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Following the MLB Draft and the trade deadline, both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline updated their farm system rankings. Despite the Nationals having the number 1 pick and having a strong draft, their system is ranked in the bottom half of baseball.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / August 12

Nationals Top Overall Pick Eli Willits Headlines Team’s New Prospect Rankings

Coming into the season, the Washington Nationals looked like they could be a bit scrappy with their talented young core. For the most part, those players have pulled their weight, with James Wood and MacKenzie Gore making the All-Star team.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / July 17

Nationals Farm System Drops In Rankings Update Despite Bold 2025 MLB Draft Approach

The Washington Nationals had the first overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft and took a big swing, which might have hurt them in the instant aftermath of the event.

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Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / July 16

Where Do The Washington Nationals Draft Picks Rank In Their Farm System?

The Nationals got a haul of top 100 prospects in the 2025 MLB Draft. Here’s where they rank in the Nats’ system It was a successful 2025 MLB Draft for the Washington Nationals, as they acquired a top 5 player in the class, along with 4 other top-100 prospects.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / July 7

Taking a look at the Mike Rizzo era of Washington Nationals baseball

Mike Rizzo has been an ever present for Washington Nationals fans, so I decided to take a look at his tenure On an early July night, the 16 year tenure of Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo came to an end.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / July 5

Taking a look at notable Washington Nationals prospects

It is time to do a stock report of some Washington Nationals top prospects like Seaver King and Travis Sykora Over the course of the season, I have taken a look at how some notable Nationals prospects are looking.

MLB News / Federal Baseball / July 3

Detroit Tigers success provides a road map for the Washington Nationals

A couple years ago, the Tigers were in a similar spot to the Nationals, but after making changes they are among baseballs elite Right now, the Detroit Tigers have the best record in the American League and the second best record in baseball.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / July 2

Top Nationals Prospect Blasts Up MLB Pipeline Top 100 Rankings

For the Washington Nationals, a once promising season has turned into a disappointment, as the young, upstart group that was threatening for a wild card spot in early June has faded into last place in the National League East.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / June 20

Nationals Fall in Farm System Rankings After Several Graduations

The Washington Nationals have an impressive group of young players emerging at the Major League level making up what they hope is the next championship core to build around.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / June 4

Nationals First-Round Pick Rides Surge at Plate to Minor League Promotion

After 65 professional games, the Washington Nationals’ first-round pick from a year ago is already at Double-A Harrisburg. Seaver King played his first game with the Senators on Tuesday after the organization promoted him from High-A Wilmington after just 45 games this season.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / June 2

Nationals Prospects: Taking a look at Seaver King following his promotion to Double-A

Despite middling results, the Washington Nationals are promoting 2024 first round Pick Seaver King Seaver King, the Washington Nationals 10th overall pick from the 2024 is getting promoted to Double-A Harrisburg.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / May 28

Nationals Pitching Prospect Has Been on Fire Since Returning From Offseason Surgery

The most recent wave of prospects that the Washington Nationals are clearly excited about is full of positional players. Last year, it was left fielder James Wood and right fielder Dylan Crews making their Major League debuts.

MLB News / Just Baseball / May 20

Perfect MLB Draft Fits for the NL East

Over the course of the past few seasons, the National League East has done a better job of luring top talent to the division. As a result, their division has become very competitive, as they produced three playoff teams last season.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / May 6

Nationals Prospects: A look at the happenings on the Nats farm

Taking a look at some notable performances down on the farm A few weeks ago, I did a stock report on some of the Nationals prospects. In the time that has passed, a lot has changed.

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Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / April 30

Nationals Draft News: MLB Pipeline updates their draft rankings

MLB Pipeline updated their draft rankings. It will be fascinating to see who the Nationals take at the top of the draft MLB Pipeline released their updated top 150 rankings for the 2025 MLB Draft.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / April 27

Washington Nationals First-Round Pick Surges at Plate After Awful Start

What a difference a week makes for Washington Nationals top prospect Seaver King. A week ago he was getting a taste of struggles at High-A Wilmington, so much so that Baseball America (subscription required), recently wrote a piece on 18 prospects, their early-season numbers and whether it’s time to read something into their performances.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / April 22

MLB Draft 2025: Eli Willits is making himself a contender for the number one pick

Ethan Holliday isn’t the only Oklahoma high schooler with a big league dad who could go number one in the draft The race for the number one pick in the 2025 MLB Draft is still as wide open as ever.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / April 21

Nationals Prospects: A look at how the Nats top prospects are performing

I wanted to check in and do a stock report on some of the Washington Nationals top prospects Now that the Minor League season is in full swing, it is time to check in on some of the Washington Nationals top prospects.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / April 19

Washington Nationals Top Prospect off to Epically Bad Start in Minor Leagues

When the Washington Nationals arranged their minor league rosters, they did so with care to slot players with the right affiliates. For Seaver King, the Nationals felt High-A Wilmington was the right place for their 2024 first-round pick out of Wake Forest.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / April 14

Nationals Young Talent Holds Key to Team Vaulting Up Watchability Rankings

In some fashion, the Washington Nationals have outperformed expectations in the early going of the 2025 MLB season. What their starting pitching staff has accomplished has been quite impressive.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / April 7

Nationals Rising Stars with Best Hopes to be Farm's Top Prospect in 2026

The Washington Nationals’ 2025 season is just a few days underway in the marathon that is 162 games. Overreactions are surfacing, injury lists are growing and the New York Yankees' torpedo bats are the talk of the league.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / April 3

Nationals Prospects: An update from the farm

Looking at the news and notable happenings from the Minor Leagues We have focused a lot on the big club lately, so I wanted to give an update on the rest of the organization.

Washington Nationals News / Washington Nationals on SI / March 31

Nationals Unveil Minor League Rosters for Fredericksburg, Wilmington

The Washington Nationals are spending this week arranging their rosters for their minor league affiliates in advance of the 2025 season. The Nats released the rosters for their Class-A Fredericksburg and High-A Wilmington affiliates on Monday, both of which will start playing games next week.

Washington Nationals News / Federal Baseball / March 16

Washington Nationals Spring Breakout notes

Some observations from the Nationals Spring Breakout game against the Mets The Washington Nationals prospects squared off with the Mets farmhands in the Spring Breakout game.