If you were hoping for some clarity on the decision Washington’s Nationals made on Sunday afternoon to release veteran reliever Jeremy Jeffress for what GM Mike Rizzo said in his brief statement yesterday were “personnel reasons”, you are going to be disappointed.
Both Rizzo and Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez declined to elaborate on the impetus for the move when they spoke with reporters on Zoom calls from West Palm Beach this morning.
“He was released for personnel reasons,” Rizzo said last night, as quoted by Washington Post reporter Jesse Dougherty.
“We’re just going to stand by the statement I made yesterday,” Rizzo said when asked about the move again this morning.