WEST SACRAMENTO -- Harry Ford didn’t have a ton of time to let his first Major League home run wash over him.

Trotting around the bases and back into the visitors’ dugout at Sutter Health Park with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, the Nationals rookie had no

The Nationals officially signed their first Draft pick in their new front office era.

No. 11 overall pick Chris Hacopian from Potomac, Md., signed his contract at his hometown ballpark on Wednesday. To commemorate the special occasion, Hacopian toured the stadium with his family.

Hacopian, a 21-year-old second baseman out

Day 1 of the 2026 Draft included the Nationals' picks from Rounds 1-4, including Chris Hacopian at No. 11 overall. Day 2 spanned Rounds 5-20, and you can see every pick the Nationals made here.

WASHINGTON -- Chris Hacopian has been to Nationals Park many times.

Growing up in Potomac, Md., and attending Winston Churchill High School, Nationals baseball was in his backyard. The 21-year-old admired Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa and, inspired by a heroic World Series run, idolized Howie Kendrick.

WASHINGTON – The seven-hour drive went by quickly. After the grind of 559 Minor League games and 77 winter ball contests over the past seven years, a car ride from Rochester, N.Y., to Washington, D.C., was a breeze.

First baseman/designated hitter Abimelec Ortiz, the Nationals’ No. 25 prospect, was

WASHINGTON – The Nationals are approaching the Draft this weekend with a new front office that brings plenty of experience to the process.

In their first season with Paul Toboni as president of baseball operations and a revamped staff, the Nationals will begin this chapter with the No. 11 overall pick

Eli Willits and inside-the-park home runs will always have something of a connection, considering that’s how MLB’s No. 4 prospect collected his first professional roundtripper back on April 15.

In the more than two months since, the first overall pick from the 2025 Draft swatted

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Gavin Fien has been tearing up Single-A in June.

The Nationals’ No. 8 prospect went yard twice on Sunday, the first multi-homer game of his young career, to power Fredericksburg to a 3-0 win over Salem. Fien finished the day 2-for-4 with two RBIs on

I don’t know about you, but Ethan Petry was definitely feeling 22 on Wednesday, assuming another trip around the sun provides a boost in home-run pop.

Petry, the Nationals’ No. 13 prospect, hit a pair of big flies for Double-A Harrisburg in an 11-6 victory over Erie

"Grass Routes" reaches its Season 2 conclusion with a visit to Rochester, N.Y. -- home of the world-famous (infamous?) Garbage Plate.

After stops in Portland, Maine (Season 1), Asheville, Tulsa and Montgomery, the travelogue's fourth and final episode of the year features the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, affiliate of

If there were any questions about how Eli Willits would handle his recent promotion to High-A, he's answering them emphatically.

Washington's No. 1 prospect went deep for a third consecutive game and for the fourth time this week for High-A Wilmington, which lost, 7-6, to

Eli Willits is quickly making himself at home with High-A Wilmington.

Willits -- the No. 1 pick from the 2025 Draft -- homered on Thursday to aid a 9-5 win for the Blue Rocks over Greensboro at First National Bank Field. It was already Willits’ third big fly in

At an age when many kids might be finishing up their first year of college, Eli Willits is taking baseball by storm.

The Nats' No. 1 prospect collected his first multihomer game as a pro and finished with three hits for High-A Wilmington, which fell to Greensboro,

Two of the top picks in the 2025 MLB Draft and two of MLB Pipeline’s top prospects did battle on Tuesday in High-A.

Seth Hernandez (PIT No. 1 prospect, MLB No. 3) took the bump for Greensboro, while Eli Willits (WSH No. 1, MLB <a

Between selecting Eli Willits with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft and dealing former ace MacKenzie Gore for a huge haul in the offseason, the Nationals have stocked up on Minor League talent recently. Now, Willits and Gavin Fien -- a key piece of the Gore

If you blinked, you might have missed it.

Andrew Pinckney didn't just clobber a 2-1 fastball from Mets farmhand Xzavion Curry for a home run in the third inning of Triple-A Rochester's 9-8 victory in 11 innings over Syracuse at ESL Ballpark on Friday night.

After a game on May 16, Eli Willits experienced a spell of lower back tightness that did not require a stint on the injured list but led to a precautionary absence of four games (eight days) for the No. 1 overall pick in last year's Draft.

It was tough

First baseman Abimelec Ortiz was one of the five prospects the Nationals received in the MacKenzie Gore trade and is the closest to the Majors of that quintet given that he is the only one at Triple-A Rochester. Right now, the Nats' No. 25 prospect is

The uniform may be different, but not much else has changed for Seaver King since he moved up to Triple-A last week. The Nationals No. 9 prospect has been raking for Rochester, just like he was for Double-A Harrisburg.

• Get tickets to a

Making the decision to part ways with the All-Star ace of your staff is never an easy one, but when it comes to the Nationals, whose collective eyes are on the future, things have to be feeling pretty good right now.

The organization dealt MacKenzie Gore to Texas during the offseason

Four months ago, Devin Fitz-Gerald was a member of the Rangers organization, a highly regarded fifth-round pick from the 2024 Draft.

Fast-forward to Tuesday night and the 20-year-old is arguably the fastest-rising star in the Nationals’ system, adding his first multihomer performance as a pro to his laundry list

WILMINGTON, Del. – Nationals assistant general manager Devin Pearson faced a familiar question during his first Spring Training with the club.

• Get tickets to a Minor League game

Before their arrival, the organization drafted Eli Willits (the No. 1 prospect in the system) and Coy

When the Nationals selected Eli Willits first overall in the 2025 Draft, they landed a player that evaluators thought could be the premier standout from the class in the long run. Yes, he was just 17 years old -- and will play the entirety of his first full

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