Follow the Minor League Teams (2026)

[imref]

King and Wallace put on a show tonight in the Senators 13-8 win:

https://www.milb.com/gameday/senators-vs-seawolves/2026/04/14/818774/final/box

[Slateman]

Fredericksburg put up 21 hits

[blue911]

Fredericksburg put up 21 hits

The Shorebirds staff is brutal. Hard throwers with no control. I watched them hit 6 of the Braves batters on their opening day.

[imref]

Fredericksburg put up 21 hits

runs

[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://www.federalbaseball.com/washington-nationals-prospects/90575/nationals-minor-league-hitters-off-to-best-collective-start-recent-memory

Paul Cubbage provides a general discussion of the hitting success in the minors. Currently, Nats have the 3rd most hitters at 100 wRC+ or higher among all systems at 22 (behind LAD and SFG). I wonder how much of this is because some of the hitters are a bit behind where they should be on their league assignments. Somebody like Cayden Wallace has  a 159 wRC+, but was already exposed to rule 5, is almost 25, an SEC bat when drafted, and is a bit older than Eastern league average. Still, it's nice to see TJ White being productive at A+, even if it's repeating a level. He's only 22.

Another interesting observation from Paul is how many players have BB/K > 0.50 and ISOs > .150. That's a nice measure of plate discipline and pop. Past 3 years, there were only 1 or 2 each year in the whole system (0 in full season ball the past 2 years); this year, there's 13.

[tomterp]

Another interesting observation from Paul is how many players have BB/K > 0.50 and ISOs > .150. That's a nice measure of plate discipline and pop. Past 3 years, there were only 1 or 2 each year in the whole system (0 in full season ball the past 2 years); this year, there's 13.

Coaching?   

[imref]

Quite the night across the farm:

https://nationalsprospects.com/2026/04/wednesdays-news-notes-312/

[Natsinpwc]

Seems like we post more about the farm after a big loss

[imref]

Seems like we post more about the farm after a big loss

the farm teams have been pretty good this year.

[blue911]

the farm teams have been pretty good this year.

Each of the four teams have at least one hitter to get excited about. Even if it’s temporary, it’s better than it’s been in a long while.

[Natsinpwc]

the farm teams have been pretty good this year.

Farm team records are meaningless.  We’ve seen that in the past.  We seem to have a number of guys though at Fredsburg with good potential. Need to hit on a few of these guys.

[imref]

FCL begins play on Monday.

Roster: https://www.milb.com/florida-complex/roster/466

[blue911]

Harrisburg was down 11-0 after two at Akron and scored the next 13 runs.

[imref]

Combining all teams, the Nats have the 2nd best minor league record. The last time the org had a cumulative winning record in the minors was 2014.

[imref]

first two FCL games rained out. They'll try again tomorrow.

[imref]

Rochester is currently 22-19. I thought I heard yesterday that the last time our AAA affiliate finished with a winning record was 2019.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Rochester is currently 22-19. I thought I heard yesterday that the last time our AAA affiliate finished with a winning record was 2019.

and Carter Kieboom was set to become the next phenom after Robles.

[imref]

and Carter Kieboom was set to become the next phenom after Robles.

They faced Kieboom this week.