Talking about Mitchell Parker’s MLB debut on the road in Dodger Stadium last week, which came four years after the Nationals selected the southpaw in the 5th Round of the 2020’s truncated COVID Draft, GM and President of Baseball ops Mike Rizzo described the lefty’s rise through the ranks as an organizational success story.
It was the result of a lot of hard work on the part of Parker himself and the Nationals’ player development staff throughout the minor league system.
“He is a real player development success story,” Rizzo told Audacy’s The Sports Junkies on 106.