VIERA, Fla. – It was different, Jordan Zimmermann said. Strange, Stephen Strasburg said.
For the past six springs, they had worked out in the weight room at Space Coast Stadium together. Since 2010, they had been rotation mates with the Nationals, spending game days together and off days and, sometimes, vacation days in the winter.
But on Saturday morning, Zimmermann made a right out of the weight room, Strasburg a left. They weren’t on the same team anymore, set to take the mound against one another in a Grapefruit League game.
“It’s probably going to be weird if I face them in D.