Even in the middle of the COVID-distorted 2020 season, the best news out of the Washington Nationals’ front office so far this season is the extension of General Manager Mike Rizzo’s contract through the 2023 season.
It doesn’t matter what else happens on the field in 2020, the news that Rizzo will be running the franchise for the next three seasons is the best thing that could happen to a team that’s looking toward its future in the midst of a pandemic-shortened season that is likely to end before the postseason.
The big question now that the Nats have locked in the architect of the 2019 World Series Champions: When will they do the same for the manager?