Davey Martinez has been building Will Harris up cautiously, trying to get the 36-year-old up to speed after a still undiagnosed issue with inflammation in his right hand sidetracked him this spring and set back his build-up for the second season of his 3-year/$24M deal in D.C.
It’s a difficult situation, for everyone involved, and a particularly frustrating one for Harris, who struggled on the mound again on Saturday afternoon, facing three batters and giving up three hits, with the third a double that drove in two runs before he was lifted in favor of Daniel Hudson, who shut the door on a potential rally, preserving a three-run lead in what ended up a 12-9 win over the Baltimore Orioles.