Davey Martinez has told anyone who’ll listen that Yadiel Hernández can hit. That’s been clear at every level of the game that Hernández has played at, but his defense was something the Nationals’ skipper told the outfielder was extremely important coming into the 2021 season, if he wanted an opportunity to play every day, and as he said on Monday evening’s pregame Zoom call with reporters, Hernández has taken his defensive work seriously and improved in left field in the last year.
“He’s done a lot better from the beginning of the year,” Martinez said.
“We had these conversations in Spring Training where, if he’s going to play in the big leagues, it’s not just one-sided,” the manager explained.