When the Nationals take the field next season, they will have a new-hire manager for the first time since 2018. Here are eight things to know about 33-year-old Blake Butera, the eighth manager in Nationals team history (since 2005):

1) What a memorable day

On Thursday – the same day news broke of his hiring – Butera and his wife, Caroline Margolis, welcomed their first child, Blair Margaux Butera. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C.

2) Age nothing but a number

Born on Aug. 7, 1992, Butera is older than every player on the Nationals’ 40-man roster under contract next season except for Trevor Williams (April 25, 1992). Among all the players in Major League Baseball, only 217 appeared in a game this season at age 33 or older. Butera shares a birthday with Angels star Mike Trout, who was

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