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MLB Rumors: Nationals might fire Matt Williams after season

By Josh Hill

Aug 15, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams (9) looks on during the third inning against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 15, 2015; San Francisco, CA, USA; Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams (9) looks on during the third inning against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Washington Nationals are trying to make the postseason but they could end up firing their manager, Matt Williams. 

As September nears and the final stretch of the season is upon us, the Washington Nationals are trying to get back into the postseason race as to not get swallowed up before it’s too late.

Right now they sit 4.5 games behind the Mets in the NL East and are almost 10 games behind the Cubs for the second Wild Card spot. Fans are attributing bad managing decisions by Matt Williams to the slide by the Nationals, and they might not be alone in that criticism.

As opined by – but not reported by — Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Nationals could end up letting Williams go at the end of the season if things don’t turn around.

This doesn’t really come as that big of a surprise to those who have been watching Williams and the Nats this season. The skipper has been criticized for his decision making during games but it’s not as though he’s working with a fully healthy roster of players. It’s a hard job to cobble things together this late in the season with the injuries that Washington has had to deal with.

If Williams is fired after the season, it would signal serious change for a Nationals team that seems to be on the brink of becoming special. They’ve been consistently in the postseason hunt over the past few years, but they just haven’t been able to get over the hump.

Williams decision making will make fans less than confident entering the postseason — should the Nats even make it — and how things go down the stretch of the season will be telling for his future. He’s not a bad manager, but the Nationals need results outside of postseason berths and that needs to be delivered this season by Williams — or else.

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