Nationals To Hire Justin Horowitz As Assistant GM

"The Nationals are set to hire Justin Horowitz as an assistant general manager, as first reported by Joe Doyle of Over-Slot Baseball. Previously the Pirates' director of amateur scouting, Horowitz will now work under Washington's new president of baseball operations, Paul Toboni. Toboni, like Horowitz, has a background in amateur scouting. In fact, Horowitz worked under Toboni in the Red Sox's amateur scouting department for several years. That's surely no coincidence."

"To that point, the first assistant GM Toboni hired this offseason was Devin Pearson, who just so happened to be his successor as Boston's director of amateur scouting in 2023. Toboni clearly wants to improve Washington's draft performance - years of poor drafting almost certainly led to Mike Rizzo's unceremonious ousting just before the draft this past summer - and hiring Horowitz is a step toward achieving that goal."

Justin Horowitz will be hired by the Washington Nationals as an assistant general manager and will report to Paul Toboni, the new president of baseball operations. Horowitz previously served as the Pittsburgh Pirates' director of amateur scouting and worked under Toboni in the Red Sox amateur scouting department. Toboni has already hired Devin Pearson, another former Boston scouting director, signaling an emphasis on improving the Nationals' draft performance after years of poor drafting. Pittsburgh's 2024 and 2025 drafts under Horowitz received praise. Several front-office changes followed Toboni's arrival, and staffing roles for Mike DeBartolo and the amateur scouting director remain unclear.

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