Davey Martinez had advice for Eric Thames over the weekend, as the hard-hitting slugger struggled to get going at the plate in his first season with the Washington Nationals.
“He’s doing everything he can to get his swing right,” Martinez said after Thames appeared frustrated with a well-struck liner in Baltimore that was caught near the right field wall.
“He hit a bullet,” Martinez continued. “He’s hit some balls hard this year, just right at people. So we’ve got to get him going.
“He’s going to play against right-handed pitchers. We just got to keep him going.