Davey Martinez is relentlessly positive. If you have watched the Washington Nationals’ manager closely over his four seasons on the bench with the Nats that’s not news.
It hasn’t been easy for anyone in the nation’s capital in the two years since the club won the first World Series by a D.C.-based ballclub since 1924 in 2019, but even after a disappointing 65-97, fifth place finish in 2021, in a season which saw the team trade off their expiring contracts (and a year-plus of Trea Turner) in a deadline sell-off, the skipper found a way to stress the positives of what he saw over the final months.