Nationals prospect Brady House promoted to high Class A Wilmington

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• Data Sleepers To Know In The 2024 MLB Draft Class
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Starting with a toe tap, Hassell tends to see the ball well out of the hand and has long been praised for his ability to make contact through a classically beautiful left-handed swing. His supporters have always believed average power will come, but it hasn’t yet either in terms of true slugging numbers or exit velocity. The best pure hitter in the 2020 high school class, Hassell has a pretty left-handed swing and the hand-eye coordination to repeatedly barrel balls. He's at his best when he focuses on lashing line drives to all fields, but his stroke got too uphill when he made a concerted effort to hunt homers during the middle of the showcase circuit last summer. Scouts debate how much power he'll ultimately produce -- some project solid raw pop and believe he'll tap into most of it, while others see him as more lean than projectable and envision him as a 15-homer guy. The Vanderbilt recruit is a legitimate prospect as a pitcher as well but has a much higher ceiling as a hitter.

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Lile has a mature approach and a quick, compact left-handed stroke that produces repeated contact to all fields. His swing presently is geared for line drives from gap to gap, though he has the hitting ability, bat speed and projectable strength for at least average power if not more. He can make very loud contact and has proven he can drive the ball to all fields and hit the ball out of the park just about anywhere with at least plus raw power. He’s struggled in the past against elevated velocity and there are some concerns about his ability to adjust to offspeed and breaking stuff, but assuaged many of those fears with how he swung the bat this spring. House looks and acts the part of a large slugger at a measured 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, using that frame to generate good bat speed and plenty of raw power from the right side. He had previously gotten long in that swing, in order to exhibit that pop on showcase circuits, but shortened it enough last spring and summer to give him an average hit tool projection for now.

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An elbow injury slowed him down in his first summer of pro ball, but Millas came into 2021 healthy and gained some valuable experience by catching some bullpen sessions in big league camp this spring. He played 59 games for High-A Lansing before he was dealt to the Nationals in a five-player Trade Deadline deal. Millas is extremely athletic for his position, flashing above-average run times and moving around behind the plate like an infielder. He also has a strong and accurate arm, the leadership skills desired in a catcher and calls his own game -- a rarity in college.

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Teams who think his bat will profile well at the infield corner will take the chance at signing him away from his University of Miami commitment. The Nationals announced in the spring that House would be moving from short to third base full-time in ’23. His best defensive asset is a rocket arm that helped him throw 96 mph in high school and should ease the transition.

He’s also willing to take his walks when pitchers stay out of the zone and can manipulate the barrel when he needs to fight off pitches too. The 6-foot-4 right-hander sits mph with his fastball and is capable of touching triple digits. The four-seamer relies more on velocity than movement, considering it can come in fairly straight, but that level of heat still makes it a promising pitch. His mid-80s curveball breaks sharply downward and has separated itself as Cavalli’s best breaker over his upper-80s slider that features late cutterish break. His upper-80s changeup has been a work in progress in pro ball but has developed enough fade to be a pitch to hold off lefties. At 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds with plenty of strength and bat speed, House looks the part of a power hitter and has well-above-average raw pop to all fields.

After signing for full slot at $1,734,800, he began his career with a dominant run at Single-A Fredericksburg (1.93 ERA, 54 strikeouts, eight walks in 42 innings) and joined High-A Wilmington in June. After making only six starts for the Blue Rocks, Bennett underwent Tommy John surgery in September and will be out for much, if not all, of the 2024 campaign. Bennett pitched with current Nationals top prospect Cade Cavalli at Bixby (Okla.) High and followed him to Oklahoma after turning down Washington as a 39th-round pick in 2019. While he won't emulate Cavalli by becoming a first-rounder out of college, Bennett could factor into the top two rounds after pitching the Sooners to the College World Series finals by winning four of his five postseason starts. Scouts thought Herz had the most live arm among North Carolina high school pitchers in 2019, but his murky signability dropped him to the eighth round. The Cubs surprised other teams when they got him to give up a North Carolina scholarship for $500,000, the equivalent of fourth-round money.

His promising hands translate fine to the box and he could be an average hitter in time, though he doesn’t project to hit for much power. De La Rosa’s swing from the left side remains a work in progress, particularly when it comes to getting his hands into position early, but the pieces are there for a solid hit tool. The bat speed produces impressive raw power that can go all over the field, and that should show up more in games as he grows older. His speed is also above-average at present, giving him a promising mix on the offensive side.

On the positive side, Nuñez has an approach that could translate to the bigs, as he’s patient enough to lay off pitches outside the zone and doesn’t often miss against offerings of any kind when he does swing. However, his .061 isolated slugging percentage was second-lowest among Double-A qualifiers in 2023, and he’s never slugged above .323 at any Minor League stop, hindering his Rule 5 chances. Entering his age-23 season, Nuñez still has the reputation as a Gold Glove-caliber middle infielder with incredibly smooth actions moving to all sides.

House has been a staple on the showcase circuit since his baby teeth had barely finished falling out. Between playing national tournaments at historic venues such as Wrigley Field, across the globe representing USA Baseball or as a member of his high school team, he has already faced some of the globe's best baseball talent. HGTV’s reproduction of the fictional Brady house has mangled the real-deal, late-’50s split-level home designed by Harry M. Londelius. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators’ opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands.

He’s also a skilled bunter that can push the defense with his plus speed up the line to first. All of this to say, he has near-bottom-of-the-barrel power with just a 100.1 mph 90th-percentile exit velocity. Listed at 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, the backstop went from a hit-first profile in previous seasons to more of a power bat last year. Hand injuries in 2019 could have been behind the delay in slugging numbers, but there’s enough raw power there now for around 15 homers in the Majors. Pineda’s arm has helped him throw out around 40 percent of attempted baserunners at every Minor League stop, and it’s easily his best asset. He still has some room to grow defensively, but the Nats were encouraged by his framing gains last season, noting how much their pitchers liked throwing to him in Wilmington.

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That said, “zone” is an important word there because while Lipscomb kept the strikeouts in check at all levels (18.8 percent in the regular season), he did post a high 42 percent chase rate in the Eastern League. He even swung at more than half of sliders and changeups outside the zone, leading to a 3.6 percent walk rate (third-lowest among 222 players with at least 300 Double-A plate appearances) with Harrisburg. MLB Pipeline's top-rated position player in the 2023 Draft, Crews is a plus-plus hitter with plus power, and some evaluators are even more bullish on his bat. He hit the ball as hard and as consistently as any collegian, thanks to a quick right-handed stroke, the strength and leverage in his 6-foot frame and a selectively aggressive approach. After creating some mild swing-and-miss concerns last summer, he's controlling the strike zone and making contact better than ever, repeatedly hammering velocity and quality pitching. MLB Pipeline's top-rated position player in the 2023 Draft, Crews is a plus-plus hitter with plus power and some evaluators are even more bullish on his bat.

But this year with Fredericksburg, he cut his strikeout total to 34 and raised his walk output to 16, suggesting he has improved but still has room to grow. House, like many baseball fans, also likes chasing after first Bowman cards — typically the first official card released of a player after they are drafted. As players showed off the latest additions to their collections earlier in spring training, House walked into the clubhouse, saw a few cards from a distance and yelled, “CJ Strouddddd,” with a grin as he hustled toward the melee. On Friday, starter Patrick Corbin and relievers Jordan Weems and Hunter Harvey were among those watching live streams on the clubhouse couches. His arm remains easily his best asset with a 40.6 percent caught-stealing rate in the Minors and a 33 percent mark during a 13-game spin in the Arizona Fall League.

His stuff and arm angle could work in shorter stints, and he’ll best be served in the bullpen if he can’t find the zone more often. Throwing from a high slot and a windup often reminiscent of Clayton Kershaw’s, Parker is made for the modern game with a low-90s fastball that rides well at the top of the zone, inducing whiffs as batters can’t reach the high stuff. His low-80s dropping curveball can pair nicely with the high heat and generate whiffs of its own. Parker has worked on a splitter and a changeup, and the way the former dives nicely out of the hand gives it a leg up as his best third option.

The Nationals are willing to give him every chance to stay at short and follow in the line of other larger players at the position like Carlos Correa and Corey Seager (also 6-foot-4 each). An average runner, House likely will move to third base in pro ball but may be athletic enough to stay at shortstop. The Tennessee recruit should be at least a solid defender at the hot corner and possesses a plus arm that can pump fastballs up to 96 mph off the mound. Scouts compare him to a more athletic version of Joey Gallo or 2018 Cardinals first-rounder Nolan Gorman. One of the traits that separates House from the trio of other high school shortstops in this year’s Draft class is his 60-grade arm. Thanks in part to his big league body, House’s fastball has been clocked at 96 mph off the mound and 95 mph across the infield.

He generates a lot of ugly swings with a low-80s slider that features sharp horizontal break and has also added a spike curveball that shows promise. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds, Susana already has a Major League frame and his arsenal gives scouts plenty to dream on. The right-hander can sit in the upper-90s with his fastball and touches triple digits on occasion. He complements that with a mid- to upper-80s slider, his best secondary offering, and a low-80s curveball.