Signed to a 1-year/$4M free agent deal this winter, Matt Adams put up a .288/.362/.565 line with eight doubles and 15 home runs in 68 games and 213 plate appearances before the All-Star Break. His manager, Davey Martinez, talked during the series with the New York Mets in Citi Field, about the contributions the left-handed slugger made in the so-called first half of the 2018 campaign, playing more than he was expected to with Ryan Zimmerman out with an oblique injury.
Washington Nationals’ slugger Matt Adams homers again in loss: “I show up to the field ready to play every day.”
