At the end of the Nationals’ 55-107 finish in 2022, Washington’s GM, Mike Rizzo, talked about how he assessed the work his manager, Davey Martinez, and the club’s coaching staff did as the team kept building in a reboot they kicked off at the trade deadline back in 2021.
“I think he’s doing a good job,” Rizzo said over the final weekend of the ‘22 season.
“I think I’ve seen what they’ve done with some of the younger players. I think I see progress in some of our young guys like [Luis] García and [CJ] Abrams, and Keibert [Ruiz] before he was hurt, I think you’ve seen a lot of progress in some of our pitchers, especially our bullpen has done a remarkable job, taking some unproven guys, some guys that were cast aside by other organizations, and really made them into big league talent that we can depend on, and I think that you see a team out there that plays hard for 27 outs.