The nervous issue in Stephen Strasburg’s wrist that ended his 2020 season after five overs would get worse every time he threw a baseball, he said on Sunday, and ‘would basically go from numbness in my thumb to numbness in my whole hand .
The Washington Nationals bait spoke to reporters for the first time since it closed in August, saying the problem disappeared immediately after the 15-minute operation in the carpal tunnel.
The MVP for the World Series for 2019 started preparing for this season much earlier than usual, throwing a light catch tail on November 1st instead of mid-December and throwing bullpens in early January instead of late in the month.
‘Endurance, endurance, I feel far beyond what I have [been] in recent years, “explained the right-handed appetizer.” I wanted to give myself extra time to work through mechanical things and be ready to go on the first day. “
That he was: The 32-year-old throws a pile with his teammates during Friday’s training session.
“He’s one of our workhorses. And it was not hard to see him out there. But for me last year would have been the time if he ever got hurt and ever solved a problem,” said manager Dave Martinez , said. “I’m glad he corrected it, and I’m glad he’s feeling well.”
Strasburg said the stop-start nature of the scheme, which was affected by the pandemic last year – spring training was halted in March and the teams resumed preparations in July – is on its arm.
There was a period of uncertainty about when the so-called ‘summer camp’ would begin, and therefore Strasburg would throw in a net to try to stay ready.
It was when things picked up again that the numbness first surfaced.
“If I had known it would start, I certainly would not have picked up a baseball for some time,” he said. “It ended up hurting me more than it helped me.”
Game notes
Martinez said SS Trea Turner could potentially move from lead to second or third place in the series. “We do a lot of different setups, different numbers, and talk to a lot of our analytical people. Honestly, I would like to [CF Victor] Robles at the top of the series, even if it is only against left-handed throws. ‘… The Nationals want to start avoiding the kind of weakness they could overcome in 2019 (19-31), so how do they Martinez said he can ask position players for seven, eight or nine innings of the last ten days of to play exhibition games. “I want these guys to be ready by April 1,” he said.