The article critiques Washington Nationals' general manager Mike Rizzo for his shortcomings in player development, scouting, and drafting over the past twelve years. While ownership is also criticized, the focus on Rizzo's record highlights failures including player drafts post-2012, overshadowing previous successes. The article presents a largely negative perspective, branded by the term "bottom feeders" to describe the team's struggles, signaling a shift in their performance trajectory since their peak years from 2011 to mid-2021.
"A perhaps even bigger problem is the team's failures in player development, as well as amateur and international scouting, going back more than a decade - failures that president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo's ... can mask only so much."
"When you get called a 'bottom feeder' in the title and the first paragraph, you know that you are going to get a heavy dose of negativity from Rosenthal."
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