One of the more interesting stories to follow in 2026 was the case of Yohandy Morales. The slugging corner infielder had a great season in AAA, yet the front office was reluctant to call him up.
Yohandy Morales hit a two-run homer and the visiting Washington Nationals held on for a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday afternoon. Morales' fourth homer of the season allowed the Nationals (75-84) to win the three-game series 2-1.
MLB has been awarding the American League Championship Series MVP Award since the 1980 season. How many of the winners in that time can you name in six minutes?
The arrival of a top prospect is always exciting, but for Yohandy Morales and his family, September 1 marked the unforgettable milestone of a multi-generational baseball dream.
Yohandy Morales had three hits, including a home run, and Jared Simpson threw three perfect innings to pick up the victory, and Washington Nationals, with their expanded roster of minor league call-ups, defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-5 on Tuesday night.
Yohandy Morales finished a triple short of the cycle in his major league debut, Jared Simpson pitched three scoreless innings for the win in his debut and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 9-5 Tuesday.
The Nationals are selecting the contract of lefty Jared Simpson, reports Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic. He’ll be the team’s second September call-up, joining previously reported infielder Yohandy Morales in that regard.
With rosters across Major League Baseball expanding from 26 to 28 men on Sept. 1, the Washington Nationals reportedly have decided to promote one of their intriguing prospects for his MLB debut.
The Nationals are calling up corner infield prospect Yohandy Morales with active rosters expanding on Tuesday, reports Yordano Carmona of Pelota Cubana USA.
If you have been following the Nats farm system at all this season, you would know Yohandy Morales is having a monster year. The corner infielder is hitting .303 with 21 homers and a .930 OPS on the season in AAA.
The Washington Nationals have a 24-year-old top prospect who has slashed .344/.416/.600 with 13 home runs, 11 doubles and 36 RBIs through 53 games at Triple-A this season.
The Nationals’ farm system has been in the limelight for the past two months, with plenty of lower-level talent already emerging as legitimate prospects.
Prior to the season, the Rochester Red Wings, the Nats AAA affiliate, got a lot of hype. Their lineup featured the likes of Dylan Crews, Harry Ford, Abimelec Ortiz, Robert Hassell III, and Christian Franklin.
There has been a lot of conversation around what the Nationals could do at the first base position in 2026. Most have assumed that the Nats would bring in some sort of veteran option at the position.
Most sports fans are all too familiar with rebuilds. Hell, some fans only know rebuilds. Trade away production for younger talent in hopes of collecting enough for your next wave to make the playoffs, then repeat.
After an up and down first professional season, Yohandy Morales looks to do damage in the upper minors Yohandy Morales was considered a first round talent by many leading up to the 2023 draft, but the Nats managed to snag him in the second round.
Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ 2023 2nd Round pick... Washington’s front office staff was obviously thrilled to get Dylan Crews with the No. 2 pick in this year’s first-year player draft, and his success in three years at LSU made Crews a big-name, close-to-major-league-ready get for the Nationals in their latest draft class.