Patrick Reddington has been FBB's Managing Editor since 2007; credentialed reporter (2009-2020); freelance writer; covering the Expos/Nationals online since 2006.
Davey Martinez talked early in Spring Training 2024 about reliever Tanner Rainey returning from Tommy John surgery to take hopefully take on a role in the back end of the Nationals’ bullpen, though he did acknowledge pretty quickly, once things started, Rainey’s stuff was not quite where they’d hoped.
“His velo is still not where we think it should be,” Martinez said in late March, “… so we’ll see how that transpires. It’s only day one.