The Fredericksburg Nationals have two of the top 10 prospects in the Washington Nationals farm system on their Opening Day roster.
Elijah Green, the Nats’ 2022 first-round pick, and Jarlin Susana, one of the players acquired in the mega-trade for Juan Soto in 2022, will start the season in Fredericksburg, who open the 2024 schedule at home on Friday night against the Delmarva Shorebirds.
Green, 20, the #6 prospect in the Nats’ system. slashed .210/.323/.306, for a .629 OPS, with four homers, 36 RBIs and 30 stolen bases in Fredericksburg in 2023.
MLB.com lists his projected big-league arrival in 2026.
Susana, 20, the #10 prospect in the Nats’ system, was 1-6 with a 5.14 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 62 K/40 BB in 62.0 IP and .241 opponent batting average in Fredericksburg in 2023.
His big-league ETA is also 2026, according to MLB.com.
There’s one other former first-round pick with the FredNats to start the 2024 season, Mason Denaburg, Washington’s 2018 first-rounder.
Denaburg, 24, has undergone surgeries to his right shoulder and right elbow, and may be in for his last chance at advancing this season.
Denaburg was 4-4 with an 11.64 ERA, 2.53 WHIP, 33 K/49 BB in 36.1 IP and .293 opponent batting average in Fredericksburg in 2023.
In addition to those three, the FredNats’ Opening Day roster includes seven members of Washington’s 2023 draft class:
- SS Marcus Brown (fifth round pick, Oklahoma State)
- 2B Gavin Dugas (sixth round pick, LSU)
- RHP Thomas Schultz (ninth round pick, Vanderbilt)
- SS Phillip Glasser (10th round pick, Indiana)
- 2B Travis Sthele (12th round pick, Texas)
- LHP Liam Sullivan (13th round pick, Georgia)
- RHP Mikey Tepper (15th round, Liberty)
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