Davey Martinez started building his résumé for 2021 National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday, putting his players in place to succeed and keeping his team in the game until Juan Soto’s ninth-inning heroics sealed a 6-5 Opening Day win over Atlanta.
With 11 players on the Injured List because of COVID, the Nats had to recall players they’d just sent to the alternate training site before the season opener. Both the team’s regular catchers were sent to the IL, so the team signed former All-Star Jonathan Lucroy after the Chicago White Sox released him.