Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez talked to Joan Adon after the starter was optioned to Triple-A Rochester back in early June, and let him know where he needed to improve his game, but he also delivered a message to the 23-year-old starter who signed with the organization out of the Dominican Republic in 2016.
“We explained he’s not the first one that’s been in the big leagues and had to get sent down,’ Martinez told reporters.
“Sometimes when they come back up they’re ready to go so we’re hoping that’s the case with him.”
“He’s going to go down there, we wanted to send him down yesterday so he can fit in the rotation every five days down there, and then work on his changeup, work on throwing his fastball and location, work on his breaking ball and throwing it for strikes, throw strike one, so everything — he’s learned so much,” Martinez continued.