The biggest name on the trade market might not be Madison Bumgarner.

According to MLB Network's Jon Heyman, the Nationals could consider trading three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer. This is a big if, but Heyman put forth a scenario in which it could happen on the "Big Time Baseball" podcast with Josh Lewin.

Here is what Heyman said:

"We could see some huge, huge players on the market…it's possibly, certainly that (the Nationals) would consider, if things again turn south for them to trade Max Scherzer who is one of the top free-agent signings of all time. Still has two years to go, still performing, but makes big money, they've got a little bit of a transition in ownership to the son Mark Lerner from Ted, so (it's) something to look at."

Scherzer has two years after this season remaining on the seven-year, $210 million deal he signed with the Nationals in 2015.

But Washington has again started off this season with disappointment and sits in fourth place in the National League East (28-35), eight games back of the Phillies.

If the Nationals look as if they will again finish around or below .500 again — they went 82-80 last season — then maybe ownership looks to make some significant moves to bring different faces in.

They could start building around Juan Soto and Patrick Corbin rather than Scherzer or Anthony Rendon, who the team could also move at the deadline as he is in the final year of his deal and will be a free agent this offseason.

At this point it's just speculation, but the Nationals have been so disappointing these last couple of years that many thought they would sell off some of their biggest assets. Some believed they wanted to trade Bryce Harper at the deadline last year and they reportedly almost did to the Astros.

So they've thought about making big moves already and moving Scherzer would be an absolutely huge move.