May 22 - Washington prospect Robert Hassell III is expected to make his major league debut on Thursday night when the Nationals and visiting Atlanta Braves complete their rain-shortened series.
Hassell was listed in the starting lineup playing center field before Wednesday night's game was rained out. The contest will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sept. 16.
Hassell was called up from Triple-A Rochester after the Nationals put outfielder Dylan Crews on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain.
"It's never a positive," Crews said. "You always want to go out there and play every day.