Interview with De Jon Watson on Player Development

[welch]

A long article that, unfortunately, is in The Athletic

https://theathletic.com/3027001/2021/12/30/nationals-player-development-director-on-his-plans-for-washingtons-system-what-he-learned-with-the-dodgers-and-more/

(I'll come back with some quotes)

[Slateman]

Meh, I remain skeptical. He wasnt part of the Dodgers when Friedman came on board and revamped their whole player development, scouting, and analytics. Watson has been a special assistant to Rizzo for the last five years. He's basically an internal hire.

This looks more like re-shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic

[UMDNats]

Rizzo only hires his boys and doesn't have any actual interest in revamping his operation. He's more in "the culture is actually damn good" mode than anything because JDP is a stud at his job but no one else in the org is.