After struggling as the youngest player in the Arizona Fall League in 2015, Drew Ward, a year older and wiser, is coming into his own this fall in his second tour of the desert.
Selected to play in last year's Fall League at age 20, Ward batted .097 over 12 games as a member of Salt River's taxi squad. But while Ward's performance may have left something to be desired, it didn't keep him from making the key developmental strides that would aid him in 2016.
"Coming here last year and being a [taxi squad] guy, I learned a lot about myself," said Ward, the Nationals' No.