It was an eventful Thursday afternoon down at Pfitzner Stadium as the Washington Nationals high-A affiliate, the Potomac Nationals played in a doubleheader vs. the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Kansas City Royals) after rainouts on Tuesday and Wednesday. You had a little bit of everything in this doubleheader as the Nats had one of their current players work their way back to the big leagues (Casey Janssen) and one of their star prospects (Reynaldo Lopez) make their high-A debut in Potomac’s split of the two games vs. Wilmington.
Let’s start with Game 1, where Lopez (the Nats #4 prospect according to MLB Pipeline) got the start.