Washington Nationals’ Spring Training 2023 - Prospect updates + more

Irvin in Camp:

Jake Irvin, who turned 26 on Saturday, was a 2018 4th Round pick out of the University of Oklahoma whose rise in Washington’s system was set back by Tommy John surgery in 2020, but the Nationals added the hard-throwing right-hander to the 40-man roster this winter, protecting him from selection in the Rule 5 Draft, and he’s in camp with the club in West Palm Beach, FL this year, back on track after he returned to the mound this past season.

Irvin, the Nats noted in a press release on their 40-man additions, “… went 0-4 with a 3.83 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 24 starts between High-A Wilmington and Double-A Harrisburg,” in 2022. “His 24 starts were tied for the most of any…