Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Washington Nationals ended the 2009 season much as they began it, the worst team in baseball. Yet here in DC dogged faith abounds in new GM Mike Rizzo. After signing Stephen Strasburg and becoming GM, he has put together much of the personnel to build the organization. But what of the major league team in the 2010 season? It’s his team now. Will he have a budget to field a...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
More photos » by Itsuo Inouye - AP Browse more photos » The latest word on the Washington Nationals ' skipper search comes via the TwitterFeed of SI.com's Jon Heyman , with Mr. Heyman writing: "#nats gm mike rizzo says they'll announce their manager this week. they did interview valentine. riggleman also in mix." This news, of course, goes along with this morning's...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Nationals, down to two finalists for their managerial vacancy, expect to make a decision by the end of the week, general manager Mike Rizzo said Monday night.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Nationals have hired former Chicago White Sox general manager Ron Schueler as special adviser to GM Mike Rizzo and promoted Bill Singer to director of professional scouting.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Washington Nationals have hired former Chicago White Sox general manager Ron Schueler as special adviser to GM Mike Rizzo and promoted Bill Singer to director of professional scouting.
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... been under consideration, with former D-Backs' Manager Bob Melvin, "who had spoken to (DC GM Mike) Rizzo in recent weeks...more attractive as a bench coach," Mr. RIggleman himself told MASN Sports.com's Byron Kerr in an interview published yesterday along with an article entitled, "Quick update with Riggleman", that though he, in his own words, "...really...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Washington Nationals are expected to name their manager in the next week, and after Don Mattingly removed himself from consideration, it appears Jim Riggleman has an inside track toward retaining the job he held on an interim basis during the second half of the season. General manager Mike Rizzo and team president Stan Kasten have intended all along to conduct a quiet search that...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Nationals have hired former White Sox general manager Ron Schueler as special adviser to GM Mike Rizzo.
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... of front office moves - former White Sox GM Ron Schueler has been named special adviser to GM Mike Rizzo and Bill Singer was promoted to director of professional scouting. Singer had previously been a Special Assignment Scout and Coordinator/Pacific Rim Operations. Who knew the Nats were scouting the Pacific Rim? Washington Nationals , Nats , Jim Riggleman ©MMIX William F. Yurasko...
Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... right-hander available in his draft class. It’s pointless to wonder whether or not DC GM Mike Rizzo would have been able to get Crow signed since it was former DC GM Jim Bowden negotiationg with Crow then, and I’m sure most DC fans are more than happy to have right-handed reliever Drew Storen (the comp pick for Crow) in the system instead, but there’s no denying...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
— UPDATE, 6:06: The Rays will get back righthanded reliever Jesse Chavez, a 26- year-old who was 1-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 73 appearances for the Pirates last season. Chavez was drafted by Texas and traded to the Pirates in July 2006 for Kip Wells.Aaron Gleeman / Alden Gonzalez / — Schueler named special advisor to Rizzo; Singer promoted — The Nationals made a couple more front-office moves on...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... to the Mets. — The Mets were so convinced in 2007 that the Phillies were using … Mark J. Miller / Mike / Greg Cohen / Greg Fertel / John Tomase / — Big Papi expects big things in 2010 — CANTON - Theo Epstein has since said the words weren't meant as a shot across the bow, but they sure came across that way. — At the Red Sox [team stats]' season-ending press conference, the general manager...
MLB (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Nationals made a couple more front-office moves on Tuesday, when they named Ron Schueler special advisor to general manager Mike Rizzo and promoted Bill Singer to director of professional scouting.
