Washington Nationals sign 18 players from the 2026 First-Year Player Draft

The Washington Nationals have announced the signing of 18 of the 20 players selected in the 2026 First-Year Player Draft, including eight non-drafted free agents. The signed players are noted with an asterisk below. Nationals President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni and Assistant General Manager, Acquisitions Justin Horowitz made the announcements.

Rd. Player
1. Chris Hacopian* (2B) - Texas A&M University
2. Chase Brunson* (OF) - Texas Christian University (pictured above)
3. Luke Williams* (SS) - Franklin Sr. Regional HS (Pa.)
4. Cooper Harris* (RHP) - Flower Mound HS (Texas)
5. Daniel Cuvet* (3B) - University of Miami (Fla.)
6. Cooper Allen* (RHP) - UNC-Wilmington
7. Gage Peterson* (RHP) - Appalachian State Univ. (N.C.)
8. Max Hansmann* (RHP) - University of Evansville (Ind.)
9. Cashel Dugger* (C) - UCLA
10. Nick Williams* (OF) - Michigan State University
11. Weston Moss* (RHP) - Texas A&M University
12. Matthew Dallas* (LHP) - Wake Forest University (N.C.)
13. Cody Howard* (RHP) - University of Texas
14. Zack Konstantinovsky* (RHP) - Rutgers University (N.J.)
15. Francisco Rivero* (C) - Canyon del Oro HS (Ariz.)
16. Anthony Murphy (OF) - Corona High School (Calif.)
17. Isaiah Galason (SS) - Houston County HS (Ga.)
18. Avery Ortiz* (INF) - Oklahoma State University
19. Jack Brooks* (OF) - University of Oregon
20. Anson Seibert* (LHP) - Johnson County CC (Kan.)

Non-Drafted Free Agents

*Player
*Cooper Carlgren (RHP) - Lamar University (Texas)
Ciaran Caughey (RHP) - Kent State University (Ohio)
Kaleb Kantola (RHP) - Lipscomb University (Tenn.)
Trevor Moore (RHP) - Stanford University (Calif.)
Anthony Neubeck (LHP) - Indiana University
Tyler Papenbrock (LHP) - University of Louisiana
Bennett Roemer (RHP) - North Greenville University
Miles Smith (RHP) - Kansas State University