The last update on Stephen Strasburg before Friday afternoon came on Wednesday night, when his manager, Davey Martinez, told reporters that the 32-year-old starter, who missed out on his 2020 debut with a nerve impingement in his right wrist, had thrown a quick sim game in the nation’s capital.
“He threw the ball today, threw the ball well,” Martinez said, “threw 32 pitches, and he threw the ball well. So we’re going to see how he feels tomorrow, and then we’ll go from there.”
Two days later, with Strasburg, apparently, having recovered well from the brief simulated outing, Martinez said that the 2019 World Series MVP was good to go against Baltimore in Sunday’s series finale with the Orioles in Nationals Park.