According to Bill Ladson of MLB.com, the Washington Nationals are not interested in free agent pitcher Doug Davis.  Rather, the Nationals are focusing on other needs such as a second baseman.

Davis indicated that he wanted to play for the Nationals and help their young pitching staff.  The Nationals supposedly had interest in Davis during the 2009 Winter Meetings.

“I’m [willing] to go anywhere and hopefully be a difference maker for a team that needs to make a turnaround and be successful,” Davis said. “On my part — of course — [there's interest]. For them, because of the signing of Jason Marquis, it kind of put them in a bind [to spend] money for starting pitching.  They had to address other problems.  Possibly, when they find a second baseman, they can come back around to their starting pitching. Of course, I’m up to talking with anybody right now. Things are kind of going slow for me because I’m fifth or sixth down the line [when it comes to] starting pitching.”

Davis, 34, played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2009 where he went 9-14 with a 4.14 ERA while making $8.75 million in the third year of his three year contract.

You can see Davis’ contract history and statistics here.