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Washington Nationals A deal is being finalized to appoint 33-year-old Blake Butera as manager, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because nothing had been announced. The Nationals fired Dave Martínez in July and Miguel Cairo took over on an interim basis.
After this Butera will be the youngest manager minnesotaAccording to Frank Quilici in 1972 espnWhich first reported Butera’s appointment.
Washington has suffered six consecutive losing seasons since Martínez won the 2019 World Series title. The Nationals went 66-96 this year.
Washington also fired president and general manager Mike Rizzo in July. Paul Toboni is the team’s new president of baseball operations.
Butera was the senior director of player development in the Tampa Bay organization. He played two seasons in the Rays’ minor league system after being drafted in the 35th round. boston college It didn’t take long for him to move into management in 2015.
He was the bench coach for the short season. hudson valley in 2017, then was promoted to manager the following year, becoming the youngest captain in Minor League Baseball at the age of 25. He managed Hudson Valley for two seasons and Class A Charleston for two seasons (2021–22).
Butera’s player development background could be even more interesting for the Nationals, who broke up their championship core by trading away Juan Soto, Trey Turner and Max Scherzer and have tried to rebuild around players like 23-year-old slugger James Wood. It is moving slowly.
Toboni is just a few years older than Butera, and now the Nationals are moving forward with both of them following an extended stretch under the leadership of Rizzo and Martínez. They will surely be hoping that this new pairing can take them to similar heights.
Washington has not spent much recently, and after attempting to sell the team for a few years, Mark Lerner and his family decided not to do so. But the young core still has potential. Wood hit 31 home runs in his first full season this year. The Nets also took shortstop Eli Willits with the No. 1 pick in last year’s draft.
Atlanta, San Diego and Colorado remain uncertain about their managerial spots in the offseason. Texas hired Skip Shoemaker, Baltimore went with Craig Albertaz, San Francisco plucked Tony Vitello from the college ranks, the Angels selected Kurt Suzuki and Minnesota announced Thursday it has selected Derek Shelton.
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AP National Writer Howard Fendrich contributed to this report.
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