both pitchers, and the sides will keep talking about both pitchers as the offseason moves forward. "