News of Juan Soto’s positive test for COVID-19 broke hours before last night’s 2020 season opener, so most of the conversation in Zoom calls with Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo and Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez before the game focused on the 21-year-old outfielder, whereas they usually would have focused on roster decisions after the club’s 30-Man roster was released in advance of the matchup with the New York Yankees.
Rizzo and Martinez did discuss the choices they made when they chose the 30 players they wanted out of the 60-player pool they put together for Spring Training 2.