With general manager Mike Rizzo no longer sporting an "interim" ahead of his title, changes have started coming to the Nationals organization. On Saturday, the Nationals fired farm director Bobby Williams and minor league hitting coordinator Ralph Dickenson.
Williams spent three years as the Nats’ farm director, the same length as Dickenson’s tenure. Former GM Jim Bowden had hired both men, making it absolutely no surprise that both were let go. However, former Reds manager Bob Boone, who came with Bowden to the Nats, remains as the assistant GM/vice president of player development.
With the seasons over for all their affiliates, the Nationals’ minor league teams finished with a .501 cumulative winning percentage at 380-378, the second straight winning season in the organization.
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Will the ownership give the time needed for the Nationals to get established, though? I see the Nationals right now being where The Braves were in 1987, bottom feeders with a broken farm system. Yeah, the Nationals have Strasburg now, but do they have a 2 and 3 in the works? Also, I don’t see any position players to fit on a future MLB roster.
Posted by Scott | September 8, 2009 at 7:56 pm | ShortcutRizzo helped the D Backs clean up there act so he should do a good job
Posted by Tony Smith | September 9, 2009 at 4:39 pm | ShortcutMan, this is a bad team. Jim Bowden really had to work at it to make it this bad. The worst GM in modern MLB history, worse even than Syd Thrift.
Posted by Scott Smith | September 11, 2009 at 9:56 am | ShortcutBut the real question that needs to be answered is: “Who hired him?” Can’t blame any Expo regime for that.