Grayson Crawford

Director of Pitching @ Washington Nationals

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

🚨 FARM SYSTEM STATCAST RANKINGS 🚨

We broke down how every org graded in a variety of metrics, including...

Hit+
Stuff+
Fastball velo
Pitch quality
Swing decisions

Exclusively for BA subscribers: https://t.co/XyGkE2lmmf

[MLB's Arizona Fall League @MLBazFallLeague]

On Opening Day, Nationals No. 3 prospect Jarlin Susana made history

Susana threw the fastest pitch recorded in AFL history (since at least 2015) at 103.8 mph on Saturday. In fact, Susana had each of the nine fastest recorded pitches ever and 17 of the fastest 20. Amongst 36 fastballs, 34 eclipsed 100.0 mph, averaging 101.7 mph. He struck out four, retiring 9 of the final 10 batters he faced.

[Grayson Crawford @gwcbaseball]

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[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

susana recored the fastest pitch in AFL history at 103.8 mph 🤯

he also had EACH OF THE NINE fastest recorded pitches ever and 17 of the fastest 20 !!!

[Grayson Crawford @gwcbaseball]

17 Nats on this list. Huge shout out to our players and staff for the work they put in this season. ⛽️🔥

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Prospects that added the most fastball velocity in 2026 🔥

(Avg fastball velo (mph), 2025 -> 2026)
• Rockies RHP Sandy Ozuna: 87.1 -> 96.6

• Red Sox RHP Juanyerlin Duran: 91.1 -> 96.4

• Rays RHP Sebastian Piña: 87.5 -> 92.6

More prospects that added some more heat:
https://t.co/v7NSrulX9R

[Milb Central @milb_central]

Jarlin Susana tops out at 104.0 MPH in the Triple-A National Championship 😳

▫️ 2.0 IP | 1 H | 0 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 1 SO
▫️ All 17 fastballs thrown at 101.5+ MPH

The flamethrower now owns the fastest pitch of the 2026 Triple-A season.

[Rochester Red Wings @RocRedWings]

Immortalized

The 2026 Red Wings are forever etched in Rochester lore 📜 💍

[Rochester Red Wings @RocRedWings]

Every long day, every bus ride, every comeback, every challenge and every moment led to this.

Sometimes you don’t need words. The hugs say it all.

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

PLAYOFFFFFFFFS for the @RocRedWings 🔥

[Dan J. Glickman @DanJGlickman]

The post-game speech from Matt LeCroy. Thank you to @IanMillsTV, who got into the clubhouse before Bisons security locked it down. @PickinSplinters

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

mr. 200 😮‍💨

[Grayson Crawford @gwcbaseball]

🎟️🥊

[MLB @MLB]

Cade Cavalli's breakout season continues 👏

He's the first Washington pitcher to reach 200 Ks in a season since Patrick Corbin, Max Scherzer, and Stephen Strasburg all hit 200+ for the 2019 World Champion @Nationals!

[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

glass 🥶

[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

isaac lyon fanned seven in 5.0 scoreless innings of work

in three starts since being promoted to AAA:
1.32 ERA (2 ER/13.2 IP)
8 H
4 BB
14 SO

[Scout the Statline @StatlineScout]

The top 10 MiLB RELIEF pitchers by the FORMULATED CONSENSUS! 👀

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

The Nationals have BA's No. 7 ranked farm system, but Washington wasn't always top-of-the-heap in player development.

In Paul Toboni's first full season as president of baseball operations, investment in key areas has already yielded gains.

BA's Geoff Pontes has the story:
https://t.co/T6GDZeB44m

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Miguel Sime Jr. recorded six strikeouts over four scoreless frames at High-A tonight.

The @Nats_PlayerDev No. 9 prospect generated 19 whiffs on 67 pitches.

(🎥@WilmBlueRocks)

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Cade Cavalli, K'ing the Side in the 1st.

[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

miguel sime jr. since getting called up to A+:
2.15 ERA (11 ER/46.0 IP)
14.87 K/9 (3rd highest in @MiLB in that span, min 40.0 IP)

[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

four shutty with seven strikeouts for josh hartle 👏

since joining the nationals:
1.83 ERA (4 ER/19.2 IP)
20 SO
.182 opp. AVG (12-for-66)

[Nationals Player Development @Nats_PlayerDev]

landon harmon fans seven in 4.0 innings of one-run ball

he hasn't allowed more than one run in a game since July 6 and has pitched to a 1.39 ERA (5 ER / 32.1 IP) in 10 starts for the @FXBGNats this season 🔥