WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Washington Nationals are willing to wait for whatever Stephen Strasburg can deliver this season.
That’s the approach Dave Martinez is taking with the former World Series MVP, who is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery and has pitched a total of only 26 2-3 innings in the last two years.
So if that means Strasburg’s regular-season debut is delayed by a month and his output is only about half of a normal full season starter, so be it.
“We’re not going to get 175 innings,” Martinez said Thursday. “Whatever we get out of him is going to be good.