by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
As a Washington Nationals’ fan, you’ve been to your fair share of baseball games. If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, you’ve probably experienced the excitement of watching a game in person at Nationals Park in the heart of the city. In fact, you’ve likely experienced most of what the city has to offer when it comes to your favorite sport. Continue reading
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The long and anticipated wait is over for Washington Nationals’ fans as Manager Davey Martinez and the Nats look to turn the page from a record-losing 2022 season. The Nationals had a busy offseason, which included acquisitions of Trevor Williams, Stone Garrett, Jeter Downs, Jeimer Candelario, Corey Dickerson, and Dom Smith. On top of that, the team could get full-seasons from four players who debuted last year in MacKenzie Gore, Cade Cavalli, CJ Abrams, and Joey Meneses. Continue reading
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Nearly two and a half years ago, the Lerner ownership group gave Mike Rizzo a two-year extension and a third year option making him one of the highest paid executives in baseball. That deal is set to expire at the end of this season. Rizzo was the Lerner ownership group’s first hire back when they bought the team in 2006. Rizzo has been serving as the President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Washington Nationals and is the third-longest tenured General Manager in Major League Baseball. It is time for another contract. Continue reading
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During Washington Nationals‘ general manager Mike Rizzo’s first official presser of 2023, he doubled-down on what he said last month at his annual Hot Stove event in regards to his current farm system. Continue reading
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Today marks the 10th month since the Lerner ownership group announced that they would be exploring a sale of the Washington Nationals. It also marks 10 full months that the Lerner ownership group has spoken publicly on their future plans. Over a month ago on January 10, TalkNats broke the news that the sale of the team was in a “no-sale” situation and as such, putting the future ownership of the team in question.
It had been suggested before that the Lerners could also look into a partial sale of the team where they would maintain majority control. Even the Lerners named a partial sale as one of the options back on April 11, 2022. When you consider everything back on that day, there were really three options 1) Full sale of the majority of the team 2) Partial sale to bring in a minority partner 3) No sale.
As of today, we do not know which direction the Lerners will go, and it is very possible that we hear from principal owner Mark Lerner during Spring Training.
A Point-CounterPoint on the idea of the Lerners selling shares to individuals for the Washington Nationals was a suggestion from Don H. Along the lines of the Green Bay Packers model, and what the Atlanta Braves have been rumored to be heading towards, this might be a model for the future of sports teams in publicly traded stock.
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