Follow the Prospects: Joe Glassey, RHP

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Born: 7/17/2001 in Park Ridge, IL
College: Illinois
6'3", 220
Signed by the Orioles as a FA in July, 2024
Acquired by the Nationals on August 23 from Baltimore for Christian Franklin

https://www.milb.com/player/joe-glassey-812521

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10 IP since the trade: 1H, 1BB, 11K, 0.00 ERA / 0.20 WHIP.

[Section214]

Call him up.

[Squab]

need this guy to get to AAA so we can see what his stuff is like in statcast, I couldn't find much of anything on him at the trade.

[imref]

need this guy to get to AAA so we can see what his stuff is like in statcast, I couldn't find much of anything on him at the trade.

there are no scouting reports that i could find either.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

there are no scouting reports that i could find either.

FG's write up of prospects traded at the deadline rates him a 35.

Former UDFA has developed an intriguing fastball; his secondaries and delivery give us pause.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ranking-the-mlb-prospects-traded-at-the-2026-deadline/

Their prospect report on him gives him current value / future value of 50/55 fastball, 45/45 slider, 45/50 on the changeup, and 30/35 on command. That said, he has a low walk rate at every level he's pitched more than 2 innings with K%-BB% in the 25%-35%.
https://www.fangraphs.com/players/joseph-glassey/sa3025303/stats/pitching

[imref]

Promoted to Rochester

[Squab]

only one outing and it doesn’t look like he threw a breaking ball, but 94mph sinker and 86mph changeup

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Project fix the bullpen with new bodies yielded Dion, Grable, Glassey, plus Cruz. It will be interesting to see whether any reliever who was in the Opening Day bullpen in 2026 is there in 2027. Beeter, and that's it, and he may not be a lock.

[Lintyfresh85]

Where do you slot Lord? In the rotation or you have him missing our altogether?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Where do you slot Lord? In the rotation or you have him missing our altogether?

Lord is somebody I missed. Could slot him in as a starter but he's really best as a reliever

[aspenbubba]

Project fix the bullpen with new bodies yielded Dion, Grable, Glassey, plus Cruz. It will be interesting to see whether any reliever who was in the Opening Day bullpen in 2026 is there in 2027. Beeter, and that's it, and he may not be a lock.

Beeter is 50/50 for next year

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I'm just really curious as to whether they think the bullpen fixes are mostly on board

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Beeter was mostly effective this year (mindfact). At one point, him and Lord were among the 10 best  guys coming in mid-inning. I don't want to mistake a few bad appearances in a row with more than some temporary problems