Fredericksburg Nationals
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Sep 22, 2026
Tim ShoversHOST
Just shows that overall the talent's better in the system.
Tim ShoversHOST
I remember the first year of this podcast in 2021, I started really paying attention to the minor leagues more closely than I ever had before, and the FredNats were getting destroyed, like giving up 20 runs a game, and the minor league system wasn't really good, and it was very clear that the minute Max Scherzer and crew leave, there's not a lot coming, uh [laughs] in the next wave.
Tim ShoversHOST
And certainly that ended up being the case.
Tim ShoversHOST
So when you see this, and you see Trey Lipscomb hit 32 home runs this year in triple A, like that's really, really, that's real.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
So it's like, oh, man, what version of the Woodpeckers is going to show up for the postseason? There's only one day off between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
And we get to play at home in the opener and come back in the seventh inning against the Fredericksburg Nationals.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
We were down 2-0 at the time.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
Took a 3-2 lead in that inning, and then we did not trail again at any point in the postseason uh for the rest of the way so it was like all right woodpeckers they were on their like week-long week-long cold stretch started a little cold in the first six innings of the playoffs and then something just clicked in the seventh inning of game one against fredericksburg uh we win that game four to two then we go on the road to fredericksburg a couple of days later uh take on one of their top pitching prospects take a big lead in the middle innings and take it the rest of the way.
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Andrew ChapmanGUEST
So we were looking at a potential playoff matchup this year, a championship matchup with either Hickory, the hottest team in our league in the second half, or Charleston, the team that destroyed us in the first half.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
So it was two ugly matchups that we were facing going into the postseason.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
When you hit that 13-game winning streak and you're just rolling over everybody, you're sweeping the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, you're taking five of six from the Fredericksburg Nationals, who were the best team in our division in the first half.
Andrew ChapmanGUEST
You say, wow, this team's really putting it together.
Ryan ClaryHOST
And the Nationals lower level minor leagues for the last few years now haven't been too special.
Ryan ClaryHOST
The Fred Nats have been pretty damn good over the years.
Ryan ClaryHOST
But outside of that, the Red Wings, like they haven't made the playoffs in 13 years.
Ryan ClaryHOST
The Senators in years past haven't really been too great.
Sam DykstraHOST
Carolina League, North Division.
Sam DykstraHOST
The Fredericksburg Nationals fell 4-2 against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in Game 1, so Fayetteville wins 3-0. or had 1-0.
Sam DykstraHOST
In the South Division, the Charleston Riverdogs are up 1-0 after defeating the Hickory Crawdads 9-8.
Sam DykstraHOST
So Charleston, a Rays affiliate, Hickory, a Rangers affiliate.
Ryan ClaryHOST
I think he's got an above average fastball that can sit up in the upper 90s.
Ryan ClaryHOST
This is someone who I think right now, just his frame, he screams starting pitcher, six foot five, 190 pounds, and has a really good slider and a changeup that he's really worked on down in the minors as well, and just finished the year really solid for the FredNats.
Ryan ClaryHOST
In 13 appearances and 12 starts, he pitched 41 innings pitch, only allowed two home runs in that stretch, 39 strikeouts to 16 walks with a.095 whip.
Ryan ClaryHOST
Limited action, a young pitcher, a blossoming pitcher in my opinion.
Al GaldiHOST
The Nats took him with the number one overall pick in the 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft out of a high school in Oklahoma.
Al GaldiHOST
Uh, he was terrific for the Single-A Fredericksburg Nationals and High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks for those teams in their 2026 regular seasons.
Al GaldiHOST
Five hundred twenty-one total plate appearances, OPS of 861.
Al GaldiHOST
This is just his age 18 season.
Al GaldiHOST
The Nats took him with the number one overall pick, in the 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft out of a high school in Oklahoma.
Al GaldiHOST
He was terrific for the single-A Fredericksburg Nationals and high-A Wilmington Blue Rocks for those teams in their 2026 regular seasons.
Al GaldiHOST
521 total plate appearances, OPS of 861.
Al GaldiHOST
This is just his age 18 season.
John-Paul FlaimHOST
You wanna go see him in, in Fredericksburg.
John-Paul FlaimHOST
Aren't the FredNats the Double-A team for the Nats?
John AuvilleHOST
That's actually something I should do.
John-Paul FlaimHOST
I mean, it's an hour away.
Jason BishopHOST
You will go see him in, in Fredericksburg.
Jason BishopHOST
Aren't the FredNats the double A team for the Nats?
John AuvilleHOST
That's actually something I should do.
Jason BishopHOST
I mean, it's an hour away.
John AuvilleHOST
You want to go
J.P. FlaimHOST
see him in Fredericksburg? Aren't the Fred Nats the double-A team for the Nats? That's
John AuvilleHOST
actually something I should do.
John AuvilleHOST
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