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Notes and quotes to keep you entertained during the slow, slow winter of 2023-24... KRIS KLINE’S NEW ROLE: Kris Kline joined the Nationals in 2006, was named director of scouting in D.C. in 2009, and promoted to Assistant GM and VP of Scouting Ops in 2013, but towards the end of the 2023 campaign, Kline was promoted to a new role as a special assistant to GM Mike Rizzo. Rizzo … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Kris Kline in new role + more front office talk…

Notes and quotes on and from the Nationals’ new infielder... Nick Senzel was the No. 2 pick in 2016’s MLB Draft, with Cincinnati Reds selecting the third baseman out of the University of Tennessee a pick after the Philadelphia Phillies drafted Mickey Moniak and 25 picks before the Washington Nationals took Carter Kieboom at No. 28. “The older I’ve gotten and the years of … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Quick hits and leftover bits – Nick Senzel edition

Notes and quotes on the Nats’ outfielder, whose season ended with an injury... Stone Garrett was in the midst of a mini-slump (0 for 9) at the plate, but on a run overall in August (16 for 50, six doubles, two home runs, .320/.379/.560 line in 16 games and 60 plate appearances) when he suffered a season-ending ankle injury on a play at the wall in right field in Yankee Stadium … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Stone Garrett & building on what he had going…

Notes and quotes ... a short one today. Something will happen again any day now. Any day... In his media availability at 2023’s Winter Meetings early last month, Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez was asked if he could recall a favorite story of a time he played a hunch, went against the book, and had it pay off? “I’ll tell you what was crazy, you guys probably … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on playing a hunch which paid off…

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ new scouting director’s press conference at the Winter Meetings... Danny Haas, 47, was hired as the VP of Amateur Scouting (aka the Scouting Director) by the Nationals back in early October, as part of Washington’s front office shake-up, after serving as a special assignment scout for Arizona’s D-backs from 2019-2023. “I hope he thinks I’m a … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Danny Haas on meeting Mike Rizzo; taking over as scouting director in D.C.