Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats look to future; talk prospects...

“Nobody wants to aim to win 70 games in a season,” Nationals' GM and President of Baseball ops Mike Rizzo told reporters, as quoted by MASN's Bobby Blanco, late last season when Washington hit the 70-win plateau before adding another W for 71 total on the year, a 16-game jump for the club from 2022. “We want to win 97 games in the season,” Rizzo explained. “The key to that was we won so few games the year before,” Rizzo said in note-perfect deadpan.