Asked before tonight’s game if he had any message for baseball fans in the nation’s capital heading into a season that’s seen by many as a rebuild year for the Nationals, Washington’s fifth-year manager, Davey Martinez, rejected the idea that there is any rebuilding going on with his club.
“We don’t rebuild in the major leagues, we don’t,” Martinez explained before the Nats’ 2022 season opener, reiterating a message he delivered when he spoke after the club’s workouts on Wednesday afternoon.
“We compete,” he added. “And it’s all about competing every day at the highest level, so hey, we got great fans, we really do, and they’re going to go out there and see good baseball.