Report: Nationals Ownership Criticized As "Inefficient" And "Directionless"

"" It's so inefficient. When there's that many people in the room, it's hard to come to decisions in an orderly fashion," said one source."

"" How does [anything] get decided? Who has input into it? Who is influential and who's not? I couldn't tell you the first thing because I'm not in those meetings.""

""more than a dozen current or former employees of the Nationals and others around MLB familiar with how the Lerners run their team.""

The Nationals are interviewing candidates to fill a full-time president of baseball operations after firing Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez in July. Interim GM Mike DeBartolo is a candidate and several prominent executives from other teams have been linked to the search. The franchise is finishing its sixth straight losing season and seeks a turnaround. Ownership commitment appears uncertain amid questions about how the Lerner family runs the team. Multiple current and former employees and MLB observers describe a diffuse, inefficient decision-making process with too many influential voices and no singular leadership. Ted Lerner purchased the team in 2006; Mark Lerner became the official control person in 2018.

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