The 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Wednesday, with the winners set to be unveiled on ESPN on Sunday, Nov. 1. Each league has three finalists at each position, including the utility spot, which was awarded for the first time in 2022.

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

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Last week, I covered the National League Division Series between the Brewers and Padres, which meant witnessing firsthand Jacob Misiorowski repeatedly hit 100-plus on the radar gun. In fact, Miz set a record for the fastest pitch thrown in the postseason -- a cool 104.8 mph. As I watched the

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

The Washington Nationals are one of five finalists for the 2026 Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence, as announced today by Major League Baseball. The Nationals, who won the prestigious award in 2024 for a decade of community impact through the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, are being recognized for

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the Nationals' latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

In 2025, right-hander Jack Sinclair was invited to Nationals Major League Spring Training. He began the season in Triple-A Rochester, but was sent down to Double-A Harrisburg that July for the remainder of the year. This year, Sinclair was not invited back to Major League camp. He spent his Spring

Welbyn Francisca swung a scorching bat while Jarlin Susana brought some serious heat to the mound in Week 1 of the Arizona Fall League season. The prospects were named the league's Hitter and Pitcher of the Week respectively to kick off the 2026 campaign.

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

The Minor League season may be over, but that doesn't mean the prospect action has stopped. The Arizona Fall League began its 34th iteration on Oct. 3, giving many of the game's future stars a platform to put their skills on display. Each week, we'll recap the circuit's top performers.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. –- Jorgelys Mota knows a thing or two about making a loud first impression. The Nationals prospect opened eyes across the organization when he demolished a 115 mph, 434-foot tape-measure shot during Grapefruit League action on Feb. 21, the hardest-hit and farthest home run hit by the club

At the Triple-A National Championship in Las Vegas on Sept. 26, Jarlin Susana took the mound in the third inning for Rochester and unleashed a first-pitch 104 mph four-seam fastball to Oklahoma City catcher Ben Rortvedt. It was the fastest pitch recorded by a Washington or Rochester pitcher in a

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- When Jarlin Susana is healthy and around the zone, he’s proven to be pretty unhittable. MLB's No. 66 prospect struggled with the former for much of the past two seasons, with an elbow sprain keeping him out for more than two months in 2025 followed by a

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

WASHINGTON – The Nationals’ final game of the 2026 season embodied a characteristic first-year manager Blake Butera has lauded. Trailing 4-1 in the second inning, the Nationals fought back to tie the game in the third, and Andrés Chaparro hit his second homer of the day to put them on

WASHINGTON – Two months exactly after he was acquired from the Red Sox, left-hander Connelly Early made his anticipated debut with the Nationals on Saturday afternoon. Early returned from left elbow inflammation, for which he had been sidelined since July 1, in the Nats' 7-1 loss to the Mets in

LAS VEGAS -- The forecast called for a high of 98, but the meteorologists didn’t factor in Jarlin Susana taking the mound. MLB’s No. 65 overall prospect dialed his fastball up to 104 mph across two scoreless frames for Rochester, the Nationals' affiliate that fell 5-3 to Oklahoma City (Dodgers)

WASHINGTON – The home crowd rose to their feet to welcome Josiah Gray back to the mound at Nationals Park for the first time since April 4, 2024. That year, Gray was the Nationals’ Opening Day starter. On Friday – after missing three years due to injuries – he was

Rochester sandwiched a pair of decisive one-run wins on either side of a 15-0 loss to punch tickets to Las Vegas. The Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate finished off its first International League championship since 1997 with a 3-2 victory over Memphis at AutoZone Park on Thursday night. The Red Wings now

DETROIT – Nasim Nuñez stole nine bases last year. He entered this season with a goal of 80. Along the way, he set the Nationals team record (2005-present) for the most stolen bases in a single season during the seventh inning of the Nats’ 4-2 win over the Tigers on

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