A little more than a week after announcing it would part ways with manager Dusty Baker, the Nationals have hired his replacement: Dave Martinez.

Dave Martinez. (Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images)

After playing outfield for 16 years in Major League Baseball, Martinez, 53, spent the last decade as the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs—who won the World Series in 2016 and bumped the Nats out of the playoffs this year—and Tampa Bay. This is his first time as a manager.

“As we went through this process it became clear the type of manager we were looking for — someone who is progressive, someone who can connect with and communicate well with our players, and someone who embraces the analytical side of the game,” said Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo.

It’s the seventh manager for the Nats since moving to D.C. from Montreal in 2005. While the team made it to the postseason both years with Baker as manager, it never moved beyond the first round of the playoffs. It wasn’t just Baker sent packing when his contract expired—the coaching staff’s contracts expired, too.

Martinez will work with the team to build a new coaching staff, per the team. No announcements about new hires have been made yet.

Martinez was previously a finalist to be manager in Washington in 2013, when the job went to Matt Williams, another first-timer in the role, reports ESPN.

His new contract is for three years with an option for a fourth year. This is new for the Nats; since relocating to D.C., the team has only signed managers for two years at a time.

Other people in contention for the job included former Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell, who interviewed with the team, New York Mets hitting coach Kevin Long, who the Nats got permission to speak with. The Nats also reached out to Houston Astros bench coach Alex Cora and made “at least a cursory inquiry” about Joe Girardi, the Yankees’ previous manager, though they did not schedule an interview, The Washington Post reports.