Follow the Prospects: Jarlin Susana, RHP

[IanRubbish]

The Nats head of player development is on the broadcast tonight. Says Susana had an mri earlier and they are just waiting on results.

He's already recovering from a UCL strain, sat out for a few months, and still has issues.  Very possible they shut him down, it acts up again next year and he's out until '28 after TJ.  Given the risk, they cannot under any circumstance call him up to MLB and have him start accruing service time until they move him to the pen, and let him pitch a reasonable reliever workload without tearing that ligament.

[imref]

MRI revealed a right lateral strain per Golden, will be reviewing options.

[Slateman]

Season definitely done.

[Slateman]

Had surgery on his lat

[blue911]

Had surgery on his lat

Ugh. I just don’t trust the Nats not to screw everything up.

[IanRubbish]

Ugh. I just don’t trust the Nats not to screw everything up.

This is the Rizzo legacy of drafting (or trading) based on appearance, not baseball skill, and without the coaching to develop arms properly.  At least Susana's one of the last his man crushes working his injured arm through the system.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

This is the Rizzo legacy of drafting (or trading) based on appearance, not baseball skill, and without the coaching to develop arms properly.  At least Susana's one of the last his man crushes working his injured arm through the system.

I can see getting down on Susana as an injury  risk, but baseball  skill? Since when are Ks and groundballs things that aren't skills?

[nobleisthyname]

Age: 21
Team rank: 3
Current level: AA (on 7-Day IL)

Season recap (2 levels)

W-L

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IP

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GS

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ERA

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FIP

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SO

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BB

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K%

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BB%

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WHIP

1-4

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56.1

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14

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3.51

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2.70

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95

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34

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38.9%

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13.9%

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1.31

[JCA-CrystalCity]

FWIW, Sam Sallick says Susana should be available early 2026.

https://www.federalbaseball.com/washington-nationals-prospects-minor-leagues/87229/baseball-america-releases-top-10-washington-nationals-prospects

Jarlin Susana had season ending lat surgery in September. He should be back at some point in early 2026.

Those are the 2 and 3 prospects in the system. There were some interesting notes about Susana though. One is that he is now listed at a massive 6’7 283 pounds on the Nats media guide. The others have to do with his pitch mix. Apparently, he has two distinct power breaking balls now, a slider around 91 MPH and a curveball in the mid-80’s. Both are plus pitches. He has also developed a power changeup that sits at a crazy 94 MPH. It has the potential to be a plus pitch too. Susana just has crazy upside if he stays healthy and throws strikes. Before he got hurt, that command was getting to a decent place.

Size-wise, it sounds like CC Sabathia territory.  IIRC, the slider is the pitch Longenhagen is in love with.

[Slateman]

In theory, sure.

In reality, he will probably blow out his elbow in May or June, and not be available until 2028