After just six starts following his promotion to High-A Wilmington, Travis Sykora, the top prospect in the Nationals’ farm system, is being promoted to Double-A Harrisburg.

The promotion, confirmed by a source familiar with the move, comes after the 21-year-old right-hander dominated the South Atlantic League by going 3-0 with a 1.21 ERA, 0.674 WHIP, 47 strikeouts and only eight walks over 29 ⅔ innings with the Blue Rocks.

He only surrendered 12 hits (zero home runs) and had a stellar 14.3 strikeouts per nine innings and 5.88 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Sykora earned his first promotion to High-A after only two starts with Single-A Fredericksburg following his return from offseason hip surgery. He held opponents to one hit, one run and one walk while striking out 14 in just five innings with the FredNats before moving up to Wilmington.

The Nats selected Sykora out of high school in the third round of the 2023 MLB Draft, signing him overslot to keep him away from his commitment to the University of Texas. He was named Carolina League Pitcher of the Year in 2024 after going 5-3 with a 2.33 ERA, 0.906 WHIP, 129 strikeouts and 13.7 strikeouts per nine innings across 20 starts.

He also shoved in the playoffs to help the FredNats win their first championship since moving to Fredericksburg in 2020.

Sykora accomplished all of that while dealing with a hip injury for much of the season. With his fastball sitting between 95-98 mph, the right-hander said in spring training his velocity was actually down last year due to the ailment. After the procedure, he hoped to get his fastball back up to triple digits.

The 6-foot-6, 232-pound righty is ranked as the No. 47 prospect in baseball per Baseball America and No. 55 per MLB Pipeline.

At Harrisburg, Sykora joins fellow top prospects and right-handers Jarlin Susana (injured list), Tyler Stuart and Andry Lara, as well as position players Seaver King, Cayden Wallace and Kevin Made.

Sykora's last start came on Tuesday, when he pitched six shutout innings with two hits, two walks and eight strikeouts against Hudson Valley. So his first Double-A Start will likely come early next week when the Senators are in Altoona.