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Washington Nationals General Manger Will Not Focus Solely on Ethan Holliday
The Washington Nationals entered the Winter Meetings with a lot of needs to fill, but they recently got some excellent news.
While they still have a lot of holes on their roster, they recently wont the MLB Draft Lottery, securing the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft.
This is a big deal for the team looking to break out of their rebuild to once again become a contender.
The last two times the Nationals had the No.1 overall pick, it worked out quite well, as they were able to select Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg.
With the draft coming up in the summer, general manager Mike Rizzo and his staff will have plenty of time between now and then.
Rizzo has been with the organization for both of those picks, so he knows what an elite prospect can do for the franchise. While the draft is still months away, it is looking like Ethan Holliday will be the early favorite to be selected first overall.
However, Rizzo isn’t just focusing on him.
“What I’ve learned from those (previous No. 1) picks is: Don’t get too ultra-focused on one player in one draft season,” Rizzo told MLB Network on Tuesday evening with text via Mark Zuckerman of MASN. “Have a wide scope, and really scour the country. Especially with the draft pools being so large, and allocating money differently, you can really do some interesting things and impact your draft throughout the entirety.”
There is certainly a lot to like about Holliday as a prospect, with his brother Jackson Holliday being a former first overall pick of the Baltimore Orioles and his father being former multi-time All-Star Matt Holliday.
At 17 years old, Ethan is still very raw as a prospect, but his ceiling is very high, as his brother Jackson said Ethan is further along than him at the same stage.
While the younger Holliday might be the top choice, there are some other strong options.
Rizzo will certainly be looking at Holliday closely, but outfielder Jace LaViolette and pitcher Jamie Arnold will also get some looks.
The Nationals getting the first pick is really exciting for the franchise, as this is a team that already has a ton of young talent. Adding another player who could be better than James Woods or Dylan Crews at some point in his career will only help improve a team that already has a very bright future.
Washington has done a good job with their previous two first overall picks, and they will be hoping to strike gold again.
A 26-year-old man had an argument with a co-worker before allegedly fatally shooting the colleague in Washington Heights, prosecutors said Friday.
Bobby Martin, who was charged with first-degree murder Thursday, made his first appearance Friday in Cook County court.
Martin, is accused of killing his co-worker, Antoine Alexander, 32, in a parking lot at 9411 S Ashland Ave about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Chicago police.
Prosecutors said Martin and Alexander worked together at an armed security company and got into a verbal altercation inside the guard shack on Tuesday afternoon. During the altercation, prosecutors said Alexander removed his bullet proof vest and threw it to the ground. A witness, another co-worker, then told the defendant and the victim to take the altercation outside.
After stepping outside, the defendant pulled his firearm and fired one shot into the victims abdomen, prosecutors said. The victim’s firearm was holstered at the time of the argument and the shooting. The defendant fled the scene and came into contact with another co-worker, whom he told that he had just shot Alexander.
Alexander was then taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
Martin was arrested by authorities three blocks from his home approximately 20 minutes after the shooting, prosecutors said.
Martin was detained and will appear in court again on March 17, authorities said.
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Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
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