Blake Butera (Image: Nationals)
The Washington Nationals have appointed Blake Butera as manager.
Butera, 33, played baseball at Boston College from 2011 to 2015, followed by a two-season stint in Minor League Baseball. He became the coach-manager of minor league side Hudson Valley in 2018, becoming the youngest manager in Minor League Baseball history at 25 years old.
Should the Nats appoint Butera, he will become the youngest manager in the MLB since Frank Quilici of the Minnesota Twins nearly 53 years ago, ESPN said.
While managing in the minor leagues, Butera tallied a 258-144 overall record. He won two league championships with the Charleston RiverDogs in 2021 and 2022. In October 2023, he became the senior director of player development with the Tampa Bay Rays – the same club that drafted him in 2015.
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