WASHINGTON -- The angles of the stands surrounding the Nationals’ bullpen blocked Kyle Finnegan’s full view of the soaring ball, but the closer didn’t need to see it to know what had just happened in a tie game. Finnegan could tell when he heard it leave James Wood's bat that

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WASHINGTON -- This time last week, 21-year-old Seaver King was an MLB Draft hopeful. On Sunday night, he became the 10th overall pick in the 2024 class. And on Friday afternoon, he was signing with the Nationals at Nationals Park. “I guess it really hasn’t hit me yet,” King said.

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals made three key hires to their scouting department last October, and this season the group completed their first MLB Draft. With the additions of Danny Haas (vice president, amateur scouting), Brad Ciolek (senior director, amateur scouting) and Reed Dunn (assistant director and national crosschecker, amateur scouting),

WASHINGTON -- Catching had not been a position heavily addressed in recent Drafts by the Nationals. That changed this year. The Nats selected a catcher in the first round when they drafted Caleb Lomavita out of California with the 39th overall pick on Sunday (a compensation round pick acquired on

WASHINGTON -- After selecting shortstop Seaver King at No. 10 in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday, the Nationals also added college catcher Caleb Lomavita at No. 39 and high school shortstop Luke Dickerson at No. 44 to close out Day 1. The Nats acquired the

WASHINGTON -- Infielder/outfielder Seaver King had been to a Draft party before. In his senior year of high school in 2020, King was at the celebration for childhood friend and Nationals first-round pick Brady House. Four years later on Sunday, King was at his own festivities -- drafted into the

Just to put this important issue to bed, Seaver King says he was not named after the legendary Tom Seaver, as had been reported and speculated in a few places as he rose to prominence on MLB Draft boards in the past year. “I think I was supposed to be

Just a few short years after he wasn’t recruited by a single Division I program, Seaver King had become one of the top hitters in the 2024 MLB Draft crop. Here’s what you need to know about the No. 10 overall pick by the Nationals and his unlikely journey toward

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MILWAUKEE -- In the immediate aftermath of a stellar performance by the Nationals’ bullpen in Saturday’s 6-5 comeback win over the Brewers, Washington shipped out one of its top relievers. The Nationals traded right-hander Hunter Harvey to the Royals on Saturday night. In return for Harvey, Washington received third baseman

WASHINGTON -- Left field is relatively new to James Wood. The No. 2 prospect in MLB played the majority of his Minor League career in center field, where he has logged 1,442 innings. Wood got acclimated with left this season at Triple-A Rochester to address a position of need on

WASHINGTON – When manager Dave Martinez walked into the Nationals’ clubhouse this weekend, nine players on the 26-man roster were 25 or younger, including four born in the year 2000. “I’m feeling old,” Martinez said with a laugh. Sunday exemplified the youth movement. On the day 23-year-old shortstop CJ Abrams

WASHINGTON -- After 51 homers during his career in the Minor Leagues, James Wood's dinger count in the Majors has begun. In his sixth game with the Nationals, MLB’s No. 2 prospect smashed his first long ball as a Major League ballplayer 103.3 mph off the bat. The Nationals’ youth

WASHINGTON -- James Wood checked the boxes for three Major League firsts on Wednesday against the Mets. Run scored, RBI, stolen base -- he did it all in the Nationals’ 7-5 win at Nationals Park. Moving up to the No. 3 spot in his third career game, Wood, the No.

This story was excerpted from Jessica Camerato’s Nationals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. WASHINGTON -- We are already at the halfway point of the Minor League season, and it’s time to highlight a top player at each

WASHINGTON -- One month since left-hander DJ Herz made his Major League debut on June 4, he already has two starts with 10-plus strikeouts and zero walks on his résumé. “Continuously pounding the zone, pounding the zone, attack[ing],” said Herz, ranked as the Nationals’ No. 12 prospect, after Washington’s 7-2

WASHINGTON -- Get ready: The start of your week is also the start of James Wood’s Major League career. The Nationals' top prospect will bat sixth and start in left field for his big league debut tonight at Nationals Park in the series opener against the Mets. Wood has powered

Unbelievable and amazing. Those are a couple of the adjectives the Nationals used to describe outfielder James Wood on Friday prior to that evening’s game against the Rays at Tropicana Field. We will soon see on a Major League field why the Nats’ No. 1 prospect has earned such superlatives.

WASHINGTON -- James Wood’s Major League debut has been anticipated since the ultra-talented outfielder was acquired from the Padres in the Juan Soto blockbuster at the 2022 Trade Deadline. Less than two years later, MLB’s No. 3 prospect (and the Nationals’ No. 1) is set to reach the big leagues

Mr. Wood is going to Washington. The Nationals called up MLB Pipeline’s No. 3 overall prospect James Wood to make his Major League debut on Monday. That comes in a Washington home game as the Nats open a four-game set against the Mets.

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James Wood has vaulted up prospect rankings since the moment he was selected in the second round of the 2021 Draft. He certainly made himself known to baseball fans earlier this year when he slugged four home runs in Spring Training, and now, he's set to make his MLB debut.

This story was excerpted from Jessica Camerato’s Nationals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. WASHINGTON -- Dylan Crews and James Wood are one level away from the Major Leagues -- together. Crews (the Nationals’ No. 2 prospect and

WASHINGTON -- Rookie left-hander DJ Herz made history on the mound at Nationals Park in the Nats' 4-0 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Herz, the Nats’ No. 12 prospect per MLB Pipeline, joined Stephen Strasburg as the only pitchers with 13-plus strikeouts and zero walks in one of his