“Nobody wants to aim to win 70 games in a season,” Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo told reporters, as quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco last week.
“We want to win 97 games in the season,” Rizzo explained. “So that’s our goal.
“That’s always been our goal. But this is a good step in the right direction to that. I’m really excited about what’s coming down the pike and the players that are going to be the next core group of the championship team that plays in National Park.”
Excitement about what’s coming for the organization is something both Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez spoke about earlier this month, with both happy to receive multi-year deals which guarantee they will be around to see the rebuild they kicked off at the trade deadline in 2021 through.