While the 2025 season ended long ago for most members of the Nationals organization, eight prospects did continue to take the field throughout October and into the first two weeks of November, participating in the Arizona Fall League.

The AFL is held annually, with prospects from all 30 clubs coming together to face each other over a six-week season and see how everyone performs against their counterparts. It’s often a stepping stone for players on the cusp of the majors, though you’ll also find a number of prospects who are still a few years away.

This fall’s crop of Nats prospects included a recent first-round pick in Seaver King, an even more recent second-round pick in Ethan Petry and an organizational top-10 prospect in Jake Bennett. They were joined on the Scottsdale Scorpions by outfielder Sam Peterson, right-handers Austin Amaral and Sean Paul Linan, plus lefties Pablo Aldonis and Jared Simpson.

King was the most notable and most successful of the group. The 2024 first-round pick from Wake Forest was a force at the plate, batting .359 with a .468 on-base percentage, .563 slugging percentage, eight extra-base hits, 24 RBIs, six stolen bases and a solid 11-to-15 walk-to-strikeout ratio in 18 games played. The versatile defender played exclusively at shortstop and committed only one error while totaling 101 innings in the field.

Petry was the only 2025 draftee to play in the AFL, the second-rounder from South Carolina showing off a good eye (13 walks in 75 plate appearances) but not showing off his noted power swing (one double, one homer). Playing primarily right field, he finished with a .228/.400/.298 slash line, holding his own considering he had only 24 games of professional experience at low Single-A Fredericksburg prior to this.

Bennett enjoyed a strong fall as the left-hander looks to resurrect his career following Tommy John surgery in September 2023. The 24-year-old, a second-round pick in 2022 from Oklahoma, went 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA over 20 innings, delivering a 1.250 WHIP, 25 strikeouts and only five walks.

Peterson, an eighth-round pick in 2024 from Iowa, produced at Single-A Wilmington during the season and continued to do the same in Arizona this fall. The outfielder batted .305 with a .391 on-base percentage and .542 slugging percentage in 17 games, with five doubles, three homers and 14 RBIs.

Linan, a 20-year-old flamethrower acquired from the Dodgers in the Alex Call trade, made only two appearances this fall but allowed just one run on one hit (a homer), striking out six but walking four over five innings of work.

Amaral, a 16th-round pick in 2023, allowed 10 runs (eight earned) with nine walks and nine strikeouts in 10 2/3 innings. Aldonis, a 23-year-old signed out of the Dominican Republic, allowed seven runs on 10 hits with 14 strikeouts and five walks in 11 1/3 innings. Simpson, an eighth-round pick in 2023, allowed just three runs (two earned) on 10 hits with 13 strikeouts and five walks in 13 innings.