“He’s in the lineup. He’s good to go,” second-year manager Davey Martinez told reporters on Thursday afternoon, as quoted by MASN’s Byron Kerr, after he’d penciled Juan Soto into the Washington Nationals’ lineup, batting third and playing left a night after Soto was scratched with back spasms.
“It’s good to have him back in there,” Martinez said. “He said he didn’t feel anything really. I think he just cramped up. We don’t want to take a chance.”
Martinez said the 20-year-old slugger gave the Nationals’ brass a scare when he locked up during batting practice the previous day.