Nine players are in quarantine. One member of the staff as well. Four players have tested positive for COVID-19, and the Nationals’ season-opening series has been postponed. So, how is Washington’s GM, Mike Rizzo, handling what he described as a crisis for the team?
Like, how is he doing personally? How’s he holding up with all the events of the past 48 hours?
“I’m fine,” Rizzo told reporters on Friday afternoon. “We’re in crisis management mode and that’s often the way that this job is.
“I’m trying to be supportive of [manager] Davey [Martinez] and the players, and a conduit from ownership, their messages down the players.