The Washington Nationals still appear to be piecing together their first base situation. With Andres Chaparro being the only true first baseman on the 40-man roster, the Nationals opted to hand Warming Bernabal a minor league contract with an invite to their MLB spring training camp.
The Washington Nationals are calling up Andres Chaparro and his job will be to mash against left handed pitching The Washington Nationals have had big problems against left handed pitching.
The Washington Nationals made a significant injury related transaction on Wednesday morning. According to a report from Mark Zukerman of MASN, the team activated infielder Andres Chaparro from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Rochester.
The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.
The Washington Nationals haven’t made the playoffs since the 2019 season, as the team’s largely been in a rebuild since the 2020 campaign. However, that rebuild began to bring fruits in 2024, as James Wood and Dylan Crews made their MLB debut.
Six weeks have passed since the trade deadline, and the Washington Nationals are already reaping the benefits of the prospects they acquired. In particular, First baseman Andrés Chaparro and infielder José Tena have emerged as standout performers in their early tenure with the Nationals.
James Wood had four hits, Andres Chaparro supplied three doubles in his major league debut and the Washington Nationals, who often have offensive woes, scored in five different innings to defeat the host Baltimore Orioles 9-3 on Tuesday night.
The Nationals announced that they have selected the contracts of infielder Andrés Chaparro and right-hander Orlando Ribalta, two moves that were previously reported. In corresponding moves, they designated infielder/outfielder Harold Ramírez and right-hander Jordan Weems for assignment.
On Sunday night, the Washington Nationals announced that they were calling up infielder Andres Chaparro, according to sources. Chaparro was acquired at the trade deadline from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for reliever Dylan Floro.
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The Nationals will select the contract of infielder Andres Chaparro from Triple-A prior to their next game on Tuesday in Baltimore, according to Andrew
He’s pitched to a pristine 2.06 earned run average this season, albeit with a rather pedestrian 19.6 percent strikeout rate and tepid 90.3 mph average fastball.
The Reno Aces finished off a six-game sweep of the Sacramento River Cats in walk-off fashion, extending their winning streak to 11 games on Saturday. Out of their last 11 wins, five have come by a one-run margin, including three consecutive one-run victories against Sacramento.
The Arizona Diamondbacks added pop to the system by signing former New York Yankee prospect Andres Chaparro to a minor league deal. The D-backs assigned Chaparro to Triple-A Reno on Sunday after MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reported his signing last week.