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Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo & Ryan Zimmerman on the Nats’ catching corps after Kurt Suzuki signed...

Veteran catcher Kurt Suzuki was asked what if anything he was told about his role, and how many games he’ll start in 2019, when he spoke to reporters after signing a 2-year/$10M free agent deal with Washington last week.

“[Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo] told my agent from Day 1 that I’m their guy,” Suzuki said.

“Whether I’m a guy that catches 120 games or 90 games or whatever they want me to do, you know, I just told them I’ll be ready to do whatever you want and [Rizzo] said I’m going to play, obviously, but I just said whatever you need me to do.