“I watched him over the years,” Davey Martinez said after free agent signee Trevor Williams’ fourth start of the new season, a six-inning, two-run outing which left him with a 3.38 ERA, 4.65 FIP, and a .244/.282/.436 line against in his first 21 1⁄3 innings pitched for the Nationals.
“He’s done awesome,” the manager added. “He keeps you in the ballgame. That’s what we expect of him. He goes out there and he competes.”
Williams signed a two-year/$13M free agent deal with Washington this past winter, following a season and a half in New York in which he moved back and forth between the bullpen and starting rotation for the Mets, working mostly in relief.