In a fantasy context (I guess), Sean Agranov wonders what the Nats will do with all those outfielders:

The Washington Nationals have one of the most exciting outfields in the Major Leagues. Considering the number of outfielders ex-GM Jim Bowden acquired over the last two years, this is hardly surprising. Every starter spent time on the DL last year, and the depth chart is as deep as can be this year. Here are all the names you need you know: Lastings Milledge, center field
Elijah Dukes, right field and center field
Adam Dunn, left field (also plays first base)
Austin Kearns, right field
Josh Willingham, left field (also plays first base)
Willie Harris, left field and center field
Wily Mo Pena, left field
Justin Maxwell, right field
In a perfect world, we would see Dunn, Milledge and Dukes as the everyday starters. However, Dukes and Willingham can play first base, Dukes can play centerfield and Kearns--prior to the Adam Dunn signing a few weeks ago--had the largest salary on the team. Willie Harris is an above average fielder and speedster, Wily Mo can slug, and Maxwell is waiting in the wings. So we really are not sure exactly how Nats skipper Manny Acta will play everyone.

I'm pretty sure there aren't really so many question marks here. Of course Milledge and Dukes have to play (almost) every day. The kids are our future! We know Dunn's going to play every day because he's the highest-paid National. Oh, and also because he hits 40 home runs every year (literally). Kearns, if he's healthy, is good enough to play. Willingham is flat-out good enough to play, for a lot of teams anyway. (Oh, and by the way who's the idiot who collected all this duplicative talent? Oh, right.) Willie Harris has a 75 OPS+, and while he's been a lot better than that over the past two seasons, he's still not been good. He's a bench player at best, and really shouldn't be in this conversation. Wily Mo Pena is of course a different animal altogether, but again there's no reason for him to take any at-bats from the five guys atop that list. And Maxwell, no doubt a fine prospect, has no business anywhere near this discussion, either. Including his cup of coffee with the big club in 2007, Maxwell boasts the grand total of 172 at-bats above Class A … and that's mostly in Double-A last year, when he batted .233 in the Eastern League. So forget about him. There is still a logjam, though, with five players for four positions, and that's without even considering the constantly injured Nick Johnson … who's been healthy enough to play regularly this spring. Also, there's no point in thinking about some sort of platoon, because of the five guys who should play -- Milledge, Dukes, Dunn, Kearns and Willingham -- only Dunn bats left-handed. If Johnson's reasonably healthy, you could platoon him with Willingham, which would have the benefits of not exposing Willingham against righties and giving Johnson some rest. That still leaves Kearns out in the cold, though. Unfortunately for the Nats, he was so bloody awful last season that he's got next to no trade value. Forget all the rest of it, though; the question is actually quite simple: How do the Nationals extract some value from Austin Kearns? The rest is just details. (H/T: BTF's Newsstand)