Calling in from the highway somewhere near Paducah, KY, Washington Nationals’ right-hander Blake Treinen told MLB Network Radio hosts Casey Stern and Brad Lidge on Wednesday afternoon that he was on his way to West Palm Beach, FL from his home in Walla Walla, WA, for the start of Spring Training next week.
His plan for the night, Treinen said, was to stop at teammate Shawn Kelley’s house in Kentucky before finishing the final leg of his cross-country journey to the Nationals’ new shared Spring Training facility.
So, the MLB Network Radio hosts wondered, are Treinen and Kelley going to play a game of rock-paper-scissors to decide who will take on the closer’s role this season?