Before Sunday afternoon’s game against the New York Mets in the nation’s capital, the Washington Nationals announced that following Saturday night’s game, they returned starter Josh Rogers to Triple-A Rochester.
The club then quickly recalled Rogers with outfielder Gerardo Parra going onto the 10-Day Injured List with inflammation in his right knee, which was surgically repaired over the winter.
“Parra has been complaining about his knee,” Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez explained before Sunday’s game. “Says he’s got a little inflammation in his right knee. It’s the knee he had surgery on, so I talked to Parra and just told him, ‘Hey, why don’t we just give this thing some rest and see how you feel in 10 days or so,’ so he agreed.