One of the most exciting new features of spring training 2024 is the introduction of “Spring Breakout,” a series of games designed to showcase some of the best young talent in baseball as each MLB team will field a team of their future stars.

In their Spring Breakout game, Washington Nationals prospects will face off against the New York Mets Prospects on March 15th at Clover Park with the first pitch at 6:10 PM ET.

Let’s start with the specific rules and then do some roster projection.

Who can play?

There are some roster construction limitations, as Sam Dykstra explains::

Each roster will be constructed using MLB Pipeline’s Top 30 Prospects list as its foundation. That means that players with rookie eligibility entering the 2024 season — most of whom will come directly from those Top 30s — can crack their club’s Spring Breakout roster. Major League rookie eligibility is defined as any player who has not yet exceeded 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 total regular-season days on an active roster at the game’s top level. So even players with Major League experience could participate in Spring Breakout if added to their respective rosters, which will include 23-27 players per club.

It really should be interesting to see which Nationals prospects make the roster as the team is full of great talent all over the field and there are even prospects that could make the opening day roster so do you even feature them?

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Richard • Dec 1, 2023

This seems like a fun afternoon to kick off the 2024 season and showcase the Washington Nationals' future. The team just announced that on Tuesday, March 26, 204, the Washington Nationals prospects will be showcased in a Futures Game. This will serve as the kick-off of festivities for Opening Week, which will also inclu…

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I think that MLB Pipeline should defer to the Nats Report's top prospect list, however, they didn’t consult us. So with that in mind, here’s a link to the Nationals prospect list listed on MLB.com —  and here’s a link to the eligible New York Mets prospects.

Based on the 2023 rankings, here is my best guess as to players who will make the Nationals’ roster for the one game that will feature the Nationals.

C- Drew Millas, Israel Pineda
1B - T.J. White, Trey Lipscomb (remember that Lipscomb did play 15 games last season at first base with the Senators)
2B -  Darren Baker
3B — Brady House, Yohandy Morales
SS — Julio Carreras, Coco Montes
OF — James Wood, Dylan Crews, Robert Hassell III, Elijah Green, Jacob Young

P — DJ Herz, Jarlin Susana, Travis Sykora, and Dustin Saenz.

I’ve probably missed some key prospects, but I know you will help me out in the comments, and I look forward to seeing your rosters in the comments.

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