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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Best of Nationals on 106.7 The Fan/Team 980: July 14-18, 2025

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The Nationals fired GM/President of Baseball Operations Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez on July 6, hours after a Nats loss, leaving many in shock just a week before the All-Star break and MLB Draft. Listen as our hosts reacted on Monday, and then, why Grant Paulsen, our resident baseball podcast host, needs ownership to release more than just the one statement about the firings!

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're talking about the nationals selecting Eli Willits, a shortstop, high school shortstop, 17 years old, which kind of came out of nowhere.

0:13.7

Everybody expected them either to take Ethan Holiday or the pitcher from LSU,

0:23.3

Kate Anderson.

0:24.9

Instead, they took Willits.

0:26.6

I have to say, I have no beef with it.

0:28.5

I could care less.

0:29.6

You got to trust your front office, right?

0:32.1

You know what I mean?

0:32.8

Even if it had major upheaval a week before the draft.

0:35.8

Well, I mean, those guys are still there.

0:37.3

Sure, of course. But the scouts. I have no idea. You can't question it. You can't question it. You can question whatever you want. No, no, no. The fact that they took a kid overall because he's willing to take less money at number one. That's a fear. Factors to your decision.

0:54.9

Yeah, I mean, I think that that's kind of bogus, if that's why they did it.

0:59.2

I'm hoping they did it because they thought he was the best player like the Bartolo said.

1:03.7

If Bartholos said, he's the best hitter and he's the best fielder.

1:06.0

If they had holiday rated higher on their big board and they did this because this guy will,

1:12.0

will negotiate it half of what the signing bonus would be?

1:17.1

I don't love that.

1:18.0

To jump up.

1:19.3

That's speculation.

1:21.3

Yeah, but if that's actually, if that's actually, sure.

1:24.4

If that's true, then that's a problem.

1:25.9

That's a problem.

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