In the midst of the headlining news that the Washington Nationals found the next manger of their franchise -- 33-year-old Blake Butera who becomes the youngest MLB skipper hired in 50 years -- some player transactions have started to take place.
The offseason is underway for the Washington Nationals, and it's clear they are fully ushering in a new era of baseball for this franchise based on the hires that have been made.
The Washington Nationals have their manager. Following a relatively quiet search that only seemed to start heating up in the past few days, a bombshell report dropped that indicated new president of baseball operations Paul Toboni was set to hire Blake Butera to become the skipper of the Nationals.
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New Nationals skipper Blake Butera, as noted by many, does not have much professional playing experience, spending just 2 seasons in the minor leagues for the Rays before calling it quits, peaking at the Low A level.
The Washington Nationals now have their two key figures in place. With Paul Toboni leading the front office, he decided to hire Blake Butera as the next manager.
In a surprising move, the Washington Nationals are hiring 33-year-old Blake Butera to be their new manager for the 2026 season, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.
The two biggest pieces of the offseason dominoes for the Washington Nationals have fallen. After operating for about half of a year without a permanent manager or someone leading the front office, both of those positions have now been filled.
The Washington Nationals are truly starting over. Today, they hired 33 year old Blake Butera to replace Davey Martinez as the club’s manager. However, things were a lot different six years ago.
An overhaul of the Washington Nationals' bullpen unit has begun. Plenty of changes are expected to occur this winter with the new front office regime in place.
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The Washington Nationals are finalizing a deal to hire Blake Butera as their next manager, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday morning. At 33, Butera will be the youngest manager in Major League Baseball since the Minnesota Twins hired Frank Quilici in 1972, per reports.
The Washington Nationals have hired a new manager. Blake Butera has agreed to a deal to become the new manager of the Nationals, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported on Thursday.
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The Washington Nationals finished the 2025 season with a losing record for the sixth straight year. Washington hasn’t reached the playoffs since winning the World Series in 2019.
The 2025 season did not go as planned for the Washington Nationals. After back-to-back 71-win rebuild seasons, the Nationals were poised to progress forward and show some signs of turning a corner in 2025, but instead finished with 66 wins.