The Nationals have one injured megastar. In baseball, that makes them fortunate.

The players the Nats tried to get who would have been anchors on the organization — or whose deals would have impeded other moves that worked out better — have turned down the Nats’ money every time. The Lerners offered Mark Teixeira, Prince Fielder, Bryce Harper, Ian Desmond, Jordan Zimmermann and assorted less-publicized others, such as Jason Heyward, far more than $1 billion in all.