Nationals hold first full-squad workouts — mlb.com

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Nationals manager Dave Martinez wants to run Spring Training a little bit differently this year. Yes, he still wants his team to have fun and stay loose, as evidenced by a  earlier this week, but this year he wants to put an even heavier emphasis on fundamentals. The Nationals held their first full-squad workout on Tuesday, which ran for nearly three hours -- a longer session than usual under Martinez,  but he wanted to reiterate a critical point. When players made an error during team defense and bunt drills, they had to re-do the drill until they got it right. Pitchers and catchers have been working out here for about a week, but this felt like Day 1 of Spring Training for the new-look Nats.

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