Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each system and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in their organization. Click here to locate your favorite club.With expectations as high as ever in the nation's capital, the Nationals were plagued by injuries

Part of the beauty of baseball is its unpredictability, and even when it comes to projection systems, that means sometimes you're right and sometimes you're very wrong.Back in January and February, MiLB.com used FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how some of the game's most prominent prospects were expected to

Baseball is a game of numbers, and there are always going to be some statistics and figures that are more memorable than others. Seventy-three home runs. A .406 average. A 56-game hitting streak. A 116-win season. With the Minor League season coming to a close this week, Toolshed looks back on

It's already been a fun week for prospect callups to the Major Leagues. It hasn't, however, been a traditional one.Sure, there are periods when many of the game's top prospects head to The Show around the same time. Remember when Ronald Acuña Jr., Gleyber Torres and Tyler O'Neill all made

Juan Soto's astronomical rise through the Minor Leagues this season is about to take its biggest step forward.According to several reports, the Nationals are expected to call up their second-ranked prospect from Double-A Harrisburg to make his big league debut. He reportedly will meet the club in Washington for Sunday's series

It doesn't matter if he's in Class A, Class A Advanced or Double-A, Juan Soto rakes. The Nationals' second-ranked prospect collected three hits in the completion of a suspended game Wednesday, then slugged a go-ahead two-run homer as Harrisburg beat Bowie, 5-4, in the regularly scheduled contest at Prince George's Stadium.Soto raised

Theme of the nightNL East rivals: Sunday's real theme was Mother's Day, so to paraphrase Ralph Kiner, to all the mothers out there, happy belated birthday. But in the Minors, a National League East rivalry grabbed everyone's attention. Mets prospect Jeff McNeil's cycle for Double-A Binghamton would have been the

Theme of the dayWelcome, Juan: Once news broke that the Nationals were promoting No. 2 prospectJuan Soto to Double-A Harrisburg, it was clear what the day's theme would be. After all, he's a 19-year-old outfielder who started out the season at Class A, was promoted to Class A Advanced on

No matter where Juan Soto plays, he has made one thing abundantly clear: He will hit. On the day the second-ranked Nationals prospect was promoted to Double-A Harrisburg, Soto belted a homer, a double, plated four runs and helped set up the game-winning run in the Senators' 9-8 victory over the

The Minor Leagues' most productive hitter through the first month-plus of the 2018 season is on the move. Again.The Nationals are promoting No. 16 overall prospectJuan Soto to Double-A Harrisburg after spending just 16 games in the Class A Advanced Carolina League.

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Woodbridge, VA---Earlier today, the Carolina League announced that Potomac Nationals RF Juan Soto  has been named the Carolina League Player of the Week for the week of April 30th to May 6th. It is the first "Player of the Week" award for a Potomac player this season.Soto, called up to the

Juan Soto has only been in the Carolina League for nine games. But he's making it look easy already.Washington's second-ranked prospect slugged a pair of homers, plated five runs and scored three times Thursday in Potomac's 12-2 rout over Wilmington at G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium.

Hagerstown, MD - MiLB.com named former Hagerstown Suns outfielder Juan Soto as one of the Class-A Players of the Month on Thursday along with Yennsy Diaz of the Lansing Lugnuts (Midwest League). The award is from his time at Historic Municipal Stadium in April and will be presented to Soto

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball today announced the Player of the Month Award winners for each of the 10 full season leagues for the month of April. Each winner will receive an award from Minor League Baseball in recognition of the honor.Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) third baseman/outfielder José Osuna

Theme of the dayNo hits for you: There were several day games Wednesday, but biggest news of the day came in primetime when three Inland Empire pitchers combined to no-hit Lake Elsinore. The fact that the starting pitcher for the 66ers was Jason Alexander sent the Twittersphere into a tizzy.

Around the end of each month of the Minor League season, Toolshed will explore the most eye-popping statistics from the previous month. This edition looks back at some of the best numbers from the first month of the 2018 season. 0.45: Bryse Wilson, ERA -- Sixteen qualified Minor Leaguers had

Despite an injury-plagued campaign, Juan Soto put up a .351/.415/. slash line in his first taste of full-season ball last year. Now the Nationals No. 2 prospect is showing what he can do when he's healthy, and his new teammates and coaches with Class A Advanced Potomac are taking notice.

Injuries stalled Juan Soto's progress through the Nationals system last season, but the 19-year-old outfielder has quickly made up for the lost developmental time in 2018.MLB.com's No. 29 prospect packed a month-and-a-half's worth of production into 16 games at Class A Hagerstown this month to earn a promotion to Class

Hagerstown, MD - On Monday, the Washington Nationals announced that prospect Juan Soto had earned a promotion to the Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League. The move is one of two that change the Suns roster heading into a seven-game home stand.

Hagerstown, MD - Juan Soto powered the Suns to their second straight win with a three-run homer to cap off a four-run seventh inning en route to their 5-3 victory over the Lexington Legends on Saturday night. The Suns are 5-11 overall and will play the series finale on Sunday

Theme of the dayArt of fielding: The defensive side of the game doesn't often draw headlines, but when it does, it's often for the circus-like nature it can bring to the game. That was on full display Tuesday night. First, Double-A Mobile executed its first triple play since July 20,

Yes, it's still early. It's only April 18.But we just finished a long offseason, and in a long offseason, lots of questions that can't be immediately answered arise about some of the game's most prominent prospects. Now two weeks into the Minor League season, we're getting some answers. Not all, mind you.