Washington Nationals Depth Chart 2026 - CBS Sports

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	K. RuizKeibert Ruiz	D. MillasDrew Millas	—
First Base	L. Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three Luis Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three	C. MeadCurtis Mead	—
Second Base	N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday	J. VivasJorbit Vivas	L. Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three Luis Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three C. MeadCurtis Mead J. TenaJose Tena
Shortstop	C. AbramsC.J. Abrams	N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday	B. House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday Brady House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday
Third Base	B. House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday Brady House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday	J. TenaJose Tena	C. MeadCurtis Mead J. VivasJorbit Vivas
Left Field	D. Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout Daylen Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout	J. WoodJames Wood	J. Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record Joey Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record
Center Field	J. Young Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting again Tuesday Jacob Young Nationals' Jacob Young: Sitting again Tuesday	J. Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record Joey Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record	D. Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout Daylen Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout N. Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday Nasim Nunez Nationals' Nasim Nunez: Taking seat Monday J. WoodJames Wood
Right Field	J. WoodJames Wood	J. Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record Joey Wiemer Nationals' Joey Wiemer: Ties MLB record	D. Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout Daylen Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout
Designated Hitter	J. TenaJose Tena	D. Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout Daylen Lile Nationals' Daylen Lile: Productive in Monday's rout	J. WoodJames Wood L. Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three Luis Garcia Nationals' Luis Garcia: Knocks in three K. RuizKeibert Ruiz C. AbramsC.J. Abrams B. House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday Brady House Nationals' Brady House: Taking seat Tuesday C. MeadCurtis Mead

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
C. CavalliCade Cavalli	Z. Littell Nationals' Zack Littell: Could work in bulk relief Tuesday Zack Littell Nationals' Zack Littell: Could work in bulk relief Tuesday	F. Griffin Nationals' Foster Griffin: Works through five in win Foster Griffin Nationals' Foster Griffin: Works through five in win	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	J. IrvinJake Irvin

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
C. BeeterClayton Beeter	C. PerezCionel Perez	B. LordBrad Lord C. Henry Nationals' Cole Henry: Not in high-leverage mix Cole Henry Nationals' Cole Henry: Not in high-leverage mix G. VarlandGus Varland P. Poulin Nationals' PJ Poulin: Working as opener Tuesday PJ Poulin Nationals' PJ Poulin: Working as opener Tuesday P. Schultz Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Apr 6 Paxton Schultz Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Apr 6 A. GranilloAndre Granillo K. WaldichukKen Waldichuk