Washington Nationals Depth Chart 2026 - CBS Sports

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	K. Ruiz Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Excluded from lineup Thursday Keibert Ruiz Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Excluded from lineup Thursday	D. MillasDrew Millas	—
First Base	L. GarciaLuis Garcia	C. MeadCurtis Mead	—
Second Base	N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday	J. Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing Jorbit Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing	L. GarciaLuis Garcia C. MeadCurtis Mead J. Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down Jose Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down
Shortstop	C. AbramsC.J. Abrams	N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday	B. HouseBrady House
Third Base	J. Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing Jorbit Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing	B. HouseBrady House	J. Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down Jose Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down C. MeadCurtis Mead
Left Field	D. LileDaylen Lile	J. WoodJames Wood	J. WiemerJoey Wiemer
Center Field	J. YoungJacob Young	J. WiemerJoey Wiemer	D. LileDaylen Lile N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Sitting Wednesday J. WoodJames Wood
Right Field	J. WoodJames Wood	J. WiemerJoey Wiemer	D. LileDaylen Lile
Designated Hitter	B. HouseBrady House	J. Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down Jose Tena Nationals' Jose Tena: Playing time trending down	D. LileDaylen Lile J. WoodJames Wood L. GarciaLuis Garcia K. Ruiz Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Excluded from lineup Thursday Keibert Ruiz Nationals' Keibert Ruiz: Excluded from lineup Thursday C. AbramsC.J. Abrams C. MeadCurtis Mead J. Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing Jorbit Vivas Nationals' Jorbit Vivas: Playing time on upswing

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
C. CavalliCade Cavalli	Z. LittellZack Littell	F. Griffin Nationals' Foster Griffin: Tagged for four in no-decision Foster Griffin Nationals' Foster Griffin: Tagged for four in no-decision	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	J. Irvin Nationals' Jake Irvin: Five solid innings in second loss Jake Irvin Nationals' Jake Irvin: Five solid innings in second loss

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
C. Beeter Nationals' Clayton Beeter: Blows save but earns win Clayton Beeter Nationals' Clayton Beeter: Blows save but earns win G. VarlandGus Varland	P. PoulinPJ Poulin	C. PerezCionel Perez P. SchultzPaxton Schultz C. Henry Shoulder: Expected to be out until at least Apr 28 Cole Henry Shoulder: Expected to be out until at least Apr 28 B. LordBrad Lord O. Ribalta Nationals' Orlando Ribalta: Earns first career save Orlando Ribalta Nationals' Orlando Ribalta: Earns first career save R. Lovelady Nationals' Richard Lovelady: Traded to Nationals Richard Lovelady Nationals' Richard Lovelady: Traded to Nationals M. ParkerMitchell Parker K. Waldichuk Nationals' Ken Waldichuk: Moved to 60-day IL Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Jun 1 Ken Waldichuk Nationals' Ken Waldichuk: Moved to 60-day IL Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Jun 1