As of last week, when he spoke to 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies, Washington Nationals’ GM and President of Baseball Ops Mike Rizzo said the front office was just beginning the process of conducting their autopsy of the 2017 campaign and moving forward with their plans for 2018.
“Early on in this offseason, it’s hard to see what direction we’re gonna go in,” Rizzo said, “... but we have a plan put in place. We’re just in the beginning portion of going over 2017, our autopsy for ’17. See what went right, what went wrong, what depth we have in the minors and where we’re going, and we’re gonna put a battle plan together and meet with ownership, let them know what we’re gonna do and try and make this team better than it already is, and it’s pretty damn good right now.