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Nationals Promote Former Superstar Prospect After His Tumultuous Early Career
Cade Cavalli, Brady House, Elijah Green and Dylan Crews. Those were the Washington Nationals' first-round picks from the years 2020-23, resp...
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SI.COM
Alex Freeman Headlines Kids Of Former NFL Players Making Their Names In Other Sports
Team USA's Alex Freeman is leading the charge of breakout athletes across sports with NFL bloodlines.
JUNE 25
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FOX SPORTS
Good to go for spring
Green (hamstring) went 0-for-2 and played four innings in center field Saturday in the Nationals' 6-2 win over the Cardinals in Grapefruit League play.
Impact
Green missed the final month of the 2025 season due to a right hamstring strain but was fully cleared for the start of spring training. He'll likely open the upcoming campaign at High-A Wilmington, where he produced a .531 OPS over 140 plate appearances last season before being demoted to Single-A Fredericksburg following the All-Star break.
FEBRUARY 23
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ROTOWIRE
Activated off minor-league IL
Green (wrist) was activated from the minor-league injured list Tuesday at Single-A Fredericksburg, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
Impact
Green wound up missing around seven weeks because of a wrist injury. Selected by the Nationals with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, the 19-year-old outfielder had slashed .218/.327/.318 with three homers and 22 steals in 58 games this season for Fredericksburg prior to the IL stint.
AUGUST 22, 2023
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ROTOWIRE
Ready for rehab assignment
Green (wrist) was sent to the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Monday to begin a rehab assignment.
Impact
Green has been out since June 28 due to a wrist injury and remains on Single-A Fredericksburg's 7-day injured list, but he may only need a handful of games in the FCL before he's deemed ready for activation. The 19-year-old outfielder was hitting .220 with a 13.7 percent walk rate and 43.4 percent strikeout rate in 251 plate appearances for Fredericksburg prior to being shut down.
AUGUST 7, 2023
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ROTOWIRE
Placed on minor-league IL
Green (wrist) was placed on the 7-day injured list Tuesday at Single-A Fredericksburg, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.
Impact
Green hasn't appeared in a minor-league game since late June due to a nagging wrist injury that will now officially sideline him at least a little while longer. The 19-year-old outfielder was the fifth overall selection in the 2022 MLB Draft, but he's slashed just .218/.327/.318 across 248 plate appearances when healthy this year in Low-A ball.
AUGUST 1, 2023
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ROTOWIRE
Signs of progress
Green upped his walk rate in May, an indication the 19-year-old is beginning to develop better strike zone judgement, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
Impact
The 2022 first-round pick has had a rough start to his first full season as a pro, slashing .240/.358/.357 through his first 47 games at Single-A Fredericksburg with a brutal 41.2 percent strikeout rate, but after drawing only eight walks in 17 games in April (10.4 percent), Green has earned 23 free passes in 29 games since the beginning of May (18.7 percent). "It's about the swing decisions and managing the strike zone, and he's going through a serious master class of it right now," Nationals director of player development De Jon Watson said this week. "It's the first time in his young career that he's seen this much off-speed, and they're not going to stop. They're going to continue to entice him to chase and get him to expand the zone." Green has been able to flash his plus athleticism in other ways, playing strong defense in center field and stealing 19 bases on 22 attempts, but his pitch recognition will need to start catching up to his tools before he'll be considered a truly elite prospect.
JUNE 9, 2023
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ROTOWIRE
Striking out too much
Green is hitting .262 with zero home runs, seven steals and a 25:6 K:BB in 11 games with Single-A Fredericksburg.
Impact
Since entering pro ball, Green has a 45.5 percent strikeout rate and an 11.9 percent walk rate. Few prospects can match Green's physical tools, but the hit tool was the one concern entering last year's draft and he hasn't done anything to lessen those concerns through 101 pro plate appearances.
APRIL 23, 2023
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ROTOWIRE