Episode 1,107: Nationals fire Mike Rizzo and Davey Martinez in massive shakeup and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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10:53 - Nationals: discussion of Nats managing principal owner Mark Lerner firing president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez 24:47 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats getting swept in three games against the Boston Red Sox to fall to a new low in MLB''s 2025 regular season at 16 games below .500 37:06 - Wizards: reaction to the Wizards acquiring Cam Whitmore in the now-official Jordan Poole trade that ended up being a three-team trade, giving the Wizards a whopping nine players taken in the first rounds of the last three NBA Drafts 43:09 - Capitals: thoughts on the Caps' 2025 offseason off comments from Caps senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick 55:42 - Orioles: breakdown of a three-game sweep at the Atlanta Braves to improve the O's to 24-15 since their 16-34 start in MLB's 2025 regular season Visit IngrainedFS.com, mention that Al Galdi sent you and get a 10-percent discount Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand one hundred seven of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, July 7th, 2025, hours after massive Nationals news.
0:29.3	Nat's managing principal owner Mark Lerner, he on Sunday evening announced having fired.
0:35.2	Nat's president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo and
0:39.5	manager Davy Martinez. You know, the 2025 MOUB draft gets going this Sunday night, July 13th,
0:48.3	the Nats in that draft have the number one overall pick and the team just fired its head
0:53.4	of baseball operations and manager.
0:56.2	The announcement came shortly after a 6-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon,
1:02.2	completing a three-game sweep, continuing a highly disappointing and concerning season for the Nats.
1:09.8	Their rebuild is failing, and now the GM and
1:12.8	manager who took the team into the rebuild have been fired mid-rebuild. There is a lot to discuss
1:19.7	with what has happened here. Next segment, in-depth reaction to the news, and then the segment after
1:25.2	that conversation about the Nats's debacle of a series
1:29.4	against the Red Sox, hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:34.6	Well, hope that you had a nice July 4th weekend.
1:37.8	We did, although we did with me having COVID.
1:43.0	Yeah, I got COVID. Second time that I've had COVID. As far as I know,
1:47.9	because as we know, it's possible to have COVID and never know that you actually have COVID.
1:53.2	But in terms of known instances of me having COVID, I had it in the summer of 2023 and now I've
2:00.7	had it in the summer of 202523, and now I've had it in the summer of 2025.
2:03.7	This time has been better than the last time. The last time I got hit pretty hard, this time
2:08.2	not as bad. But yes, COVID, aka the coronavirus, aka the rona, the gift that keeps on giving.
2:16.8	Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al Galdi
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