Toboni: Not just a Jabroni for POBO

[Slateman]

Blame everywhere except at the top, still

I mean, Janes, Svrulga, and Goldman did a pretty good job of placing blame with ownership.

All we've heard is that Toboni is going to build a "scouting monster." That sounds an awful lot like we're going to have payroll like the Brewers, Guardians, or Rays.

[varoadking]

I mean, Janes, Svrulga, and Goldman did a pretty good job of placing blame with ownership.

All we've heard is that Toboni is going to build a "scouting monster." That sounds an awful lot like we're going to have payroll like the Brewers, Guardians, or Rays.

Whatever it is, it has to be better than what it is now...

[zimm_da_kid]

I mean, Janes, Svrulga, and Goldman did a pretty good job of placing blame with ownership.

All we've heard is that Toboni is going to build a "scouting monster." That sounds an awful lot like we're going to have payroll like the Brewers, Guardians, or Rays.

Well they all go to the playoffs and have extensions to Jose Ramirez, wander Franco (yeah yeah I know), and yelich

[Slateman]

Whatever it is, it has to be better than what it is now...

Maybe. Different kind of purgatory.

[IanRubbish]

Whatever it is, it has to be better than what it is now...

It's also good to have a PBO who can get through a radio interview without a million "ums" and "ahs", and endless gibberish.

[IanRubbish]

As expected, DeBartolo stays, although just about all of the other remnants of Rizzo's front office were let go today.

First Sunshine post of the offseason right there.

[varoadking]

As expected, DeBartolo stays, although just about all of the other remnants of Rizzo's front office were let go today. Might be they were good guys but probably they should have read the tea leaves back in July.

Maybe they did. or they thought Bart could save them...

[Slateman]

Grant Paulson tweeted that Toboni will be with them at 2pm on WJFK

[PowerBoater69]

DOGE has come to Nats Park.

@Britt_Ghiroli
I've heard this number is much larger than initially thought. Easily north of 50 cuts in the Nationals organization for new president Paul Toboni, who will be busy filling all of these jobs (and finding a new manager)

[varoadking]

DOGE has come to Nats Park.

@Britt_Ghiroli
I've heard this number is much larger than initially thought. Easily north of 50 cuts in the Nationals organization for new president Paul Toboni, who will be busy filling all of these jobs (and finding a new manager)

More like the Grim Reaper.  Something tells me that Mini-Me is well pleased...trimming some of Rizzo's overpaid fat...this may likely have been a condition of Toboni's employment...

[HalfSmokes]

DOGE has come to Nats Park.

@Britt_Ghiroli
I've heard this number is much larger than initially thought. Easily north of 50 cuts in the Nationals organization for new president Paul Toboni, who will be busy filling all of these jobs (and finding a new manager)

You’re not hitting that number with scouts and minor league staff. That means ticket reps, ground crew, marketing…

[Slateman]

No, Toboni doesn't have purview over those positions.

Also, the Ringer did a study in 2019 that said the average number of scouts was 54.6. You factor in coaching staff, medical staff, and other assorted staff and 50 is still within the real of player development.

[Smithian]

The idea of a top heavy front office validates a popular thought Rizzo had “his guys” and it got stale.

I still give a lot of credit to how DeBartolo navigate the draft and more importantly the deadline. If he is retained as GM, I have no qualms. Lack of announcement so far makes me think it’s a decision Toboni made on his own versus DeBartolo being someone he had to keep.

[imref]

Toboni just held a media call. Per TalkNats he laid out the roles of his assistant GMs:

Devin Pearson will oversee the Nats player development operation.

Justin Horowitz will oversee acquisitions (amateur scouting, trades, international scouting).

Mike DeBartolo will also oversee baseball operations.

No plans at the moment to hire a single GM.

Said he and Butera are working on hiring a coaching staff and that MLB experience was not a requirement.

[Smithian]

No way to judge Peasron and Horowitz. Got to trust Toboni on them. For DeBartolo, on baseball ops, he has had to run a draft and a trade deadline, so seems like he is actually a good selection to keep for that more focused rule.

I still would like to see a CEO or some sort of top business exec brought in.

[imref]

DeBartolo gets an SVP title.

[tomterp]

DeBartolo gets an SVP title.

 

[Natsinpwc]

DeBartolo gets an SVP title.

Scott Van Pelt?

[English Natsie]

Sounds reasonable?... (hint - keep scrolling... )

https://www.mlb.com/news/where-every-mlb-team-starts-2025-2026-offseason

[Kevrock]

Yes, fair and accurate. I wouldn't expect major moves or investment into the roster; gotta evaluate and rebuild everything in the image they want.

[OfftheBat]

Sounds reasonable?... (hint - keep scrolling... )

https://www.mlb.com/news/where-every-mlb-team-starts-2025-2026-offseason

Man I hate seeing all these rumors about Gore getting traded...

[Smithian]

Sounds reasonable?... (hint - keep scrolling... )

https://www.mlb.com/news/where-every-mlb-team-starts-2025-2026-offseason

Reasonable. Probably fair on Gore.

I think the most important thing this offseason is building a club more attentive to the fundamentals. We've been the statistically worst defensive team in baseball since 2020. Have to be the most sloppy on the bases.

Build an organization where sloppy play is allowed and this is what you get. I blame some of our pitching struggles on them getting zero help from the guys behind them.

[aspenbubba]

Reasonable. Probably fair on Gore.

I think the most important thing this offseason is building a club more attentive to the fundamentals. We've been the statistically worst defensive team in baseball since 2020. Have to be the most sloppy on the bases.

Build an organization where sloppy play is allowed and this is what you get. I blame some of our pitching struggles on them getting zero help from the guys behind them.

They were bad in the minors and the only people to blame are the managers and coaches who manned our minor league teams.

[wj73]

They were bad in the minors and the only people to blame are the managers and coaches who manned our minor league teams.

This. I went to a number of games at Harrisburg this year. It was eye opening to see how much better most of the visiting teams were at basic fundamentals than the Senators were.


We need to have a consistent emphasis on fundamentals starting from the first day a player walk into DSL or FCL ball, all the way up the minors. I don’t care how far you can hit a ball. It’s no good if you can’t hit the cut off man, you throw to the wrong base, or you are constantly TOOTBLANed.

[Slateman]

Too bad Butera has no control over that