"We've obtained a listing of players that we're looking at, and if they're players that fit what we're attempting to do right currently," GM Mike Rizzo told reporters in San Diego, CA for the 2022-23 MLB Wintertime Meetings of the Washington Nationals' strategy for the top pick in the 2022 Guideline 5 Draft, ".. we have actually crafted the lineup [so we take can a gamer on. " Going into the Draft, the Nats' 40-man roster went to 38 adhering to some recent additions and their means to a 55-107 document this previous period "earned" the Nationals the No Nationals Store. 1 choice from amongst the gamers left unsafe by their respective teams this winter season. "Gamers authorized at age 18 or younger [needed to be included to their club's 40-Man roster within five seasons or they [ended up being eligible for the Regulation 5 Draft," as kept in mind on. "Gamers that signed at age 19 or older [needed to be shielded within four seasons," however if they weren't included in their club's 40-man roster they were eligible for selection this winter, with the Nationals selecting initial overall this year after completed with the most awful record in '22. Thad Ward's slider is a major league out pitch. Can control it to a harder cutter in the upper 80s too which he can make use of to connect up lefties. Sinker is good ground round device also.