Jarlín Susana

Minor league players and teams affiliated with the Washington Nationals professional baseball organization include:

Players

Jake Alu

Jacob Alu (born April 6, 1997) is an American professional baseball Infielder in the Washington Nationals organization.

Alu was born and raised in Hamilton Square, New Jersey, a community located within Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Alu attended Princeton Day School in Princeton, New Jersey. In 2015, Alu enrolled as a business major in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He graduated in 2019 with a degree in Business Management.
While still a senior at Princeton Day School in 2015, Alu registered .523 batting average with 3 home runs and 18 RBIs. He recorded recording his 100th hit on April 28, 2015.

In 2016, as a freshman at Boston College, Alu appeared in 10 games with .500 batting average, entering as a pinch runner eight times and a pinch hitter twice.
As a sophomore in 2017, he played in 48 games, making 45 starts – 29 in left field, 10 at second base, five as the designated hitter and one shortstop. That year, Alu registered .331 with 23 RBIs. In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As a Junior in 2018, Alu registered .216 batting average with 2 home runs and 19 RBIs. 2019 was a pivotal year for Jake Alu's career after he was acquired by Washington Nationals in the 24th round to play for their Auburn (N.Y.) Doubledays affiliate, a Class A Short Season team that competes in the New York–Penn League. He was also named as a 3rd team All-ACC performer at Boston College after he batted .343 with 40 RBIs. The same year, Alu also played in Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.
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Yasel Antuna

Yasel Eneudy Antuna (born October 26, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Washington Nationals organization.

The Nationals signed Antuna to a minor league contract as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic on July 2, 2016. They gave Antuna a $3.9 million signing bonus, the largest they had ever awarded an international free agent by $2.4 million to that point. Antuna was described by scouts at the time as a potential five-tool player who profiled as a future everyday shortstop in the major leagues.

Antuna debuted professionally in the Gulf Coast League with the GCL Nationals in 2017, appearing in games at shortstop and third base. He played in both games of a double-header on July 23, 2017, in which the GCL Nationals no-hit the GCL Marlins in both seven-inning games, committing a throwing error in the second game that accounted for one of the Marlins' two baserunners in the contest. Midseason rankings that month by '' MLB Pipeline'' ranked Antuna as the Nationals' eighth-best prospect. Antuna finished his 2017 season with a .301 batting average in the Gulf Coast League, playing mostly shortstop with several appearances at third base as well.

In August 2018, Antuna underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery. Antuna appeared in three games for the GCL Nationals late in the 2019 season, after which ''Baseball America'' ranked him as the Nationals' ninth-best prospect. Antuna was a non-roster invitee to the Nationals' 60-man player pool for the 2020 season, which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the season, the Nationals selected Antuna's contract, promoting him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Antuna was assigned to the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks to begin his 2021 campaign, alongside a number of other Washington top prospects. On December 1, 2022, Antuna was sent outright off of the 40-man roster.

Darren Baker

Darren John Baker (born February 11, 1999) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Washington Nationals organization.

Baker is the son of former MLB player and manager, Dusty Baker. Darren served as the batboy for the San Francisco Giants, while his father was managing the team. During game five of the 2002 World Series, Darren narrowly missed being run over at home plate by baserunner David Bell before being grabbed and lifted by his jacket out of the way by J. T. Snow, before a collision could occur.

Baker attended Jesuit High School in Sacramento, California. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 27th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. After four years at Berkeley, he was again drafted by the Nationals, this time in the 10th round of the 2021 MLB draft, and signed.

Baker spent his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Nationals and Fredericksburg Nationals. He played 2022 with the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Harrisburg Senators. In July, he played in the All-Star Futures Game.

Nick Banks

Nicholas Matthew Banks (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent.

Banks formerly lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, but moved to Tomball, Texas, when he was eleven, and graduated from Tomball High School in 2013.

Banks played college baseball for the Texas A&M Aggies. He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 4th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and began his professional career with the Auburn Doubledays, spending all of 2016 there, posting a .277 batting average with 19 RBIs and eight doubles. He spent 2017 with the Hagerstown Suns and batted .252 with seven home runs and 58 RBIs.

Banks was one of eleven Nationals prospects who played for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League following the 2019 season. He elected free agency on November 10, 2022.

Matt Brill

Matthew Ryan Brill (born October 25, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.

Brill attended Moline High School in Moline, Illinois, where he played baseball and soccer. In 2013, his senior year, he went 6–2 with a 1.76 ERA alongside hitting six home runs. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 24th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign and instead chose to play college baseball at Appalachian State University.

In 2014, Brill's freshman year at Appalachian State, he spent a majority of the year as a designated hitter, batting .306 with four home runs and twenty RBIs over 39 games. As a sophomore in 2015, he began to pitch, going 0–2 with a 10.12 ERA over innings, alongside hitting .277 with two home runs over 26 games. Brill missed all of the 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He returned to play in 2017, batting .261 with five home runs over 25 games alongside pitching to a 1–3 record and 4.45 ERA over twenty relief appearances. After the season, Brill was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 12th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft as a pitcher.

Brill signed with Arizona and made his professional debut with the Hillsboro Hops of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, compiling a 0.89 ERA and 25 strikeouts over relief innings. In 2018, Brill began the year with the Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League, with whom he was named an All-Star, before earning a promotion to the Visalia Rawhide of the Class A-Advanced California League in June. Over 43 relief appearances between the two clubs, Brill went 6–4 with a 3.74 ERA, striking out 65 batters over 53 innings. Brill began 2019 with Visalia and was promoted to the Jackson Generals of the Class AA Southern League in May. He finished the year with a 4–5 record and a 5.11 ERA over 44 relief innings pitched. He was assigned to the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League after the season.

Brill did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Brill was assigned to the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Central for the 2021 season, going 2–4 with a 6.33 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 27 innings pitched in relief.

After the 2021 season, the Washington Nationals selected Brill from the Diamondbacks in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He opened the 2022 season with the Harrisburg Senators of the Double-A Eastern League and was later promoted to the Rochester Red Wings of the Triple-A International League.

Zach Brzykcy

Zachary John-William Brzykcy (born July 12, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.

Brzykcy attended Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina, where he was named Northwestern Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2017. He went on to attend Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he was the regular closer for the Hokies. He also played in the Cape Cod Baseball League during the summer of 2019, leading the league that summer with seven saves for the Falmouth Commodores. With the 2020 Major League Baseball draft shortened to just five rounds, despite ranking as the 180th-best draft prospect in 2020 according to '' MLB Pipeline'', Brzykcy went undrafted. Brzykcy was scouted by longtime Washington Nationals scout Bobby Myrick and chose to sign with the Nationals as a non-drafted free agent.

In 2021, Brzykcy was assigned to the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks to begin his professional baseball career. He earned his first win on May 12, 2021, striking out seven in four scoreless relief innings.

On the mound, Brzykcy is a right-handed pitcher noted for a fastball that has been clocked up to , although it typically registers in the mid-90s. He complements that primary pitch with a sharp breaking ball.

Gerardo Carrillo

Gerardo Carrillo (born September 13, 1998) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.

Carrillo signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in 2016 and began his professional career the following year with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers. He played for the Arizona League Dodgers and Great Lakes Loons in 2018 and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2019. The Dodgers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season. He began the 2021 season with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, where he was 3–2 with a 4.25 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). On July 30, 2021, he was traded to the Washington Nationals (along with Josiah Gray, Donovan Casey, and Keibert Ruiz) in exchange for Trea Turner and Max Scherzer. He was designated for assignment on December 20, 2022.

Donovan Casey

Donovan Casey (born February 23, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization.

A native of Stratford, New Jersey

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