RHPs

		Wil Crowe Born: 9/9/94 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 240 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Let the Tanner Roark comps begin! Sturdy carriage and four-seam FB that has a higher RPM than MPH. Uses the classic arsenal (fastball, curve, slide, changeup). Scouts say his control is spotty, which he compensates for by mixing his pitches and working the edges of the zone. He led the 2019 Nationals minors in IP despite being on his second elbow.
		Mario Sanchez Born: 10/31/95 Ht. 6’1″ Wt. 166 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Sanchez returned to Washington as a MLFA after a two-year hiatus in the Philadelphia system (Jimmy Cordero trade). Given that most of 2018 (and all of 9IP) was spent in the GCL, it’s probably safe to deduce he had suffered an injury. He was healthy last summer though (127⅓ IP), and spent all but four appearances at AA (a 7.89 FIP in 13⅔ IP) where he went 10-5 with a 2.85 ERA.
		Jacob Condra-Bogan Born: 8/30/94 Ht. 6’3″ Wt. 220 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Condra-Bogan made it to AA in 2019, which is quite the feat considering he began his pro career in the indys in 2017. He pitched well enough to earn a trip to the AFL, where threw seven shutout innings across six appearances (5GF, 3SV). Bogan works with a FB/SL/CV repertoire, but scouts say his secondary pitches are both “show-me” offerings. Thus, despite sitting at 95mph and hitting 98, his FB plays down.
		Steven Fuentes Born: 5/4/97 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 175 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Fuentes pitched across two levels again, but a drug suspension (Heptaminol) cut 2019 short and will delay the start of 2020. It also begs the question whether his ’19 gains were developmental or pharmaceutical, which hurts more because he made a career-high 11 starts after spending ’15-’18 as a reliever. The 22-y.o. Panamanian features a low-90s FB with sink, a slider, and a changeup.
		Jhonatan German Born: 1/24/95 Ht. 6’4″ Wt. 215 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Signed at the age of 20 in 2015, German had been lingering in the low minors until a three-level 2019 that saw him rise from Low-A to AA. His FB touches 97-98 but mostly sits about 94-95. He also throws a SL and CH, both of which he tends to use after he gets ahead in the count. Best suited to short outings as scouts feel batters will do much better with a second look.
		Andrew Lee Born: 12/2/93 Ht. 6’5″ Wt. 225 Bats: L Throws: R Career Stats	After missing most of 2017 with Nationals elbow, Lee has spent the past two seasons splitting time between starting and relieving and worked his way up to AA with a trip to the AFL for 13 relief innings. Combined, the 122 IP is a career high and hopefully it’s an indication that he’s fully healthy. Relief seems to the best bet going forward, with the occasional PH appearance as a former two-way player at UTenn.
		Frankie Bartow Born: 2/26/97 Ht. 6’3″ Wt. 180 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Bartow nearly debuted at Low-A (he pitched twice for the Doubledays) the year he was drafted (2018). He followed that up in 2019 t High-A with probably the quietest 10-save, 1.86 ERA season in recent memory. He’ll hit 95 if you need him to, but works with a low-90s FB that’s complemented with legit, low-80 SL, and a mid-80s CH to keep LHBs off-balance.
		Jackson Rutledge Born: 4/1/99 Ht. 6’8″ Wt. 250 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Rutledge is yet another injury gamble (surgery on both hips) by the Nationals in the 1st Rd. His arm action and stride – very short for someone 6-8, 250 – remind scouts of Lucas Giolito. Throws hard (96-100) and features a plus SL, a fringe-average CV, and an average CH. The key in 2020 will be harnessing the stuff and refining his command (3.6 per 9IP is not good against overmatched low-level hitters).
		Angel Guillen Born: 1/24/97 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 150 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Guillen finally made it to full-season ball in 2019 after five years as a “shorty,” though he was an NYPL All-Star in 2018. At Hagerstown he registered more than 10K per 9IP, which dropped to 8.6 in 14⅔ IP at Potomac. All but two of his outings were for multiple innings, including a pair of spot starts for the Suns. Most likely, he’ll return to Fredericksburg for 2020 as a middle reliever.
		Joan Adon Born: 8/12/98 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 185 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	A two-level pitcher in 2018, Adon spent all of 2019 in Hagerstown where he surpassed 100IP for the first time as a pro. Scouts believe the heavier workload contributed to a slight drop in velo (94-95 to 92-93). Features a FB/SL/CH repertoire, with the latter being the weakest of the three, as it has little separation from the SL and tends to float. Long-term, their belief is that he might be better suited to the ‘pen.
		Jake Irvin Born: 2/18/97 Ht. 6’6″ Wt. 225 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Irvin was first drafted by the Twins in 2015 out of high school in Bloomington, MN but went to the Univ. of Oklahoma instead, where he started all three years before the Nats took him the 4th Rd. in 2018. Like Adon, Irvin relies heavily on two pitches: a low-90s FB and a low-80s SL, though he occasionally (rarely) throws a changeup. A bit HR-prone (14 in 128⅓ IP).
		Pearson McMahan Born: 7/1/96 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 190 Bats: L Throws: R Career Stats	McMahan is a salvage job, as the Nats signed him in May 2019 after he had was released by the Rockies. The 23-y.o. was promoted to Hagerstown after 11 appearances and a pedestrian line of 3.52/1.11/5.03 at Auburn. Something must’ve clicked, because at Low-A he improved to 1.98/0.66/2.90 in eight outings, and he was called up to the AFL for two games.
		Trey Turner Born: 6/15/96 Ht. 6’1″ Wt. 195 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	The first thing you’ll notice about “Nuke” Turner is the loads of walks and whiffs – 52 (8.1/9IP) and 86 (13.3/9IP) in 58 career IP. He throws hard (93-97mph) but has little-to-no command and even less control. Still, like Joan Baez, his motion and strength are natural and arms like that will always get plenty of chances.
		Amos Willingham Born: 8/21/98 Ht. 6’4″ Wt. 217 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Welcome to the scouting by boxscore section, which begins with Amos Willingham (no relation to Josh), a 19th Rd. pick out of Ga. Tech. Working mostly out of the bullpen, Willingham posted a line of 3.67/3.22/1.19 in 12 appearances (two starts, 27 IP). Presumably, his velo picked up a bit in relief as he was clocked at 88-91 as a RHSP for the Yellow Jackets.
		Tyler Dyson Born: 12/24/97 Ht. 6’3″ Wt. 210 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Despite losing his slot in the Univ. of Florida rotation in 2019, Dyson was drafted in the 5th Rd. and worked as a starter for the Doubledays. He works with a fastball that’s got velocity (96-97) but no life, which scouts have noted and batters have tacitly confirmed with an alarmingly low K rate (4.5/9IP). Scouts have long noted his inconsistency, which may be why he’s starting again so that he can regain his SL.
		Todd Peterson Born: 1/22/98 Ht. 6’5″ Wt. 230 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	There was always a gap between Peterson’s potential and his performance (and his grasp of the truth 😉 in his three years as a reliever for LSU. He works with a FB that touches 97, but like Dyson, has little “life” on it (5.9K/9IP). His mid-80s SL is what scouts really like and the hope is that starting will help Peterson refine it along with a CV while learning to stay “locked in.”
		Eddy Yean Born: 6/25/01 Ht. 6’1″ Wt. 180 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Yean was challenged with a stateside assignment despite a subpar line of 5.98/4.19/1.83 in 43⅔ IP in his DSL debut in 2018. Those numbers improved to 3.82/3.85/1.19 in eight GCL starts, and 2.45/3.49/1.09 in two NYPL starts. CW suggests a return to upstate NY, but it’s also possible that he could be challenged with an assignment to Low-A to begin his 2020 season.
		Karlo Seijas Born: 9/6/00 Ht. 6’1″ Wt. 185 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Likewise for Seijas, who tied for the most IP on the 2018 D-Nats with Bryan Peña, but had unspectacular results (5.47/3.92/1.45). In the GCL, Seijas worked mostly in relief and undoubtedly changed a few things up as he produced 2.76/4.09/0.92 in 36⅔ IP and 11 appearances (2GS). That earned him a trip to Auburn over Labor Day weekend and a 4IP/2R garbage save.
		Pedro Gonzalez Born: 7/16/00 Ht. 6’2″ Wt. 183 Bats: R Throws: R Career Stats	Gonzalez was indeed challenged with an assignment to the NYPL. This was despite the manhandling he got in the GCL in August 2018 after his promotion from the DSL. SSDY, as the NYPL batters also pounded him (13IP, 19H, 20R) for five starts before he was sent back to Florida where he pitched in long relief. He finished strong (0.41 ERA over 17IP in Aug) and returned to upstate NY for one start (5IP, 0R, W).