WASHINGTON – Some of the changes in player development have already had an impact on outfielder Jake Randa, 23, who was drafted by the Nationals in 2019 and played last season for Single-A Fredericksburg.
Randa has spent time this month in minor league Spring Training working with, among others, Joe Dillon, the former assistant hitting coach for Washington who is now the hitting coordinator in player development for the Nationals.
Dillon was the assistant hitting coach when the Nationals won the World Series in 2019 and he spent the past two seasons as the hitting coach for the Phillies.