Talking with reporters in West Palm Beach, FL last week, when Washington’s Nationals first gathered for the start of Spring Training 2023, GM Mike Rizzo declined to delve into talk of the potential sale of the franchise or what the future holds beyond this season, as he goes into the final year of his current deal with the club he’s guided since 2009.
Rizzo said he’s solely focused on the job he has to do this season (and on the long-term health of the organization), deep into the reboot which the club kicked off with a series of deals at the trade deadline in 2021 (two seasons after 2019’s World Series win).