The Nationals extended Dave Martinez‘s contract another three years:

Typically, clubs seek to avoid having a manager or general manager navigate a season with the dreaded “lame duck” status — i.e., no contract in place for the following year — but the Nationals have repeatedly bucked that trend by waiting until the 11th hour to make decisions one way or another on both their managers and GMs. The Nats didn’t extend general manager Mike Rizzo, whose contract didn’t even have a 2021 option, until three weeks ago.

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It’s the right thing to do for the man who kept the team together for the comeback and the breaking of the World Series drought.