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Washington Nationals: Interview with pitching prospect Kyle Johnston

In this special edition of the DoDCast, Site Expert Blake Finney got the chance to speak to Washington Nationals minor leaguer Kyle Johnston.

Johnston was drafted in the sixth round by the Nationals out of the University of Texas in 2017. He started the 2018 season with the Hagerstown Suns before a mid-season promotion to the Potomac Nationals.

With this year being his first full season in professional baseball, he spoke about the adjustments he made in 2018 compared to his college days in Texas:

“It was really just the amount of throwing between each start.