Major League Baseball required all of its teams to activate players off the 60-day injured list on Nov. 2, and that meant the Washington Nationals were faced with their first tough decisions of the offseason .

With five players on the long-term IL, they were well over the 40-man roster limit. And that meant there were plenty of cuts to come after their first two moves of the offseason were to claim right-handed pitcher Braxton Roxby off waivers and then trade for infielder Nate Furman . Well, as expected, the Nationals were busy on Monday. And that resulted in some notable players being designated for assignment and ending up elsewhere as a result.

Here is everything that took place Nov.…