Rizzo Officially Agrees to Extension

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Nats lost 7-6 in Pittsburgh, but on Wednesday morning the news became official that GM Mike Rizzo agreed to an extension with the franchise. Mark & Al spend plenty of time dissecting all facets to the news and what it means for the Rebuild. Hear what Rizzo had to say for the next phase, why Davey Martinez's deal got done first, and his commentary about the Lerner's. Is extending Rizzo the right call long-term? (29:00) The Nationals turned an early 7-2 deficit into 7-5 entering the top of the 9th. Keibert Ruiz came through with a RBI infield single, but the game ended with a pair of stranded runners. Dom Smith had a big evening as he homered and doubled and his OPS has snuck up to .701. (32:40) Jackson Rutledge pitched poorly in his MLB debut as he gave up 10 hits and 7 runs in 3.2 IP. Rutledge was drafted in the 1st Round back in 2019 and has spent part of this year in Harrisburg and Rochester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:13.2	The Ovar Piggero playing shortstop stands in for the right side of the plate, swings, and lines one in left.
0:19.3	That's a base hit off the slider
0:21.4	in from third to score is Swinsky Colossios will stop its second base and it's now
0:27.6	Pittsburgh 4 in Washington 1 now the set the 2-2 so we had a long drive right field
0:33.2	if it's fair it's gone this one headed toward the river and it hits the foul pole
0:37.3	it's a two-run headed toward the river, and it hits the foul pole.
0:38.2	It's a two-run homer for Brian Reynolds and a 7-1 Pirates lead.
0:43.5	His 21st on the season.
0:45.8	If it didn't hit the top of the foul pole screen,
0:47.6	it might have gone into the Allegheny.
0:49.9	I want to thank everybody for being so supportive
0:53.3	over my tenure here, my 15th year as a GM, you know, with my new extension.
0:58.3	You know, I'll be here for a long, long time.
1:00.9	And welcome to Nat's chat for Thursday, September 14th, 2003, along with MadisonSports.com, National's Insider Mark Zuckerman,
1:08.9	a Al-Galdi, host of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:11.5	We on Wednesday did not get a great Major League debut for Jackson Rutledge, but we did get an official announcement of a contract extension for Mike Rizzo.
1:22.7	The deal is done.
1:23.9	The Nats on Wednesday morning announced, having agreed on, quote, a multi-year contract extension, end quote, with president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo.
1:34.8	Then we on Wednesday evening had the major league debut of one of the Nats' top prospects starting pitcher Jackson Rutledge. And we in that game nearly had the Nats pulling off an improbable comeback.
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