As of Tuesday afternoon, when he made the official announcement on Stephen Strasburg’s return to the majors for the series finale in Miami, Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez didn’t know which catcher he would send out with Washington’s 33-year-old right-hander his first time out in the majors since undergoing season-ending surgery last summer.
“We’ll see. I’m going to look at the matchups, I know [Marlins’ left-hander Trevor] Rogers is pitching, so I’ll take that into consideration,” Martinez said.
He decided to go with Riley Adams, over Keibert Ruiz, who’d caught each of the first two of three games in loanDepot park.