Davey Martinez talked after second baseman Luis García went 2 for 5 with a double, homer, and a walk in Wednesday’s 7-5 win over the Marlins in Miami, about the progress that the 21-year-old infielder has made this season, since getting an opportunity to play every day with the big league club following the Washington Nationals’ sell-off at the trade deadline in late July.
“Yeah, he’s starting to have better at-bats,” Martinez told reporters. “Like I’ve said, when he gets the ball in the strike zone, and specifically up, he has good swings on them, and that’s something that we’re going to keep harping on with him for the next 10 days or whatever.