Davey Martinez said on Thursday he was hoping Aníbal Sánchez would get up to around five innings and 75 pitches in his fourth rehab start Friday night, pitching with the club’s Triple-A affiliate.
“He says he feels good, but we still got to build him up,” Martinez told reporters in advance of Friday night’s opener for the Washington in Atlanta, as quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco.
“We got to understand that he’s missed a lot. He didn’t pitch for a while, so we want to make sure that when he comes back, he’s healthy,” Martinez said of the starter who was with their club for the World Series run in 2019, and in 2020’s 60-game campaign before he took 2021 off then signed back with the Nationals this year.