“Tomorrow we’re going to go with Jon Lester,” Davey Martinez told reporters in his pregame Zoom call before Tuesday night’s matchup.
Washington’s starter for the third of four with the Atlanta Braves in Truist Park was TBD until Martinez made the announcement that Lester would go on short rest, after pitching last on Saturday, when he went just four innings in the second game of two in the doubleheader with the Milwaukee Brewers in D.C.
There was some consideration given to allowing Erick Fedde to go if he was ready, but after a significant amount of time on the COVID-IL, it didn’t work out.