Patrick Reddington has been FBB's Managing Editor since 2007; credentialed reporter (2009-2020); freelance writer; covering the Expos/Nationals online since 2006.
Signed as a free agent out of Venezuela in 2017, Jose A. Ferrer debuted in the majors in 2023, and this past season, the 23-year-old left-hander stepped up as part of the major league bullpen and worked his way into high-leverage innings by the end of his second campaign with the Nationals.
A left lat strain suffered in Spring Training kept Ferrer out until mid-July, but once he was back, he impressed.
“I thought when he first got hurt, and they told me what it was, he was going to miss a very long time,” manager Davey Martinez said on September 12th, noting how the injury and his recovery ended up providing a lesson for the southpaw.