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MacKenzie Gore says the quiet part out loud about the future state of the Nationals

The Nationals' ace lefty had some eye-opening comments about the state of the organization.

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The 2025 season for the Washington Nationals simply can't end soon enough. After an offseason that saw the team invest over $50 million into mostly terrible assets, the organization decided to clean house in July in an effort to save the team's failing rebuild.

Despite making one of the most infamous trades in baseball history back in the summer of 2022, the Nationals have yet to make any significant progress in their rebuild that was originally diagnosed as a "retool" by former General Manager Mike Rizzo, and the team is now paying for their lack of vision.