Federal Baseball · Jun 22, 2021
Should we be concerned about Kyle Schwarber and his knee?
Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images The SNY announce team covering the game was apoplectic when Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez lifted Kyle Schwarber after he went 3 for 4 with three homers over seven innings in Sunday’s series finale with the New York Mets in the nation’s capital.
The list of players with four home runs in a game is relatively short. How could Martinez not let Schwarber get another at bat and try for a 4th HR?
Schwarber had five in two games, and nine home runs on the 11-game homestand, and then you take him out of the game?
Well, as Martinez explained in his post game Zoom call, it was a decision he made with the long-term health of his slugger in mind.