New Washington Nationals president of baseball operations Paul Toboni says he sees plenty of potential in the organization but needs to "be honest with where we're at" as he tries to help turn around a franchise that has spent the past half-decade foundering.
"Obviously we don't love that we won 66 games this past year. So there's definitely work to do," Toboni told ESPN. "But at the same time, I think it is a really exciting time within the franchise. What we're going to concern ourselves with is just making really good decision after really good decision. And hopefully we look up here in some period of time and momentum is starting to roll and we're really starting to build an organization that can be a perennial contender."
The 35-year-old Toboni, whose hiring was made official Wedn