The Washington Nationals have agreed to a multiyear contract extension with president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo, whose contract was set to expire following the 2023 season, according to an official team announcement.
Rizzo, 62, is in his 15th year running the team’s baseball operations and has expressed his love of being a part of the Nationals organization.
“We believe we are developing the next generation of contenders and champions,” Rizzo said. “We deeply believe in our process and in our progress. The next few years are going to be ones no Nationals fan will want to miss.”
“Together with my family and the entire Nationals staff, we’ve always shared the same dream: to make the Washington Nationals a team that our fans could love and be proud of,” Nationals owner Mark Lerner said in a team statement. “We have all worked collectively to build what was essentially an expansion team with no Major League depth into a contender, and then into a World Series champion. We’ve experienced some tough losing seasons and we’ve hung championship banners, and we’ve done it all together.
“We are once again hard at work to build a championship contender in D.C.”
