“It’s an ongoing thing for us with Hickey preaching, and myself, about, ‘Walks, walks, walks.’” Martinez continued.
“These are conversations that we have in Spring Training, Day 1,” Martinez said after the 1-0 win over the Mets last night, “when you’re sitting in the circle of trust, and I’m talking to 65-70 guys in camp. So, prepare, be ready, you never know what’s going to happen in this game, and those guys that you see right now, they’re getting an opportunity and they’re doing well and that’s what we want to see.
“When guys like get injured,” Ryan Zimmerman said, “other guys have to step up, you know, I think the chances of all your pitchers kind of making it through the season healthy — it seems like it doesn’t really happen anymore, so you have to have depth, you have to have guys that continually step up, and take those innings from two really good pitchers like Stras and Scherzer.