“I’m trying to always evolve and to get better,” GM Mike Rizzo told reporters last in the 2020 campaign, as the Nationals wrapped up a 26-34 showing in the 60-game COVID season.
“This is a team effort,” Rizzo said of what he and everyone else in the organization will have to do to rebound from the disappointing defense of their 2019 World Series championship, “... and just as I was the architect of the World Champions in 2019, I’m the president and general manager of the last place Nationals this year, so that stings, and we’re going to do everything we can not to have that happen again.