Hours before the Washington Nationals’ 2-year/$10M contract with free agent reliever Brandon Kintzler was announced, Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo was on MLB Network Radio from the Winter Meetings, talking about what the sinker-balling right-hander brought to the bullpen in D.C. after he’d been acquired from the Minnesota Twins last July.
“Kintzler was great for us,” Rizzo told hosts Jim Bowden, Jim Duquette, and Mike Ferrin.
“We loved him.