please do not sit Rosary now!!!!:
As of last week, 32-year-old Eddie Rosario had appeared in 76 at-bats in 24 games (19 starts) this season, going 6-for-70 (.086/.133/.157) with two doubles, one home run, and four walks. , had recorded 19K. . It’s been quite a week since then. Rosario was trying to point out his usual slow start in explaining coach Davey Martinez’s continued insistence on playing the veteran outfielder despite the above diagonal, but 22 He just won the National League Player of the Week award after hitting 10 hits. .455/.571/1.046 in 7 games and 28 PA).
Rosario hit a double and four home runs this past week, scored seven runs, walked seven more than he walked, and also stole four bases. He’s up to six stolen bases this season, matching his total from 2022-2023.
He hit safely in all seven games last week, the Nationals emphasized in the pregame notes for last night’s game (Postponed due to rain), in that seven-game stretch, “with three multi-hit efforts,” and he led, “Major League Baseball slugging percentage 1.045, [was] 2nd place with on-base percentage of .571; [was] Tied for 3rd place with .455 [AVG] From May 4th”
“He’s staying behind the ball,” Martinez said when asked what was different for Rosario from last week. “…He’s keeping the ball in the strike zone. He got a walk today as well, which is great, but he sees the ball really well.
“But he really gets the ball in the strike zone and he swings the bat really, really well.”
forever young:
Jacob Young, 24, made his MLB debut in 2023 and has quickly emerged as a potential seventh-round pick in 2021. Although he wasn’t one of the highly touted prospects in the Nationals’ system, he made the most of the opportunity he got.
After Sunday’s game, in 31 games and 105 at-bats, Young hit .275/.350/.341 with six doubles, seven walks and 13 stolen bases in 15 attempts, leading Victor Robles to Even though he was injured, he showed solid defense as a center fielder. First long stretch of the season.
Neither the defense nor Young’s success on the basepaths came as a surprise to skipper Davey Martinez, who said he knew what the outfielder would bring to the lineup over the weekend at Fenway Park in Boston.
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“We knew he could do both,” Martinez said of Young’s skill set. He doesn’t take anything for granted. When he’s on base, he knows what he has to do.
“When he’s out in the outfield, he wants to catch every ball and doesn’t take the batted ball out to field or run the bases. He’s so committed to every aspect of the game that it’s great to watch. It’s really fun.”
Martinez said that being in the lineup with CJ Abrams opens up all kinds of possibilities.
“A lot of times he brings life to our lineup and plays for C.J. and the other guys.
“He’s been given a lot of playing opportunities and he’s taking advantage of them.”
Although he wasn’t talked about much outside of the organization before his rapid rise to prominence within the organization, Nats higher-ups described him as a focused, determined young player who was a big-league player. We believe that we have a lot to offer.
“That kid was stopped in his tracks,” Martinez said.
“He loves the game. He’s not going to listen to outside opinions and just come out here and play. I mean, he’s a kid that not too many people knew about him. Alone, I knew him, [GM Mike Rizzo] I knew him. We’ve been watching him and he’s gotten better and better and here he is helping us win games at the major league level. ”
Martinez told reporters he believes Young benefited from his 31-game performance in the big leagues last season after making his debut at the end of the year and staying on until last month.
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“Jacob learned a lot last year about himself and what he should do and he’s been playing well,” Martinez said.
He gave his outfielders most of the day off in Sunday’s series finale. Red Soxafter going 0-for-8 at bat in his first two games at Fenway Park.
“Jacob is playing around. He just…got hit a little bit, so I want to give him a day,” Martinez explained.
He was drafted by the Nationals as the No. 2 batter and center fielder, and then earned a base hit in his third at-bat. white socks The performance in Chicago was postponed due to rain last night.
Instead, the Sox and Nats will play a doubleheader today, starting at 4:40 p.m. ET, with Eric Fedde taking the mound for the home team in the second game of the twinbill.
