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Here are Wednesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
1:30 AM EDT

There were plenty of eye-opening performances during a mid-week slate, including three hits from the Royals' Jac Caglianone and a big game from Giants slugger Bryce Eldridge. Seattle's Top 100 duo of Cole Young and Harry Ford combined for eight hits -- including three extra-base knocks -- while Houston's Shay

5 intriguing prospects from the NL East, 1 from each team

May 28, 2025

As the second month of the baseball season nears its end, the sample sizes for prospects continue to expand. The MLB Pipeline crew is taking the opportunity to dig a little deeper to highlight players who are balling out, but might still be flying under-the-radar. On the latest MLB Pipeline

‘We feed off each other’: Hassell, Lile living big league dream together

@jessicacamerato
May 28, 2025

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Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 28, 2025

Roman Anthony, MLB's top overall prospect, got things going early in the night with a leadoff homer, but he wasn't the only talented phenom to deliver a standout performance. From Alex Freeland's two-homer game to Ryan Ritter's monstrous power surge, there was plenty of action to go around as Minor

Here are Sunday's top prospect performances from the Minors

May 25, 2025

The top performers roundup is always about big games, but to crack Sunday's list, they had to be real big, and a lot of them came courtesy of really big prospects. Three-homer game? Yep. Record strikeouts for your first seven outs of the game? Yep. Make Triple-A look easy? Another

Lile needs just 1 pitch to record 1st career hit in MLB debut

@jessicacamerato
May 23, 2025

WASHINGTON -- As soon as outfielder Daylen Lile heard Triple-A Rochester manager Matthew LeCroy play “BANDIT” by Don Toliver in the Red Wings’ clubhouse after the game on Thursday night, he couldn’t believe the moment was happening. “[I was] smiling from ear to ear,” Lile, 22, said Friday at his

Hassell collects two hits, scores walk-off run in MLB debut to remember

@jessicacamerato
May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON -- Robert Hassell III has plenty of Major League debut memories to cherish.

Nats call up prospect Hassell for big league debut with Crews on IL

@jessicacamerato
May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals called up one of their top outfield prospects on Wednesday, promoting Robert Hassell III from Triple-A Rochester to take the roster spot of Dylan Crews, who landed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain. The 23-year-old Hassell will be making his big league

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 21, 2025

There were plenty of notable names coming through with primetime performances as another week of Minor League action got underway. Red Sox phenom Roman Anthony continued to trek toward Boston, Reds 2024 first-rounder Chase Burns dominated and a pair of newly promoted Top 100 prospects -- Blue Jays hurler Trey

Here are Saturday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 18, 2025

Multihit games, walk-off homers and scintillating pitching performances made for a busy Saturday around the Minors. Pittsburgh's first-year pro Konnor Griffin continues to play beyond his years, vaulting up offensive leaderboards in his initial taste of Single-A. Meanwhile, Mets hurler Jonah Tong followed up a perfect outing with even more

Here are Wednesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 15, 2025

A pair of Top 100 heavyweights led the charge on Wednesday, with Max Clark and Chase Burns lighting up the High-A Midwest League. But the star-studded performances didn't stop there. A pair of Texas prospects -- one an Astro, the other a Ranger -- enjoyed huge offensive afternoons before ending

Here are Friday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@colebradley01 and @MavalloneMiLB
May 10, 2025

There were offensive outbursts galore around the Minors on Friday night, but some of the best individual performances came on the mound. A trio of Top 100 pitchers proved virtually unhittable, while another prospect turned in a spotless debut at Triple-A. All that and more on a busy lead-in to

Sir Jamison Jones highlights

May 8, 2025

Here are Tuesday's top prospect performances from the Minors

@MavalloneMiLB
May 7, 2025

A handful of baseball's top prospects flexed their muscles on Tuesday, kicking off another week of Minor League action in a loud way. Jac Caglianone, Braden Montgomery and Colby Thomas all left the yard twice, but pitchers did their parts too. Unhittable Chase Petty put together one of the best

Friday's top prospect performers pitch, hit their way into the weekend

@MavalloneMiLB
May 3, 2025

It took a month, but one of the top young pitchers in the sport picked up his first professional win with arguably his best outing to date. There was also plenty of fireworks on the offensive side, with a very big Yankee going very deep, a second straight four-hit night

This Nationals top 10 prospect is raking -- and earned a promotion

@jessicacamerato
April 30, 2025

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Dashyll Tejeda highlights

April 28, 2025

Cavalli catches up with Nats in Miami following latest rehab outing

April 11, 2025

MIAMI -- It might have been just a two-inning rehab session, but Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli considers it a significant step in his goal of pitching with the Major League club again. Cavalli completed the outing on Wednesday at the Nationals’ spring complex in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Nats Minor League FAQ: Prospects to watch, new faces & more

@SamDykstraMiLB
April 3, 2025

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where Washington’s Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

  1. Travis Sykora, RHP (MLB No. 68) -- Injured (hip surgery)
  2. Jarlin Susana, RHP (MLB No. 77) -- Harrisburg (Double-A)
  3. Brady House, 3B -- Rochester (Triple-A)
  4. Seaver King, SS

Here's how Martinez delivered the good news to Lord

@jessicacamerato
April 1, 2025

TORONTO -- Brad Lord arrived at Nationals Park last Wednesday with an important piece of information still looming. He had not yet been told where he would open the 2025 season, which began the following afternoon. Lord, ranked as the Nationals’ No. 22 prospect, had impressed in Spring Training as

Crews will be 'dogging' it in DC this year

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March 23, 2025

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Nats top prospect a Luke of all trades

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March 19, 2025

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Lord makes argument for Nats' 40-man roster spot

March 18, 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Brad Lord surveyed the Nationals clubhouse, which this late in spring contains a growing number of lockers emptied by youngsters who've been sent down to Minor League camp. Lord admits to being surprised his locker is still full.

'Me and Brady on the dirt again': House, King reunite at Spring Breakout

Nationals' top prospects man the field together after growing up as travel ball teammates
@jessicacamerato
March 16, 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The 2025 Spring Breakout was a flashback for Brady House and Seaver King. Over 10 years ago, the infielders were travel ball teammates in Georgia who shared the dream of making it to the Major Leagues. Now, they are top prospects in the same organization,

'You wouldn't know it': How Lile is turning heads with his poise

@jessicacamerato
March 16, 2025

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