On the first day of Spring Training in West Palm Beach, FL this year, Davey Martinez talked to reporters in person and on a Zoom call about his initial reaction when he learned his first baseman for his first four years on the bench in Washington, D.C. Ryan Zimmerman, called it a career and stepped away from the Nationals and the game over the winter.
“Personally I’m going to miss Ryan a lot,” Martinez said.
“We’ve had some unbelievable conversations over the years. He’s a phenomenal person, not just on the baseball field but off.”
“He was that silent captain.