Considering the situation the Washington Nationals are in right now, with a number of their players unavailable following positive COVID tests and contact tracing, you can forgive the club if they had concerns getting back on a plane to travel for their first road trip of 2021.
Manager Davey Martinez told reporters before Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Atlanta Braves in D.C., he was prepared for the trip to LA and St. Louis.
“Yeah, you know, knowing that what happened, happened,” Martinez said. “We went through this last year, and we were pretty good.