First it was Hunter Harvey, a waiver wire pickup in 2022, going to Kansas City in return for the Royals’ No. 2 prospect (on MLBPipeline’s list), and a competitive balance round pick in this year’s draft (No. 39 overall) which Washington used on the University of California, Berkeley’s catcher Caleb Lomavita.
Then it was Jesse Winker, who signed a free agent deal with the Nationals this winter going to the New York Mets in return for 2022 6th Round pick pitcher Tyler Stuart, 24, who is now ranked 17th overall in the Nats’ system by MLB Pipeline’s scouts, as the 4th highest-ranked right-hander in the organization.