ColumnistEvery day, the Washington Nationals pitchers throw bullpen sessions here in spring training with five pitchers lined up on mounds that are eight feet apart. The Nationals have 29 pitchers here and those arms will be the key to their season. Behind that are more than a dozen almost interchangeable arms — some young, some old, some hard throws, some soft teasers. But last season, seldom being allowed to work through a lineup a third time, he had a 3.41 ERA. A coach approached Rizzo, who spends every day leaning on that fence, watching as his pitchers throw to imaginary nonexistent hitters.

Source: Washington Post February 17, 2019 21:48 UTC