Speaking to reporters at the Winter Meetings in early December, Davey Martinez said spring training and major league camp are where many of the promising players are, young players and veteran players already in the majors. He said he is looking forward to the possibility of playing with and learning from both. 2024 Washington Nationals Roster.
“I hope they’re all in big league camp because I want to see them play,” Martinez said.
“They’re definitely going to get a lot out of it. The most important thing is really getting to know them and working with them to understand what we’re looking for and how to attack the game.” It’s about giving them an idea of what they want to do. That’s going to be the biggest thing.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the Nationals announced the list of non-roster invitees to spring training, including the organization’s top prospects.
“A number of leading players will participate in their first major league spring training, including outfielders Dylan Cruz, Robert Hassell III, and James Wood, and infielders Darren Baker, Brady House, and Trey Lipscomb. become.
Outfielder Travis Blankenhorn, first baseman Lewin Diaz, left-handed pitcher Joe La Sorsa, catcher Brady Linsley and first baseman/outfielder Juan Yepez have also been invited to Major League Spring Training.
House, 20, is the club’s first-round pick in 2021. According to Baseball America, he is currently ranked No. 3 in the organization and No. 55 overall in baseball, as the club stated in a press release regarding the invitees.
Wood, 21, is currently ranked as the No. 2 prospect in the system and No. 11 overall by Baseball America, but he was a 2021 prospect before the Nats acquired him in the Juan Soto deal with the Padres. He was a second round pick by San Diego. In 2022.
Cruz, 22, is the No. 1 prospect in the system, No. 6 prospect in the game, and the Nats’ 2023 first-round pick (No. 2 overall), according to Baseball America. He played in 35 games last season between the FCL Nationals, Single-A Fredericksburg and Double-A Harrisburg after being drafted and having a big season in college. world series champion LSU.
Hassell III, also 22, is a first-round pick by the Padres in 2022. He is currently ranked as the No. 7 prospect in the organization after also being acquired in the Soto trade.
Lipscomb, 23, is a 2022 third-round pick ranked No. 16 in the Nationals’ system according to Baseball America and will be named the 2023 Minor League Defensive Player of the Year after the 2023 season. and Rawlings Minor League Champion. For a third baseman, it’s a Gold Glove Award. ”
Baker, 24, is, of course, the son of former Nationals manager Dusty Baker. Baker, a 2021 10th-round draft pick out of the University of California, Berkeley, is in his fourth year with the Nationals, spending most of the 2023 season with the Nationals’ Triple-A Rochester.
The rest?:
Blankenhorn, 27, played in 10 games with the Nationals last year, his fourth year in the majors.
La Sorza, 25, was “…claimed on waivers by the Nationals on June 8 and has since played in 23 games in five major league games with Washington.”
Linsley, 25, was a fourth-round pick out of the University of Oklahoma in 2020 and “played in 62 games for Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Rochester in 2023.”
Diaz, 27, signed with the Nationals this winter after playing in Triple-A in the Baltimore system in 2023. He played in a total of 112 games with the Miami Marlins from 2020-2022.
Yepes, 25, played 104 games in the majors with St. Louis in 2022-23 before signing with the Nationals this winter.
