Davey Martinez talked after Howie Kendrick’s late Game 7 home run put the Nationals up for good on the way to their World Series win in October of 2019 about the hard work Kendrick put in to make sure he was there for that opportunity after he suffered a torn Achilles in the 2018 campaign.
“He came in last year, he knew he was out for the year,” Martinez told reporters in Houston.
“This guy worked unbelievably last year to get back and then come to Spring Training.
“When he showed up at Spring Training we thought he wasn’t going to be able to do much.