Davey Martinez broke the news before questions started in his pregame press conference on Monday: Stephen Strasburg is heading back to the IL. There isn’t much news now, but the Nationals’ 2009 No. 1 overall pick went for an MRI and Martinez promised he’d update everyone when he knows more, but after Strasburg, who has been limited to seven starts over the 2020-21 seasons, made just one start back, there is now an as-yet-undisclosed issue for the 33-year-old starter.
“This is a surgery that — after talking to doctors and trainers, it’s relatively new,” Martinez explained of the procedure for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, “and it affects guys differently.