Makes sense now:
Kyle Schwarber is
now a member of the Washington Nationals, in no small part because of Nats manager
Dave Martinez,
per ESPN. Schwarber, of course, won a World Series with Martinez as his bench coach in Chicago. In fact, Martinez was the Cubs bench coach for the first three years of Schwarber’s career. Said Schwarber, per ESPN,
“I love [Martinez] to death. I’m so excited to play for this guy. He only wants to win.” Washington hopes Martinez can help Schwarber recapture some of the magic that made him a star in Chicago. Schwarber will also reunite with
Starlin Castro, with whom he played as a rookie on the 2015 Cubs. Elsewhere…