The future may be coming soon for a pair of Washington Nationals pitching prospects doing unexpected things.
have accumulated and called up to the Majors in the past couple of months, it’s worth noting that they have a deeper pipeline than highly-touted players like James Wood and
But, deeper in the minor-league system the Nationals have a pair of pitching prospects that are having unexpectedly great seasons, according to Jarlin Susana and Travis Sykora were the two pitchers for the Nationals. Both are Top 100 prospects per MLB Pipeline, but they’re deep enough in Washington’s system where many aren’t keeping a close eye on either of them.
What’s really intriguing is his fastball. It’s been clocked as high as 103 mph. And, in his most recent start, he was dominant. He struck out 10 hitters in five innings and gave up two runs. He gave up seven hits, but four were infield singles.points out that his 11.2% walk rate is a career-low, that he has two different fastball shapes that can reach 100 mph and that his best pitch is actually a slider that generates swing-and-miss 24% of the time.
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