“He’s really come a long way,” Nationals’ GM and President of Baseball Ops Mike Rizzo told The Spots Junkies this past Wednesday of the growth he’s seen from DJ Herz since he was acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Jeimer Candelario trade at the deadline in 2023
“Our development people have done a great job with him. This was a guy who always struck out people at the Double-A level, but walked a lot of guys, so we’ve really pounded into all these pitchers that we need strikes, we need to be aggressive in the strike zone and really attack the hitters.