“Doolittle, Doolittle is going to go see the doctor again,” Davey Martinez told reporters in his pregame press conference before Thursday’s series opener with Atlanta in Washington, D.C.
Doolittle, of course, is Sean Doolittle, the 35-year-old left-hander, Star Wars nerd, World Series champ, and one-time closer in the nation’s capital, who landed on the IL with a left elbow sprain back in April, and went on the 60-Day after receiving a PRP injection in May.
Before the issues, he’d thrown 5 1⁄3 scoreless in his second stint with the Nationals, striking out six without walking any batters, and he was starting to throw and build up again when things went awry recently.