Signed by Washington out of the Dominican Republic for $50K in July of 2016, Nationals’ righty Joan Adon made his major league debut in Game 162 of 162 last season, putting a solid start together, in which he struck out nine of 24 Boston Red Sox’ hitters he faced in Nationals Park, with just six hits, three walks, and two earned runs allowed over 5 1⁄3 IP.
Adon, 23, talked after the outing about the taste of big league action motivating him to return to the majors this season.
“It obviously gives me a lot of motivation to keep working hard,” he said, “.