Blake Butera to be named Nationals new manager
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Miguel Cairo is out of the Washington Nationals managerial hunt as Paul Toboni shakes up the staff
The Nationals are making expected changes to their coaching staff and Miguel Cairo won’t be the next Nats manager
We have a lot of work to do; that’s okay,” Toboni, Washington’s new president of baseball operations, said at his introductory news conference.
Nearly three months after firing Mike Rizzo as their general manager, the Washington Nationals have found their new top executive to run baseball operations.
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Paul Toboni Continues Staff Additions, Brings in Justin Horowitz From Pirates As Assistant GM
Back in late September, I wrote an article, which can be found here, that brokedown 4 potential candidates for the Nationals vacant General Manager position. They quickly kept one of those candidates,
One thing the Nationals definitely needed to do was to clean up the 40-man roster. Washington had one of the worst pitching staffs in the sport, from top to bottom, and there were pitchers taking up spots that probably didn't factor into the club's long-term vision under Toboni.
Because Paul Toboni doesn't have a history of running a front office yet, imaginations can run wild when it comes to how the Washington Nationals are going to a
Justin Horowitz, who is joining Washington as an assistant general manager, has previously worked for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox.