Federal Baseball · Sep 8, 2020
Washington Nationals’ Kurt Suzuki is taking a beating...
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports How beat up is Kurt SuzukI? “Right now ... he’s a hot mess right now,” Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez admitted after last night’s game.
Suzuki, like most catchers, takes his share of hits, but the 36-year-old backstop has hurt his hand, fouled a ball off his foot, and he’s taken numerous fouls off his legs over the last week-plus.
Last night he went down for a few minutes after a foul ball caught his right knee/shin. It was bad enough to draw trainer Paul Lessard out to home plate, but the veteran shook it off and stayed in the game, and singled and scored an inning later, connecting for one of three hits on the night.