Davey Martinez talked late in the 2023 campaign about conversations he had with opposing teams’ personnel eager for information on how the Nationals managed to get through their season using just eight starting pitchers.
They got the majority of their starts from five pitchers (Patrick Corbin, 32; Josiah Gray, 30; Trevor Williams, 30; MacKenzie Gore, 27; and Jake Irvin, 24), with three more pitchers (Joan Adon, 10; Chad Kuhl, 5; and Jackson Rutledge, 4), taking the ball the rest of the outings.