WASHINGTON – This was a challenging year for scouts at the amateur level in the Nationals’ player development office.
With only five rounds of the First-Year Player Draft, the Nationals had to identify the very top prospects and they ended up making six selections.
After that, with an uncertain future for the minor leagues, Washington had to figure out who and how many non-drafted free agents they could sign.
That was tricky as high school and college players had to weigh the uncertain status of amateur athletics in light of the pandemic.