Remember that post I wrote yesterday about Mike Rizzo being out as the Nats’ GM? Yeah, forget it. Gordon Edes:
Despite speculation that spread throughout baseball circles that the Washington Nationals were planning to make a front-office change, interim general manager Mike Rizzo has been given the job on a permanent basis.
Published reports out of Washington on Wednesday night say that the club will announce Rizzo’s appointment at a news conference Thursday, putting to rest the assertion by multiple baseball executives that Arizona Diamondbacks vice president Jerry DiPoto was on the verge of getting the job.
No mention of the fact that the speculation and public reports came from . . . Gordon Edes!
Whatever the case, I think this is a good move for the Nats, because Rizzo has really earned the job. Jim Bowden left a gigantic mess behind, and Rizzo has done much to clean that up, all while doing much to fix the fabulously ill-conceived roster Bowden had put together. No, this isn’t a good team yet, but at least now there’s a path forward, and the Nats have Rizzo to thank for it.
And a note to Yahoo!: please don’t put Edes on the elections beat.