Washington Nationals: Minor League Challenges

MIKEY REEVES / For The News Journal ABERDEEN, Md. – Some baseball is certainly better than no baseball at all.

That is the mantra for Wilmington pitching coach Justin Lord and other instructors in the farm system of the Washington Nationals.

Lord was a pitching coach in the Baltimore system in 2019, working at high Single-A Frederick of what was then the Carolina League. But so much has happened since then, with about 40 towns across North America losing their minor league teams.

Last year, Alabama native Lord was slated to be the pitching coach of high Single-A Fredericksburg of the Carolina League. But the season was called off due to the pandemic – delaying the debut in the Washington…