The Washington Nationals had an absolutely miserable 2025 season. In many ways, while celebrating the 20th season of the franchise since moving back to the Nation's Capital from Montreal, this season almost felt like some sort of messed up tribute to the early days of the Nationals, where the product was awful and the future outlook seemed even worse.
Of course, a big part of why both former manager Dave Martinez and former GM Mike Rizzo were both fired is because of the lack of long-term vision either one seemed to have as it pertained to the team, and ownership felt as if the best way out of the hole they dug was to move on from both.