| Blake Butera | |
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| Washington Nationals | |
| Infielder / Manager | |
| Born:August 7, 1992 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Blake Matthew Butera (born August 7,1992) is an American professional baseball manager and former infielder who is the current manager of the Washington Nationals.
Butera attended Boston College,playing baseball for them from 2011 to 2015. Originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2015,he spent two seasons in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) before becoming a manager for the Hudson Valley Renegades and Charleston RiverDogs.
He was voted team captain as a senior in 2015. Over his collegiate career,he ranked first in Boston College's record books with 112 walks and 774 at bats,second with 207 games played,205 games started,and 346 times reaching base,tied for sixth with 205 hits,and third with 29 times hit by pitch. In 2015,he recorded five sacrifice flies,tied for eighth on the program's single-season list. As a freshman in 2012,he drew 31 walks,tied for ninth on the single-season record list,and posted a 13-game hitting streak that ranked seventh since 2005. His 12-game hitting streak in 2014 ranked ninth. He also recorded four career walk-off hits. [1]
He drafted in the 35 round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays, [2] and played that season for the Princeton Rays. In 2016,he played for both the Princeton Rays and the Low-A Hudson Valley Renegades. [3]
In 2018,at the age of 25 years old,Butera was named the manager of the Hudson Valley Renegades,becoming the youngest manager in Minor League Baseball. [4] He previously played as an infielder for the Renegades in 2016, [5] and was their first base coach in 2017. [4] He spent two seasons managing the Renegades,compiling a record of 88 wins and 62 losses. [6] [7]
Butera was the manager of the Charleston RiverDogs in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. He posted a record of 170 wins and 82 losses across the two seasons with the RiverDogs. [8] [9] He won Manager of the Year awards in Minor League Baseball and won two league championships. [4] [10] [11]
In 2023,Butera served as the Rays' assistant field coordinator,and in 2024 he was promoted to senior director of player development. [2]
On October 31,2025,Butera was announced as the new manager of the Washington Nationals. At age 33,he became the youngest MLB manager since the Minnesota Twins hired Frank Quilici in 1972. [12]