WASHINGTON -- Pitching and power headline the Nationals’ offseason needs as they plan for their 2023 roster.

“We walk into this offseason, and we’ve got a lot of holes to fill,” general manager Mike Rizzo said Wednesday from the annual GM Meetings in Las Vegas.

The Nats are coming off a 2022 season in which they completed a massive overhaul at the Trade Deadline for the second year in a row and finished at the bottom of the standings (55-107).

It was also a year that saw significant injuries sideline several of their starting pitchers. Stephen Strasburg completed just one start, Joe Ross (who became a free agent) underwent Tommy John surgery, Cade Cavalli was shut down after making his Major League debut, and MacKenzie Gore remained on the injured list after being acquired from the Padres, among injuries to other pitchers.

Looking to next season, Patrick Corbin, Josiah Gray and Erick Fedde (who is arbitration eligible) are the only healthy arms locked in for a return to the rotation. Starting pitching has been a foundation of the Nationals’ success, and they will look to add to it while building around their developing core.

“I think that we’ve been pretty outspoken about the need for pitching,” said Rizzo. “Our starters were last in the league last year in ERA; that has to improve. We feel that we have some really good young starters that are going to take the next step -- hopefully all of them at the big league level -- sometime during the season. But you never can have enough starting pitching. That’s going to be a point of emphasis for us.”

As the Nationals look to their youth, the availability of 34-year-old Strasburg -- who is rehabbing from a stress reaction in his second and third ribs related to his thoracic outlet surgery recovery -- remains a question.

“Nothing drastically new,” Rizzo said of the 2019 World Series MVP. “He’s continuing his return-to-throw program. He’s not in his throwing program yet, but the flexibility and the strength program on his upper body and shoulders is going well. Hopefully, he can progress to start a throwing program before he gets prepared for Spring Training.”

While the Nationals’ starting pitching struggled to restrict runs, their offense struggled to produce them. Washington belted the fewest homers and scored the third-fewest runs in the NL. Following the trade of slugger Juan Soto, the Nationals received an offensive boost from rookie Joey Meneses, who walloped 13 home runs and 72 hits in 56 games. This winter, they will explore their options to find another such spark.

After declining a mutual option on designated hitter Nelson Cruz for 2023, the Nats could stick with arbitration-eligible Luke Voit in the DH role, which he filled toward the end of the season when Cruz was sidelined. Voit, at the same time, is a potential non-tender and trade candidate, in which case the Nats could pursue a DH via trade or free agency.

“I think the most impactful offensive player [is who] we will be looking for,” Rizzo said. “We’ve got a handful of positions that are more or less settled going into the season, but believe me ... we’ve got enough positional flexibility to add a bat at several spots.”

As the Nationals explore trades and free agency, new additions for the 2023 team will have to mesh with their plans for building their young foundation for the future.

“I think we’re going to do deals that make sense for us,” Rizzo said. “That means the age of the free agent or the age of the trade candidate would come into play and where he would fit into our timeline of when we’re going to win again. Those things all come into play. We’re not taking anything off the table ... We’re going to be as diligent and aggressive as it makes sense.”