Pitchers and catchers reported for the first day of Washington Nationals spring training. But Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP and the team’s most expensive player, suffered a setback in recovery from 2021 surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome.
More rehab and recovery followed. Wednesday’s development put both him and the Nationals back at square one.
Strasburg’s absence put a damper on an otherwise a normal first day of spring training for the Nationals. In late morning, before the first workout, veteran reliever Kyle Finnegan ran through the schedule on the board in the clubhouse with rookie Thad Ward,The locker of MacKenzie Gore, a 23-year-old left-hander with 70 innings of major league experience, sat next to that of Patrick Corbin, the 33-year-old left-hander who debuted more than 10 years ago.
By the afternoon, the usual sounds of baseball echoed through the facility, balls thwacking into mitts in the bullpens and on the back fields. The one noticeable difference, behind the catchers’ backs and behind the gates, was three pitch clocks, part of the new rules in place this season to speed up games.As Corbin, Gore and Hunter Harvey threw the first round of bullpen sessions, Harvey had an immediate reminder of the new rule.
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