Sammy Solis tied his previous season high for appearances on May 29th, when he took the mound for the 30th time in 2018. He was up to 36 appearances heading into Friday night’s series opener with the Philadelphia Phillies in Nationals Park.
Things have settled down for Washington’s 29-year-old left-hander, but for a while there, he was taking the mound every time you turned around, with his first 30 appearances coming over the Nationals’ first 54 games.