The Washington Nationals were expected to be a World Series contender in 2015, but they didn’t even make the playoffs.
This failure has cost manager Matt Williams his job. The team announced Monday that he’d been released of his duties.
The #Nats have relieved Matt Williams and his coaching staff of their duties: http://t.co/I9HP64Oar9
The move comes just one season after Williams won the 2014 NL Manager of the Year award and led the Nationals to a 96-66 record in his first season in the dugout. Washington lost to the eventual World Series champion San Francisco Giants 3-1 in the NLDS.