There are rumors all over the place that Washington GM Mike Rizzo will be fired. Fired two days after signing Stephen Strasburg you say? Yes, and here’s why.
Austin Kearns was put on waivers (sounds reasonable - he's been a collassal dissapointment for 8 million) and then claimed (hard to see why anyone would do that - perhaps they should be fired too - given that the team would have to pay his salary.)
But the Nationals didn't wait to find out if anyone claimed him and put him on the DL retroactive to August 4th which in effect, annulled the claim!
Rizzo, obviously concentrating on the Strasburg signing showed that multitasking was not his stregnth. They could have saved 3.4 million by just letting him go to the other team! DOH!
For a team scraping money off the floor to come up with 15 million to sign Stephen Strasburg, that was pretty inept.
Being inept at your job will tend to get you fired. - David Fry
David Fry is an independent sports photographer currently covering Major League Baseball. David will be reporting on observations as he sees them in MLB stadiums throughout the year.
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