A COVID outbreak before the season even started, a less-than-stellar start with a makeshift lineup, continuing struggles once players came off the COVID-IL, and now a couple injuries to key pitchers, along with slow starts for some starters. It hasn’t been an easy early couple weeks for the Washington Nationals. So how are they holding up under the adversity?
”The boys are good,” manager Davey Martinez said after Sunday’s 5-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
“The boys are ready to play every day. They’re excited about, for the most part, all of them being back, you know, our regular players.