The Lerner family, who have controlled the Washington Nationals since 2006, is considering selling the Major League Baseball team.
Manager Dave Martinez said that managing principal owner Mark Lerner called him Monday morning to convey the news before the team’s game in Atlanta.
In recent years, Lerner, who has taken over the organization’s leadership from his father, Ted, has stated that the Lerner family will never sell the team.
When did the Lerners buy the Nationals?
They bought the team in the year 2006.
The team turned around its abysmal performance in the second half of the 2000s under the Lerners’ ownership, winning the World Series in 2019.
Since then, the Nationals have let a number of key free agents leave and traded a number of quality players, including pitcher Max Scherzer and shortstop Trea Turner.
How much did Ted Lerner pay for the Nationals?
After the Nationals were relocated from Montreal to Washington, D.C., the Lerners purchased the franchise from MLB for $450 million 16 years ago. In 2019, the franchise won its first World Series championship.
