“It took him a long time to get here, but he’s here, and he made the most of it,” Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez said of the run Joey Meneses went on once he finally got the call to come up to the majors, after 10 seasons in the minors, and 12 years total playing pro ball in the U.S., Mexico, and, briefly, Japan.
Meneses posted a .286/.341/.489 line with 14 doubles and 20 home runs in 96 games and 414 plate appearances at Triple-A in the first season in the Nats’ system before the August 2nd trade deadline, and he came up after the club dealt Juan Soto (& Josh Bell) to the San Diego Padres and went on a run which earned him a spot in the first base/outfield mix for 2023.