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Patrick Reddington has been FBB's Managing Editor since 2007; credentialed reporter (2009-2020); freelance writer; covering the Expos/Nationals online since 2006.

“We don’t have a specific ‘‘You have to be in at 11 o’clock’ type of thing,” GM and President of Baseball Ops in D.C. Mike Rizzo told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies when asked about a report which had shortstop CJ Abrams out all night at a casino in Chicago before a day game in Wrigley Field late this year.

Rizzo’s comments came after the abrupt end of Abrams’ 2024 campaign in late September, when the infielder was optioned out to Triple-A in a seemingly punitive move.