Davey Martinez told now-former Nationals’ pitching coach Paul Menhart this past weekend that the club would not renew his contract and they were looking for what the manager described as, “an older, more experienced guy, a major league-experience guy.” Menhart, who’d spent 15 years in the organization before joining the big league staff in 2019, and returning in the role in 2020, wondered who had more experience according to what he’s now told Washington Post columnist Barry Svrluga:
“But then I learned that’s really not the case. I liked finding out the following day when I spoke to [General Manager Mike Rizzo] that it was up to Davey to pick his own staff, and I completely understand.