The Nationals officially lost one of the most recognizable players from their World Series run Wednesday when Gerardo Parra signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league for $2.5 million with a $3 million vesting option for 2021. Hosts Tim Shovers, Todd Dybas and Chase Hughes discussed Parra's departure on Thursday's episode of NBC Sports Washington's Nationals Talk podcast. "I'm sure there's some marketing aspect of this involved in the whole thing too after what happened here in D.C. last season but his chances of getting a major-league job next year were very, very low and this just makes sense at this point in his career," Dybas said.