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Minor league players and teams affiliated with the Washington Nationals professional baseball organization include:
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Austin Adams
Austin Lance Adams (born May 5, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.
Adams attended Zephyrhills High School in Zephyrhills, Florida and played college baseball at the University of South Florida. He was selected by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the eighth round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. The Angels added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.
On December 10, 2016, Adams and Kyle McGowin were traded to the Washington Nationals for infielder Danny Espinosa.
Rafael Bautista
Rafael Darwing Bautista Rodriguez (born March 8, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization.
Bautista signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in January 2012. The Nationals added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.
Jimmy Cordero
Jimmy Gerard Cordero (born October 19, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.
Cordero signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent in January 2012. The Blue Jays traded Cordero along with Alberto Tirado to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ben Revere on July 31, 2015. The Phillies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season.
On November 23, 2016, the Phillies traded Cordero to the Washington Nationals for minor league pitcher Mario Sanchez.
Carter Kieboom
Carter Alswinn Kieboom (born September 3, 1997) is an American baseball infielder in the Washington Nationals organization.
Kieboom attended George Walton Comprehensive High School and committed to attend Clemson University to play college baseball for the Clemson Tigers. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. He announced he would be joining the organization on June 11, 2016. He spent his first professional season with the GCL Nationals where he batted .244 with four home runs and 25 RBI's.
His brother, Spencer Kieboom, also plays in the Nationals organization.
Nick Lee
Nicholas Lee (born January 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.
Lee played college baseball at Weatherford College. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 38th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign and returned to Weatherford. He was then drafted by the Nationals in the 18th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft and signed. The Nationals added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season but outrighted him from the roster in 2016.
José Marmolejos
José Ramon Marmolejos (born January 2, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman in the Washington Nationals organization.
Marmolejos signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in June 2011. The Nationals added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season. On February 24, 2017, Marmolejos was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a left forearm strain.
Raudy Read
Raudy Miguel Ready Placencia (born October 29, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher in the Washington Nationals organization.
Read signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in January 2011. The Nationals added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.
Greg Ross
Gregory William Ross (born September 6, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization. He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.
A Towson, Maryland, native who pitched at Frostburg State University, Ross spent five seasons in the Braves organization, including two full seasons with the Class-AA Mississippi Braves. He was released after the 2015 season and became a free agent. He signed a minor league deal with his hometown team, the Baltimore Orioles, but was released after pitching just three innings in the Orioles' minor league spring training camp before the 2016 season. He was picked up on another minor league deal by the Nationals and pitched for the High-A Potomac Nationals and Class-AA Harrisburg Senators during the 2016 season, at one point tossing 30 straight scoreless innings from June 7 to June 29. He worked both as a starter and a reliever during the season, pitching to a 1.06 ERA over 85 innings between Potomac and Harrisburg. He traveled to South America during the off-season to play in the Venezuelan Winter League, pitching for the Tiburones de La Guaira.
A right-handed sinkerball pitcher, Ross relies more on weak contact and groundouts than strikeouts. He also throws a slider, curveball, and changeup that he mixes in as off-speed pitches.
Juan Soto
Juan José Soto Pacheco (born October 25, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization.
Soto signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Gulf Coast Nationals and was named the MVP of the Gulf Coast League after hitting .368 with five home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBI). In September he was promoted to the Auburn Doubledays for the final few games of the season.
Team rosters, by league
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Washington Nationals: