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Washington Nationals’ Joan Adon trying to make most of opportunity early in career...

Davey Martinez summed up Joan Adon’s struggles against the Pittsburgh Pirates this past weekend in PNC Park pretty succinctly when he talked in his post game press conference about the 23-year-old right-hander’s issues locating his pitches.

“Pure location,” was the problem Martinez said.

“His misses were bad, and then when he threw a strike they were right down the middle. He was missing spots pretty much all night.

“He got — the last inning and a half, he actually threw the ball where he was supposed to throw it and you saw the quick outs.