“We had four or five guys that we really liked,” Washington Nationals’ Assistant GM and VP of Scouting Ops Kris Kline told reporters of the board they set up for the 2021 Draft, in which the Nats’ top pick was the 11th overall selection. “Four or five potential five-tool players, [and] building the board like we build it and just didn’t see that, in our opinion, that Cade Cavalli from the last year, we didn’t see [2020 1st Round pick] Cade Cavalli in this draft. So, we were focusing on those other guys, and I remember when I was at a game, and I don’t text [Nats’ GM Mike Rizzo] very often or call him, but after I saw Brady [House], I texted [Rizzo], and he’s getting excited, and he said, ‘Is he going to be there?
Washington Nationals’ prospect Brady House and a sort-of lost season…
