Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo didn’t mince words when he talked to reporters about the decision to reboot the organization with a series of trades which dealt expiring contracts (and a year-plus of Trea Turner) at the July 30th deadline this past summer.
It was a difficult but necessary step, he explained.
“Yesterday was probably as tough a day as I’ve had as a General Manager,” Rizzo said. “The good thing about this group is that we’ve got everything out of this group that we could have got out.”
That group of players on expiring deals (some of whom helped the Nats win it all in 2019) included Max Scherzer, Kyle Schwarber, Brad Hand, Daniel Hudson, Jon Lester, Josh Harrison, and Yan Gomes (as well as Turner).