Lane Thomas played in all of the first 20 games to start the 2023 campaign, but the 27-year-old outfielder finally got a day off in the series finale with the Twins on Sunday, sitting down after going 2 for 9 with three Ks in back-to-back wins in the first two in the Twin Cities.
Thomas finished the day on Saturday 22 for 79 (.279/.318/.329) with four doubles, four walks, and 23 Ks in his first 85 plate appearances this season, in his third year with the Nationals, who acquired him from the Cardinals at the trade deadline in 2021.