Washington Nationals are no longer for sale, principal owner Mark Lerner says

Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals are no longer for sale, ending a search for a new owner after the team was on the market for nearly two years. Principal owner Mark Lerner told The Washington Post during spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday that his family “has determined that we are not going to sell the team.” A Nationals spokesperson confirmed the Post’s report. The Lerner family began exploring a sale in April 2022. Ted Lerner, Mark's father, died in February 2023 at age 97. The Lerners have owned the team since buying it from MLB in 2006.