The Washington Nationals announced that they have exercised their 2023 club option on manager Dave Martinez.
According to Jesse Dougherty and Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post, Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo agreed to two-year contract extensions in Sept. 2020 with a club option through 2023.
The duo then gave more context on the decision that the Lerner family, which owns the team, had to make.
"If the Lerners choose to go in a different direction, they would have to opt out of employing Rizzo and Martinez for 2023 by a certain date this year," Dougherty and Janes reported on May 18.