WASHINGTON – Jake Boone can’t wait to get started on his professional baseball career.
Yes, in some ways it began last summer when he was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Washington Nationals after he turned down a chance to play as a senior at Princeton University in 2021.
Aiming to be a fourth-generation big leaguer, Boone took part in Instructional League last fall in West Palm Beach with the Nationals but he has not appeared in a pro game yet.
“Instructs was great because prior to that we had a lot of time off,” Boone told Federal Baseball last week from his home in San Diego.