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By The Washington Nationals acquired consensus top-100 prospect catcher Harry Ford and right-handed pitcher Isaac Lyon from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for left-handed pitcher José A. Ferrer on Saturday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni made the announcement.
Ford, 22, is currently the No. 42 prospect in Major League Baseball, according to MLBPipeline.com, and the No. 74 prospect in the game, per Baseball America. He spent the majority of the 2025 season with Triple-A Tacoma, hitting .283 with 18 doubles, 16 home runs, 74 RBI, 74 walks, seven stolen bases and 68 runs scored in 97 games. He recorded a .408 on-base percentage and a .460 slugging percentage and struck out just 88 times in 458 plate appearances (19.1% strikeout rate).
Selected 12th overall in the 2021 First-Year Player Draft out of North Cobb High School (Ga.), Ford made his Major League debut on Sept. 5, 2025 at Atlanta. On Sept. 11 against the Los Angeles Angels, he drove in the game-winning run with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 12th inning. Ford appeared in eight games during his first Major League stint, going 1-for-6 (.167) with one RBI and one run scored.
Ford reached base in 28 straight games from July 18 to Aug. 30, the day he was called up by the Seattle Mariners. He also reached base safely in 23 consecutive games from April 9 to May 14 and was one of two Pacific Coast League players to record two on-base streaks of at least 20 games last season. Ford put together a strong month of May, hitting .411 (37-for-90) with six doubles, five homers, 20 RBI, 11 walks, one stolen base and 18 runs scored in 22 games.
A two-time participant (2023, 2024) in the All-Star Futures Game, Ford has hit .266/.405/.428 with 98 doubles, 10 triples, 52 home runs, 261 RBI, 348 walks, 92 stolen bases in 454 career Minor League games. Since the start of the 2022 season – his first full season of professional baseball - his 339 walks and .405 on-base percentage are second-best in all of Minor League Baseball. He represented Great Britian in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, hitting two home runs while going 4-for-13 (.308) with a double and four RBI in four games.
Lyon, 21, was selected by the Mariners in the 10th round of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft out of Grand Canyon University (Ariz.). He struck out 15 batters against just three walks in 12.1 innings pitched while going 0-2 with a 7.30 ERA in four games with Single-A Modesto.
The son of former Major League pitcher Brandon Lyon, Isaac posted 8.68 strikeouts per 9.0 innings, 2.08 walks per 9.0 innings and a 4.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio in three collegiate seasons at Grand Canyon University. He finished his career going 9-6 with a 4.32 ERA in 29 career starts.
Ferrer, 25, went 8-4 with 12 saves and a 4.36 ERA in 142 career games across three seasons (2023-25) with the Washington Nationals.
