Washington Nationals news & notes: Rule 5 pick Nasim Nuñez; a defense-first bench option for 2024 Nats...

With the fifth overall pick in this year's Rule 5 Draft, Washington's Nationals selected a 23-year-old shortstop, Nasim Nuñez, a 2019 2nd Round pick by Miami ranked sixth overall in the Marlins' by Baseball America this winter. Nuñez played at Double-A Pensacola this year, posting a .225/.341/.286 line with 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 87 walks, and 107 Ks, and stealing 52 bases (in 59 attempts), to finish the season, “... ranked tied for third in all of Double-A,” in stolen bases, and, “fourth in walks,” as the club noted in a press release on the selection.