One of the big developments of the past year in baseball is how many young players have risen to the top of prospect rankings. A look at MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list will show you just one player in the top 10 older than 21. Of course, while there's

The Nationals protected a trio of prospects from the 2025 Rule 5 Draft on Tuesday. Washington selected the contracts of left-hander Jake Bennett (No. 10 prospect, per MLB Pipeline), outfielder Christian Franklin (No. 12) and right-hander Riley Cornelio. With these additions, the 40-man roster stands at 37. “When we think

The Arizona Fall League celebrated its All-Star festivities this weekend, and Nationals prospects were among those picked for the special events. Outfielder Ethan Petry kicked the showcase off on Saturday by participating in the Home Run Derby. Shortstop Seaver King and southpaw Jake Bennett then took the field Sunday for

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Washington Nationals have had some success sending members of the most recent Draft class to the Arizona Fall League, but it’s been a while since they've done so. It marked a different time with a later Draft signing deadline, but their back-to-back No. 1 overall picks

After Nationals prospect Phillip Glasser struggled down the stretch of the 2024 season, he went into last winter determined to establish consistency throughout this entire year. That start-to-finish approach earned him the 2025 Nationals Minor League Hitter of the Year Award. Glasser slashed .302/.389/.404 with a .793 OPS. He played

For some players, the Arizona Fall League can act like a last-chance saloon. The AFL is known widely as a showcase circuit, providing opportunity for some of the game’s best prospects to get in more work before the offseason begins. It’s also a shot for Minor Leaguers with upcoming Rule

The 33rd season of the Arizona Fall League is a week old, and already, there are top prospects standing out amid the field of, well, top prospects. Here are the top performers from the first week of AFL action:

This fall, Ethan Petry could be a walking, talking, slugging billboard for the Southeastern Conference in the heart of the southwest. Back in 2023, while at the University of South Carolina, the then-freshman outfielder faced future Major Leaguer pitchers Chase Burns, Chase Dollander, Paul Skenes and Hurston Waldrep, and he

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It’s been less than 15 months since the 2024 Draft but the first round, in particular, is already putting the group in a rare pantheon of excellence. Nick Kurtz (No. 4 overall) clocked 36 homers as a rookie. Trey Yesavage (No. 20) made postseason history as a

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals held a pregame ceremony on Friday to recognize five prospects as the winners of the 2025 Minor League Players of the Year at Nationals Park. The recipients -- selected by interim general manager Mike DeBartolo and assistant GM, player development and administration Eddie Longosz -- also

WASHINGTON -- Left-hander Andrew Alvarez will make his Major League debut and get the start on Monday in the Nationals’ series opener against the Marlins. MLB rosters expand on Sept. 1, lining up with when Washington needed to fill MacKenzie Gore’s (left shoulder inflammation) next start in the rotation. “He's

Talk about the Sunday Scaries. Try showing up at the ballpark, stepping into the box and seeing these guys staring back at you. That was the scenario Sunday across the Minor Leagues as multiple top pitching prospects returned to the hill in fearsome fashion, most notably the second dominant performance

There was no shortage of top performances during a busy night around the Minors, headlined by a memorable debut from this year's No. 1 overall Draft pick Eli Willits (Nationals). The action also featured the first multihomer games from Top 100 prospects Aidan Miller (Phillies) and Charlie Condon (Rockies), plus

The No. 1 pick in this year's Draft took care of an awful lot of firsts in his professional debut. And he wasn't particularly bothered by the one that didn't go his way. Eli Willits -- the third-youngest player ever drafted in that spot -- got to flash a lot

The 2025 No. 1 overall pick is headed to full-season club No. 1. The Nationals are promoting Eli Willits to Single-A Fredericksburg, a source told MLB.com on Wednesday. The 17-year-old shortstop is expected to make his Minor League debut Thursday against Fayetteville. The team has not confirmed the news, which

Cycles! Three-homer games! Stars … well, doing star things! The game’s top two prospects -- the Pirates' Konnor Griffin (who made his Double-A debut) and the Tigers' Kevin McGonigle -- wore fantastic alternate uniforms on the same night. The Mets’ pitching pipeline continued to chug along and 2024 first-rounder Hagen

Minor League teams love to play night games on Saturdays so that fans can watch the sky be lit up with fireworks afterwards, weather permitting. But there were plenty of proverbial fireworks during game action as well on this Saturday. Nine members of the Top 100 Prospects list combined for

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Cade Cavalli had never faced the Phillies.

A busy night around the Minors included a cycle, a Triple-A first and plenty of strong performances at the plate and on the mound. The Reds' Sal Stewart continues to take Triple-A by storm, hitting .400 during his first three weeks there, while the Mets' Jett Williams cleared the fence

KANSAS CITY -- Randal Grichuk had a soft smile on his face between first and second base before turning back to the Royals’ dugout. Nationals starter Mitchell Parker pumped his fist, shocked at what he witnessed. Riley Adams raised his right arm, cheering on his teammate. From the top step,

The Nationals’ farm system received a serious upgrade at the 2025 MLB Draft by virtue of some top-tier, blue-chip moves.

KANSAS CITY -- Cade Cavalli rehabbed relentlessly for 1,076 days between his MLB debut and second career start. To take the mound for his third outing, he needed just five days, putting himself in position to earn his first big league win in the process.