"They had to hire an entirely new front office, led by the youngest President of Baseball Operations and the youngest manager in all of baseball in Paul Toboni and Blake Butera, respectively. They also have a ton of work to do in filling out their organization with useful players at both the big-league level and in the minors, and they will have to supplement their new acquisitions with adequate coaching."
"On the Nationals side of things, they still have some things to clean up from the stance of filling out a coaching staff, as the team has yet to name a new hitting coach. They have hired a new pitching coach in Simon Mathews and retained Sean Doolittle to be his assistant on the pitching side of things, and have brought in some rising coaching prospects in Bobby Wilson and Tyler Smarslok from the Texas Rangers and Miami Marlins."
"However, they are not the only ballclub that has had to make a lot of new hires this offseason, as there were a lot of managerial hires that had to be made around the big leagues. As a result of those openings, some former Nationals have found themselves getting into big league coaching for the first time, most notably Kurt Suzuki with the Los Angeles Angels and Craig Stammen with the San Diego Padres."
The Washington Nationals completed major offseason restructuring by hiring a new front office and a young managerial duo in Paul Toboni and Blake Butera. The organization continues roster work to add players at the major- and minor-league levels and needs to finalize coaching hires, including a hitting coach. Simon Mathews was hired as pitching coach while Sean Doolittle stayed on as his assistant and rising prospects Bobby Wilson and Tyler Smarslok were added. Other clubs also made managerial hires, leading former Nationals such as Kurt Suzuki and Craig Stammen into big-league coaching roles.
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