by The Washington Nationals announced on Sunday that they released Dave Martinez and General Manager Mike Rizzo after suffering their fourth loss of baseball in Major League in five games.
Shortly after the NATs had dropped a 6: 4 decision at home against Boston, team owner Mark D. Lerner announced that Rizzo, the President of Baseball Operations, would be replaced by the deputy General Manager Mike Debartolo and that an interim manager was named on Monday, a day for the club.
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Learner praised Martinez and Rizzo in a declaration published on social media for their roles to lead the Nationals to the World Series title 2019, but since then they have no longer enjoyed a winner or playoff lying area.
“Although we appreciate their previous successes, the performance in the field was not where we or our fans expect it to be,” said Lernner.
“This is a crucial time for our club and we believe that a new approach and a new energy is the best procedure for our team.”
The Nationals are 37-53, most recently in the National League East Division and in June 7-19. They are 1-4 this month and were swept at home on the Christmas weekend in the United States with 11-2, 10-3 and 6-4.
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Martinez, hired in October 2017, was the longest manager in the history of the Nationals. The 60-year-old American was 500-622 with the NATs after replacing Dusty Baker, while Rizzo was a baseball operating leader for the club in his 17th season.
However, the nationals exchanged stars like Max Scherzer and Juan Soto to preserve younger talents for the future, but could not be able to pay the movements with triumphs.
Martinez spent 39 seasons as a player, coach and manager in baseball. He spent 16 seasons as a player and was an assistant coach in the Chicago Cubs World Series Championship Squad before taking his first manager post with the NATs.
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