Without further ado…
- Travis Sykora (4)
- Jarlin Susana (9)
- Andry Lara (10)
- Alex Clemmey
- Brad Lord
- Cade Cavalli (1)
- Tyler Stuart
- Jake Bennett* (5)
- Andrew Alvarez* (6)
- Zach Brzykcy
Others receiving votes, excluding honorable mentions: Marquis Grissom Jr., Jose Feliz, Jackson Rutledge, Robert Cranz, Cole Henry, Jose Atencio, Jackson Kent
The winter meetings are this week but it’s hard to muster much excitement, even with the Nats having a ~10% chance of getting the #1 pick in the Draft Lottery. Likewise for the Rule 5 draft, in which the Nats are back to being more likely to pick someone up than lose someone.
I’d love to be wrong and see the Nats pull off a trade like they did in 2011, but that was a near-.500 team with a veteran core vs. a team with zero guys who have been on the team more than five seasons. I don’t see the Nats giving up on the current rebuild or trying to accelerate when they need closer to 20 more wins than 9 or 10.