Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo talked, after their win in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series, about the role his second-year manager played in getting the team where they’d been trying to go after years of frustrating, early postseason exits.
“He’s the Manager of the Year,” Rizzo said of Davey Martinez. “He willed us here. He got us here, and it was a labor of love for both of us, and we’re a pretty good team.”
In his second year as a manager at any level of the game, and after a disappointing 82-80 start to his time in D.