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Draft Focus- Ethan Holliday Below you will find my breakdown and in this thread you will find some opinions from some great draft, nats and prospect accounts. I want to thank them for sharing some Ethan Holliday opinions here and make sure you follow all of them if you don’t already! This is the name that has been tied to this pick for what feels like years at this point and it is easy to see why. He has the big league pedigree, he has performed in Oklahoma and the power is absurd already. In my opinion Holliday has clearly the most upside in this draft along with a pretty solid floor when it comes to power. Like many prep bats his overall value will come down to his ability to hit and show off that power in pro games. Holliday has unfortunately had to live with the references to his summer performance. Fair or unfair that is one of the only samples we have to go on against elite talent and he stumbled during that time. The most concerning to me was his trouble with velocity. Supposedly those summer struggles prompted some changes to his swing, but we won’t be able to see proof of that against elite competition before the draft. I warn against people viewing his possible selection as a Harper type of move as he has more concerns than Harper at the time of the draft and isn’t that level of prospect. With that being said I do think Holliday can/will be a solid to star player at the big league level if some of the concerns are ironed out. What makes this draft so interesting to me is Holliday falls into a group of players where I would be happy with the pick but not 100% satisfied. Most years I would be able to narrow it down to one or two but this year is much more wide open for various reasons.

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The 2023 organizational OPS leaders 🤩 Yohandy Morales was one of the best hitters in all of MiLB after being drafted 40th overall in July. In 189 plate appearances across four levels, the corner infielder managed an OPS north of .900 and a 156 wRC+ 🪀

Adam Dunn in 2023 would be something special

These arms were solid from start to finish 💪 Along with finishing 7th in FIP, Mitchell Parker logged the most strikeouts (150), most walks (61), 4th-most innings (124), and 6th-lowest xFIP (3.82) of any pitcher in the organization during 2023 (min. 40 IP).

@HoneyBadger1962 @RVANats Yeah

@RVANats @NatsFarm This is his second AFL, right? Hamate injury ended it last season?

Get to know the Nationals' 2023 Arizona Fall League participants:

With the MiLB season coming to an end today, it's time to highlight season leaders starting with wRC+! James Wood ended at sixth in the organization for wRC+, but led all in plate appearances with 549. The player with the next most PAs on this leaderboard is Jacob Young (496).

@LuvtheCaps This was the lineup. Riley, Arcia, Ozuna were out.

@NatsFarm Did they play their starters? I guess this puts him In the conversation for next year

Heck of a start from Jackson Rutledge (WSH No. 13) against the Braves 🧀 5 IP | 3 H | 1 R | 2 BB | 4 K 58% four-seam fastballs (50/86 total pitches) 32% Whiff-rate on off-speed pitches (6 whiffs)

Top Prospects and Performers (9/24): Red Wings lose, 5-1 D. Baker (No. 24) LF: 1-4, K J. Dunn RF: 1-3, R, BB, K, 2 SB M. Adams DH: 1-4, RBI, K J. Barley SS-2B: 2-3, K, SB M. Parker (No. 25) SP: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K That’s a wrap on the 2023 minor league season!

Jackson Rutledge, Elevated 95mph ⛽️

Some familiar faces in the booth with Bob and Franny!

@RVANats That would be huge. He finished strong in Harrisburg.

@BeaneaterB Nope! He's been in Triple-A all season.

@NatsFarm Wait, Matt Adams is still playing? I thought he retired.

Big City doing big things 💥 Matt Adams clears the bases with a double to cap off a seven-run 7th inning.