While he did struggle over 12 starts, and though he was optioned out to Triple-A Rochester, Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez said Joan Adon, 23, handled it all fairly well in his first extended stretch of outings in the majors.
“He’s good, I mean, he’s working, he works hard,” Martinez said. “He’s out there with [Pitching Coach Jim] Hickey, in-between starts, and working on different things. We changed some things in his mechanics that he feels a lot better. He’s throwing more consistent strikes at times.”
“Today was just one of those days,” Martinez continued, after Adon gave up eight runs on seven hits (two of them home runs, one a grand slam by Jazz Chisholm, Jr.