Washinton Nationals fire GM and manager! | Nothing Personal with David Samson #mlb #nationals

Unceremonious is what happened to the general manager, president of baseball operations, Mike Rizzo. Long time been there since 2007. Canned Dave Martinez, World Series winning manager gone. Let me give you the process here. the Nationals who have done a really interesting job by committing to a GM, Mike Rizzo, watching him win, watching him lose, but committed the way we were committed to GMs while moving managers around more often than other teams, less often than some. When Dave Martinez was hired, it was looked at as a fantastic hire, not realizing they’d win a World Series the next year. But when the wheels fell off the wagon, there’s several things that contribute to a team losing its way. The Nationals thought they had was a rebuild that was going to be finished already. When it turns out that the Nationals were not performing this year, they decided unceremoniously to make this change. But people are viewing it incorrectly. You’re going to read a lot of articles today that how could you make a change a week before the draft? It’s impossible to believe because yes, it’s true. Major League Baseball draft is coming up and the Nationals have the first pick, but firing Rizzo now is not going to impact in any way, negatively or positively, how the draft is run. Because you’d be shocked to know that the GM of a team, the president of baseball operations, they don’t run the draft. Did you know that the scouting director, the head of scouting, VP of scouting, whatever title you want to give, that’s who runs the draft

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2 comments

  1. The Nationals are good young team. Granted, the progression was going poorly and the fact they’re still paying for Strasburg does hurt. They needed a veteran or two to right the ship. It does suck that they’re in the same division as NYM, ATL and PHI but ATL is a mess, PHO is showing their age and NYM can’t really hit. I feel these firings were premature.

  2. The Nationals didn’t need to rebuild following the world series, they needed to reload. Let Rendon and Soto walk, bring in a couple vets with playoff experience and keep battling. Instead, Rizzo blows the whole thing up, and the club has been a mess ever since. They should’ve made this move two years ago.

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