Dave Martinez, Washington Nationals
It certainly feels like a lot longer than four years ago when the Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros in seven games to win the 2019 World Series. They look a lot different now than they did then roster-wise.
Gone are Trea Turner, Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto, and Max Scherzer, just to name a few. They currently sit in last place in a good National League East, a place where they have finished the last three seasons. They are coming in a 107-loss 2022 season and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them close in on that number again this season.
Dave Martinez, who began his coaching career as a bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays, is in his sixth season as manager of the Nationals and he won the World Series in just his second year in charge. Since then, however, a lot has changed and Washington is a team that is stuck in a long rebuild after trading and losing key pieces of the club the last couple of seasons.
They have some good young players, including pitcher Josiah Gray, but being stuck in the NL East is not a division you want to be in with the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and Phillies when you’re in a rebuild. When a team goes through a rebuild, generally a tenured manager like Martinez doesn’t stick around to see it through. Moving on from him and bringing in a new voice with the recent struggles might be the move that Washington makes sooner rather than later.