Nationals Arm Race

Here’s a monthly check in on our 20 prospects plus other notables in the system. Stats are for just July 2026 for the full season shops, the full-season for FCL and DSL, unless otherwise noted.

I’m writing this just after the trade deadline; no stats here for any of the 10 guys we acquired.

I’ll be using my own personal top 20 to drive the rankings, the ones I posted right after the season started and which are a bit outdated at this point.

All the stats links I use are at my Nats Links page, which I visit every day for various reasons. I won’t repeat all the stats links and transactions pages and what not; just go to the Links page.

1. Eli Willits SS, High-A: Finally had a bad month, slashing just .190/.388/.222 for July. Still not bad for an 18yr old. Temperature: cooled off for sure
2. Henry Harry Ford, C AAA: was having the start to a solid month (.292/.486/.542) when he got the callup to cover for Millas’ broken finger. Is just 4-29 since his call-up. Temperature: warm for AAA performance.
3. Jarlin Susana, RHP (starter) AA: Still on the 60-day DL, and zero injury updates for 6 weeks now. This is now basically a lost season for Susana, certainly not how we thought this season would go. Temperature: still on ice.
4. Travis Sykora: RHP (starter) AA: out for the season, the injury report lists his return as 2027. No new news for months. Temperature: on ice.
5. Gavin Fien SS/3B, Low-A: regressed a bit this month from last: .238/.315/.438. So far, he has not lived up to his draft hype, though he is just 19. Temperature: cool.
6. Alex Clemmey, LHP (Starter) AA: Clemmey had a good month. 6 appearances, 1.98 ERA, 30/17 K/BB in 27 IP and just a .191 BAA. Hopeful this continues… Temperature: a little warm?
7. Seaver King, SS AAA: Missed basically the entire month with an oblique injury, but he’s off the DL as of 7/30. Let’s hope he has a solid run in August. No Abrams trade, thus no real pressure to call him up in 2026. Temperature: on ice, now off.
8. Luis Perales, RHP (starter) AAA: Perales was … great! 5 games, 1.46 ERA, .180 BAA. Still too many walks (29/16 k/bb in 24ip), but finally a solid month for the guy. Temperature: Warm.
9. Devin Fitz-Gerald, 2B/SS, AA: Improved from last month, slashed .250/.333/.306 but then got hurt. On the DL as we speak, unknown what the issues is. Temperature: Hot to get to AA, now on ice for a bit.
10. Landon Harmon, RHP (starter): Low-A: Finally off the DL after nearly 2 months there. Harmon’s first two starts back off the DL have looked short and effortless: 2 games, 5ip, 2 hits allowed, 0 runs. Bummer he’s missed so much time this season; at least he has August to build up some innings. Temperature: hopefully warming up.
11. Ronny Cruz: SS High-A. Fell off a cliff in July: .160/.292/.253. After such a torrid start, clearly has not made the jump to High-A and may be there for a bit. Reminder: he’s only 19. Temperature: cold.
12. Luke Dickerson, SS/CF Low-A: Very solid month for Dickerson: .261/.420/.507. He’s mostly splitting time between SS and CF still, and had 5 homers this month. Temperature: getting a lot warmer.
13. Ethan Petry, 1B AA: He slashed .221/.293/.441 in July, which is better than June but still not good. Temperature: now pretty cold.
14. Coy James, SS/3B, Low-A: connected for 6 homers this month, which pushed his slugging and OPS way up: .220/.280/.476 for the month. Would like to see a better BA and OBP. Temperature: warming.
15. Angel Felix, SS High-A: Treading water from June, slashing .250/.297/.429. Reminder: he’s only 19. Temperature: luke warm.
16. Yoel Tejeda Jr. RHP (starter) AA: Finally got promoted out of High-A after nearly 2 months of being the leading starter on the rotation. First two AA starts were middling; more to come in August.  Temperature: very warm for the promotion.
17. Jackson Kent, LHP (Starter) AAA: Kent almost matched his June numbers with a 4.66 ERA for July; a quick peek at his advanced numbers shows a 3.85 Fip and a .324 BABIP, so he’s a bit better than appearances. Not good enough yet to be seriously pressing for a promotion, especially since he’s not on the 40-man. Temperature: room temperature.
18. Miguel Sime Jr. RHP (starter): High-A: 4 starts, just 14 IP. 2.51 ERA, 1.12 whip; ok those are solid. He gave up FIVE hits in the month. Five. 23/11 K/BB in those 14 innings. Ok, so maybe the guy can’t find the plate, but when he does, he mostly strikes people out. .106 BAA. I wrote it elsewhere, but you have to move this guy up again, even though he’s walking nearly a guy an inning and he’s only 19. You have to find a level where they actually hit the guy. Temperature: still hot.
19. Davian Garcia, RHP (starter) AA; On the full-season DL, hopefully to return in 2027. No new news. Temperature: on ice.
20. Yeremy Cabrera CF High-A: still struggling 2 months into his High-A promotion: .207/.283/.341. It’s just hard to hit in Wilmington. Temperature: cooled off.

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Notables #20 and above by level:

in AAA:

• #27 Yohandy Morales 1B/3B in AAA had another poor batting average month, but still had an .843 OPS for the month with the power he’s shown.: .217/.321/.522. Hopefully with the trades of Mead & Garcia this opens up an eventual slot for Morales.
• #30 Cayden Wallace finally earned a promotion to AAA and had the typical adjustment month: .210/.242/.306. Great for him to finally push his way to AAA, now sharing middle infield time with Glasser, King, and Lipscomb.
• #31 Phillip Glasser 2B in AAA had another great month: .351/.471/.421. Hopefully with the clear-out of players in AAA, he’ll have a clear path to full-time playing time.
• #32 Andrew Pinckney, against all odds, got called up after years of solid AAA production.
• #33 Albimec Ortiz 1B/DH in AAA hit just .211 but had an OPS > .800, and as a 40-man member got the call-up to replace Garcia upon his trade.
• The team parted ways with Hassell, and Weimer continues not to hit and likely is in the lead for “next man to get cut from the 40-man if the team needs a spot,” especially since the team opted to add Pinckney instead of recalling him. Weimer, now as of this writing, is the sole non-pitcher on the 40-man who remains in the minors post trades. Postpublish update; a few hours after writing this, the team put Weimer on release waivers.
• Riley Adams is crushing the ball … but needs an injury to get back on the 40-man/back tot he majors. They played him at 1B the other day, interesting.
• Former 40-man member Trey Lipscomb is crushing the ball too: .356/.410/ .533 in July as a middle infielder.

In AA:

• #21 Sam Peterson continues to struggle, hitting just .229 this month after hitting .221 last month. He’s definitely stalling in 2026.
• #26 Caleb Lomavita settled down a bit in July: .264/.316/.396. The team opted to keep him starting in AA when Ford got called up, instead leaving Adams as the starting C in AAA and promoting one of the AA backups. I’m guessing we won’t see a Lomavita promotion this year.
• #60 TJ White, showed some power this month with 5 homers in AA but still struggling to a .221 BA.
• Brandon Boissiere powered it up in July: .306/.378/.514.
• Isaac Lyon, the throw-in player in the Ferrer-Ford trade, has been quietly an assassin this season, earning 2 promotions and now more than holding his own in AA. July numbers: 3-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 5 starts.1.06 whip, .229 BAA.
• AA is where most of our Trade deadline acquisitions have initially landed: they’ve added 2 starters, 4 relievers and an OF. We’ll see how things shake out for next month’s version of this and the rotation post.
  
  

In High-A:

• #40 Kevin Bazzell continues to produce with a .953 OPS figure in July. Nowhere to go though.
• #61 Randal Diaz got flipped to Baltimore on 7/1 for a AAA reliever.
• Elijah Green had a nice slashline .296/.363/.444 to go with his 40 Ks in 22 games.
• Jacob Walsh rebounded in a big way for July, mashing 8 homers for a slugging percentage in the 600s.
• Jack Moroknek had his 2nd straight month of hitting in the .125 range post promotion.
• Carson Fischer was a 2025 NDFA who had a 3.18 ERA month in the High-A rotation; can’t ask for much more than that from a $10k signing.

In Low-A:

• #38 Sir Jamison Jones had another sub .200 batting month.
• #39 Rafael Ramirez Jr bounced back with a solid .286/.444/.405 month.
• #41 Cristian Vaquero finally got off the DL, and got demoted to Low-A for his troubles. He only hit .229 in F’burg when he got there, and his career seems stalled.
• #51 Dashyll Tejeda, took a step back in his second Low-A month, hitting just .204.
• Unranked Jordan Williams, a 26yr old NDFA signed earlier this year, continues to hit and needs to be socially promoted.
• Unranked Elian Soto continues to hit: .271/.386/.458 for July, though without much power. His brother, he is not, but he’s showing some value.
• Note: just as I was getting ready to publish, the first 2026 draftee got moved to a full-season team in CA Cashel Dugger, 9th rounder this year.
  

In FCL, whose season ended in mid July, here’s seasonal stats for the 25IFA class that moved up from the DSL from 2025. Some good, mostly bad.

• #23 Marconi German; .246/.425/.486 for the season with some power and improvement from June->July.
• #36 Brayan Cortesia: .243/.381/.257 for the season: that’s just 2 XBH in 144 ABs. That’s not good.
• #42 Daniel Hernandez: .190/.238/.215 for the season, getting worse as he went along. Ugh.
• #46 Browm Martinez: .271/.431/.430; that’s solid, but not a ton of power.
• #47 Victor Hurtado .259/.410/.407, really turning it around in July.
• Maxim Medina pitched twice at the end of the FCL after dominating DSL this year and got absolutely shelled: 4.2 IP, 10 runs
• Juan Lopez‘s K/BB numbers are hilarious: 37ip: 46Ks and 33walks. He’s an older IFA; signed last year but already 21, so that may explain things.

In DSL, here’s the seasonal hitting stats for the four marquee 2026 IFA signings:

• Isaias Suarez OF (corner): ..198/.390/.337; struggling to start his career. At least he’s getting BBs.
• Angel Ramirez OF (corner): .205/.346/.375; about in line with the first month.
• Samil Serrano OF (cf): .297/.413/.517 so far; looking really good.
• Juan Duran 1B: .327/.431/.478; came back a bit from a hot July, still a .900 OPS for the season.

In the DSL, the remaining big money 2025IFA signings who are still there:

• Ronny Bello SS: .291/.404/.455, adding even more power from June, clearly earning a promotion to FCL in 2027.
• Esnaider Vargas: Of/DH: ..292/.355/.458, a solid year so far.
• Jonierbis Garces: OF (corner): .266/.408/.316; had a really good July to increase his BA and OBP; little power.