Before Saturday afternoon’s game, Washington’s Nationals optioned 23-year-old shortstop CJ Abrams to Triple-A Rochester, effectively ending his season.
Davey Martinez assured reporters it was an internal issue, rather than performance-related when he spoke before the third game of four with the Cubs in Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
“I just want it to be known, it wasn’t performance-based. It’s an internal issue. I’m not going to give specifics, or talk about specifics,” Martinez said. “Because I need to keep these guys and everything on the down-low. I got other guys out there that I want to support.