The day after a May 12th appearance against the Philadelphia Phillies in which Sam Clay got out of a 2-on, 2-out jam by retiring Bryce Harper on a groundout to second, Davey Martinez talked on a Zoom call with reporters about the Washington Nationals’ reliever, and what the 27-year-old is adding to the bullpen mix in his first year in the organization after he signed a big league deal with the club this winter.
“He’s awesome,” Martinez said, and, apparently, also unflappable.
“You don’t get any reaction from him. It’s hard to — I remember one day I got a smile out of him, I thought that was great.