In discussing the return the Washington Nationals received from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the trade for both Max Scherzer and Trea Turner, Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo talked last Friday about the top-ranked arm in LA’s system, Josiah Gray, as a pitcher who could make an immediate impact in the nation’s capital, after the 2018 2nd Round pick, who’d started the 2021 season at No. 68 on Baseball America’s Top 100 and at No. 58 on MLB.com’s top prospects list, debuted in the majors last month.
“Jo-Jo Gray is a terrific young prospect,” Rizzo said of the 23-year-old right-hander who came to the Nationals in the deal, along with catcher Keibert Ruiz, now the Nats’ No.