Name: Blake Butera Joins Nationals as Youngest MLB Manager
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Description: Blake Butera, the youngest MLB manager, talks about crafting a culture and setting the Nationals up for future victories. Aram Leighton joins to break it down.

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Finally, uh, got this Pratt. Why did it take so long to get this press conference from Blake Butera, the new manager and the youngest manager in Major League Baseball history. Um, first, let's hear from Buttera who had his press conference and talked about joining the Nationals and taking over the reins. I I obviously enjoyed my time managing with the Rays, and then when they, you know, brought this next opportunity up to me, it was something that was, um, Obviously, uh, on a broader spectrum with a lot more players, a lot more staff members to oversee. Um, I think it was something that gave me a much better perspective of how to build an organization from the ground up and what goes into creating a winning culture, creating a winning team, creating a winning organization. Um, and, you know, I think when this next opportunity came about, I always loved being on the field. I love the competition. I love being with the guys every day. So this is a no-brainer. Yeah, I think I mentioned earlier, just the culture is the biggest thing. Right, I think we create an environment where players feel challenged at all times, but also supported, um, it's something that's really important and something that Tampa Bay does a great job of. Uh, they're always going to be upfront with their players in terms of what their deficiencies might be. Um, but there's also an art to it where you don't just tell a player what they need to get better at. You tell them where we view them, where we think they can get to, and then make sure we support the heck out of them to get them there. Uh, Rob, it shouldn't be a surprise that more staff members from the Rays are being poached because naturally when you've won as much as they have over the last decade or two, you're gonna want to replicate that. We've seen that go on all across Major League Baseball, but Butera is. Young around like this is this is beyond anything that we've seen before. What do you make of this hiring here and you know, honestly, if they can do a good job in free agency and some player acquisition, they should be OK because they got a ton of nice young talent, nice little core. Uh, and that's why I like this approach. I think, you know, we, we see the coaching carousel so often and, and I think with a younger team is, is bringing in a manager who's been around the block. Is that really going to be what, you know, connects with some of these young players? I, I don't know. And, and I think we kind of saw that that kind of wasn't the case with some of the issues that they had at times with, uh, some of their younger players staying focused. But I also think It's, it's similar to the trend we saw and have seen in the NFL where it's like those forward-thinking, younger, offensive-minded coaches that uh become very popular. Uh, I, I think there's a similar aspect to it in baseball here where you have guys that have been in the trenches and play. On the player development side, understand what, what is required, uh, to, to get up to the big leagues and, and kind of make that adjustment. And I think this is the right guy to potentially be able to usher guys up there to do that because at the end of the day, they need to convert a lot more of their young talent coming through the minor leagues if they're gonna get anywhere where they need to go and where they want to be. And, and it, I think the player development focus and a younger, a younger manager who's going to align with the very young core, uh, probably makes a lot of sense. Yeah, and, and you look at the cores you said it's very young, they haven't been able to build around them. That's been the issue, but they have CJ Abrams, James Wood, who of course has been fantastic, was in the All-Star Game, Dylan Cruz, Luis Garcia, MacKenzie Gore got off to a great start last year. DJ Herz, let's also not forget the Nationals had the number one overall pick in the draft. They took Eli Willis, so eventually he will come along too, so they're in good shape there. Within the division though, I think this is where the issue is. Aram is that look, I, I mean when you have the Phillies and Mets and uh the Marlins came off a great year and they finished ahead of the Braves, the Braves, you know, run differential said they should have won 8590 games. I mean, I guess they probably will next year. So Washingtonam, no matter what could be at the bottom, but I think it sounds like they're sort of prepared for that next year too. Yeah, and it seems like we'll talk about kind of the rumor mill and stuff like that. McKenzie Gore could potentially be expendable, and you, you wonder if they just, it's, it feels like they're rebuilding a rebuild, but at least you see some of these young pieces here and I think they just realize it's gonna be a process, so we might as well invest in a younger manager, see if he can blossom with us as well, and, and try something a little bit different. And, and I don't hate that with the new regime here, uh, in the Nationals front office.

Blake Butera Joins Nationals as Youngest MLB Manager

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