Washington Nationals’ pitchers and catchers officially reported to the FITTEAM Ballpark in West Palm Beach this morning, though as some noted on Twitter, a majority of them were down around the club’s Spring Training facilities already.
Tomorrow is the first official workout of the spring for hurlers and receivers, and the first media availability of the spring for GM Mike Rizzo and manager Davey Martinez.
This afternoon, the Nationals posted the full list of their non-roster invitees (“non-roster invites” sounds weird though it’s right there in the tweet) for 2021 Spring Training:
The list of NRIs includes high-end prospects (like 2019 1st Round pick Jackson Rutledge and 2020 1st Rounder Cade Cavalli), some organizational stalwarts (Aaron Barrett; Javy Guerra; Gerardo Parra), and some veterans who received minor league deals with invitations to Spring Training this winter (like Yasmany Tomas; Welington Castillo; Jefry Rodriguez; Jordy Mercer; T.