Following their third straight loss to start the 2022 campaign, Davey Martinez talked about the need to get the bottom of the Washington Nationals’ batting order going. It wasn’t the only issue in the first series of the season, but their struggles stood out for the manager in the matchup with the New York Mets in the nation’s capital.
“In the first three games, obviously it hasn’t gone well, but it’s still early. It’s still early. I think these guys will click, they’ll start jelling, and they’ll start hitting. [Alcides] Escobar, [Maikel] Franco, — they all left — Escobar, Franco especially, was swinging the bat well when we left Spring Training, we come here, it’s been a little bit cold, it’s been raining, it’s been — so it’s different.