In a press release this morning, the Washington Nationals confirmed whar multiple reports this weekend suggested: Dave Martinez has been hired as the Nats’ seventh full-time manager, succeeding Dusty Baker on the bench in the nation’s capital.
Martinez, 53, has served as Cubs’ skipper Joe Maddon’s bench coach in Tampa Bay and Chicago, but this is his first managerial gig.
We are delighted to bring Dave [Martinez] aboard and excited about what he will bring to our clubhouse and our dugout,” Managing Principal owner Theodore N. Lerner said in the press release from the team.
”We have been very clear about our goals as an organization and we feel confident we’ve found the right man to help us reach them.