Nationals hire 35-year-old Red Sox exec Paul…
The Nationals entrance workplace goes to have a new — and comparatively youthful — look.
Washington employed Red Sox senior vice president/assistant basic supervisor Paul Toboni as their new head of baseball operations, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan first broke the news.
The Nationals now have the inspiration for a revamped entrance workplace after they fired longtime basic supervisor Mike Rizzo — and supervisor Davey Martinez — in July.
Paul Toboni (left) is set to be part of the Nationals’ entrance workplace. Getty Images
The Boston Globe’s Tim Healey reported last week that Toboni was under consideration to grow to be the Red Sox basic supervisor and work straight as chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s No. 2.
Instead, after 10 years in the Red Sox group and numerous roles from intern to scout to assistant GM, Toboni now inherits a Nationals workforce that has floundered since profitable the World Series in 2019.
Since profitable it all in a Cinderella run, Washington has not had a single profitable season and is enjoying out its fifth straight 12 months with 90-plus losses.
The Nationals have a good time their win over the Mets on Sept. 21, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post
The Nationals do have three top-100 prospects on MLB Pipeline — shortstop Eli Willits and right-handers Jarlin Susana and Travis Sykora — and their farm system as a complete ranks close to the underside in a quantity of lists, sitting at No. 23 on MLB.com and getting a C- grade for the 12 months on Baseball America.
Toboni was half of a entrance workplace in Boston that helped flip around that minor league system and has already seen former top-100 prospects Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer and Payton Tolle make their big league debuts this 12 months.
Toboni could have his work cut out for him, particularly now working in the same division with heavy spenders in the Mets and Phillies.
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