Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez joked after Washington signed Brock Holt in late August that he would have to get the 32-year-old utility man on the mound at some point since Holt had taken the field in every position but pitcher and catcher in his nine-year career.
“We’re going to try to get him to pitch, obviously he wants to ... no,” Martinez said.
But as he watched Aaron Barrett, (who apparently had some tightness in his triceps, and was having a hard time with his landing spot in Marlins Park), struggle to throw strikes, Martinez walked over in the dugout to ask if Holt would be willing to take the hill.