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The Rochester Red Wings have announced the first roster as Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.
Former Nationals Minor League Player of the Year
Carter Kieboom will open the season on Rochester’s Opening Day roster after beginning the season with Washington.
Luis García, the youngest member of the 2021 Red Wings, is the first player born in the 2000s to wear a Rochester uniform. Both have graduated from MLB Pipeline’s Top Prospects list but
Tres Barrera (No. 19),
Ben Braymer (No. 21), and
Steven Fuentes (No. 22) are all part of Washington’s Top 30 list. Garcia is the youngest player on a Rochester Opening Day roster since Matt Riley in 2000 and the youngest position player on the Opening Day roster since Al Pardo in 1983.
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For the past few years, a major piece of the future of the Blue Jays franchise as rested on the shoulders of Vladimir Guerrero jr. The team has several young players who look like they could be real contributors on a contender in Cavan Biggio, Lourdes Gurriel, Teoscar Hernandez, among others, and a strong farm system with more potential help on the way, but with the possible exception of Bo Bichette none of them can match Guerrero’s potential. Whether he achieves that potential will be perhaps the single biggest determinant of whether the current core can rise from fringe wildcard contention to pursuing actual championships.