There were so many questions about how Ryan Zimmerman’s contract with the Washington Nationals was coming to an end, how his option for 2020 was unlikely to be picked up, and how the games he was playing, as Washington advanced deep into the postseason, could, potentially, be his last with the team that drafted and developed him, that teammate, Max Scherzer, stood up for him in a dual press conference in the nation’s capital following their series-extending Game 4 win in the NLDS.
Zimmerman went 2 for 4 with a three-run home run and a single in that game, a 6-1 win that sent the series back to LA for Game 5 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.