Now-former Nationals’ pitching coach Paul Menhart told Federal Baseball’s David Driver last week that he was, “... a little disappointed with some of the injuries,” on Washington’s roster, though he considered it “inevitable and unfortunate” after pitchers had only three weeks to ramp up in Spring Training 2.0 for the start of the 60-game 2020 season, once players were informed of a start date for the pandemic-delayed season in July.
“I wish there was a better way to get them ready for this (60-game) sprint,” Menhart added.
“I don’t have an answer for what we could have done differently.