The Washington Nationals will soon make the top overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Whom they'll take remains unknown, even at this late hour, but what is certain is that the Nats are already in a critical period of recent franchise history.

One week before they select the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft, the Washington Nationals fired president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez, a rare housecleaning on the eve of arguably the most important time of year for baseball-operations departments.