Escobar’s Finger Update:
Alcides Escobar sat out of the Nationals’ three-game set with the Mets in D.C. this week while dealing with an infection under his fingernail which spread to the knuckle, and kept him on the bench, available if needed but not able to start.
“He’s feeling better,” manager Davey Martinez said before the series finale with New York in the nation’s capital. “They drained it again yesterday, and he feels a lot better today, he’s got a little bit more mobility, so we’ll keep an eye on it, and hopefully with the day off tomorrow he’ll be back in there on Friday.