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Nats Chat

Blake Butera Introduced to D.C.

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Sports, Baseball

4.9573 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Nationals introduced their new 33-year-old Manager Blake Butera on Monday afternoon to the local media. Mark & Al react to the press conference where Butera was joined on stage by Paul Toboni and fielded questions about becoming the youngest MLB Manager in a half century. (17:00) An early look at Butera's coaching staff, which will include Sean Doolittle. (24:35) Luis Garcia Jr., Jake Irvin, and Riley Adams are among the non-tender candidates as it relates to upcoming Arbitration eligibility. (32:00) Brief commentary on some potential big names that will be floated this off-season in trade rumors. (35:10) Tim is joined by WTOP & Sirius XM's Ben Raby for a review of the Netflix documentary "Who Killed the Expos?". Ben grew up an Expos fan in Canada and is an avid Nats Chat listener.

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0:00.0

Make Walters your spot for this NFL season.

0:03.0

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0:07.0

They're proud to show every NFL game every week.

0:14.0

When we set out to find our manager,

0:16.0

our goal was to find not only a great, ambitious baseball mind,

0:20.0

but an even better person.

0:21.6

We wanted someone whose character and values aligned with ours and whose experiences fit

0:26.6

are organizational goals.

0:28.6

As you've heard me say many times over the course of the last six weeks, I'm a strong believer

0:32.6

that you win with people, and Blake's character and ability to connect with everyone across the baseball

0:37.6

spectrum is second to none.

0:40.4

Builder relationships first, right?

0:42.1

We're make sure I get to know each one of these players.

0:44.9

I didn't play in the major leagues, but I was in their position not too long ago.

0:48.8

So I think understanding that just the pressures that go into playing this sport and playing

0:53.0

at a high level, whether it's family, there's a lot of stuff off the pressures that go into playing this sport and playing it at a high level, whether it's family.

0:55.8

There's a lot of stuff off the field that players are going through that can add to the stress of succeeding and playing this game.

1:02.4

And I think just understanding what they're going through and meeting them where they're at

1:05.8

and making sure they know they have someone they can always go to is really important.

1:10.9

And welcome to Natschchat, along with Massininsports.com, Nationals Insider Mark Zuckerman,

1:15.6

who was at Nationals Park, Amalgaldi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.

1:19.1

We on Monday afternoon had the introductory press conference for the Washington National's

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