Padres not concerned as Yu Darvish prepares for a lengthy absence to pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic
, winning the silver medal in 2021 with “USA” scrawled across his chest is the highlight of his baseball career.But necessary. He was going to be used as a reliever and Martinez wanted nothing to interfere with preparing to pitch out of the Padres’ rotation this year. Nor did he want to leave Team USA in order to make sure his pitch count was progressing as planned.
“If I committed to Team USA, I wanted to be there the whole time,” Martinez said. “I didn’t want to get my innings in early and then if it didn’t look like I was going to get my proper progression late in the tournament, having to back out in the middle of the tournament. I didn’t feel like that was right. And then if I would have stayed the whole tournament and then late in the tournament I only threw one inning that would set me back as a starter for the season.
Musgrove glanced at the Swinging Friar on his left sleeve before finding the new Motorola patch on his right.to announce they’d sold so-called real estate on their jerseys. The new collective bargaining agreement signed last year allows such patches for the first time in MLB history.“I actually got to go up to Nike this offseason and spend the day looking at some of the new jersey designs ... and some of the apparel that will come out in 2024, ’25,” Musgrove said.
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