October 3: The Nationals have announced the recall of Adon, with Luis Garcia going on the IL with a strained oblique muscle as the corresponding move.
October 2: The Nationals will promote right-hander Joan Adon prior to tomorrow’s game, manager Davey Martinez told reporters (including Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post) tonight. Adon will make his MLB debut starting Washington’s final game of the season. The 23-year-old Adon is already on the Nats’ 40-man roster, added last November in advance of the Rule 5 draft.
While it might not be a long outing for Adon, he’ll at least get a cup of coffee in The Show to cap off his fourth professional season. An amateur signing out of the Dominican Republic back in 2016, Adon hadn’t even pitched at high-A ball prior to 2021, but advanced up the ladder with over 105 combined innings at the high-A (87 IP), Double-A (14 IP), and Triple-A (four IP). Adon has a 26.9% strikeout rate and 8.81% walk rate during his 2021 season, and those decent numbers have translated only to a cumulative 4.97 ERA.
MLB Pipeline rates Adon as the 22nd-best prospect in Washington’s farm system, citing his 60-grade fastball with mid-90s velocity. Though Adon has worked only as a starting pitcher in 2021, Pipeline’s scouting report feels his future as a starter or as a reliever will depend on whether or not Adon can get consistent success with at least one other secondary pitch.
I do wonder how long he could be in and if not many innings I wonder who would be next in? Fedde? Nolin? Espino? Or just players from the pen…. Needing to make sure to pick the right ones to put in the starting lineup…
Either way good luck to Adon…
Best of luck to him. His jump from low A Ball in 2019 to MLB in 2021 is impressive when you consider no Minor League Baseball in 2020. He had a lot of catching up to do.
Just go ahead & sling a gem in your debut, young man.
Hoping for the Yankees sake he shoves in his debut
Can’t believe it’s come down to that.
But yeah.
His minor league numbers say highly unlikely, but who knows.
Can you please throw a no hitter ?
Joan? Harkens back to A Boy Named Sue…
Well, if the NBA can have a player named “Precious”…
Yeah I thought I heard it all with guys named Robin, Lynn, Ashley, Shannon, Courtney, Kelly, Stacey, Darcy, Lindsay, Jodie, Dana, Tracy, Leigh, Jamie and Erin but Joan is definitely an eye-catcher.
Not that there’s anything wrong with it.
I hope he as good as Joan Ofarc. In her last appearance, she was on fire. Ba dum bum.
This is strange. They must really want to give him a cup of coffee in reward for his rapid progress this season.
So in a game 162 that’s meaningful to the post-season chances of 4 other teams, the Nats plan to start a one-pitch depth righty who started this season in A-ball. How absolutely sporting of them. I wish them much success in the coming years – about as much success as their geographic neighbors have had this year.
Yeah I saw that and said “well F right off Nationals” as I am a fan of one of those 4 teams that aren’t Boston.
It’s the Nationals’ job to worry about the Nationals, not other teams. The Padres are starting a rookie against the Giants. As a Dodger fan, I am okay with it.
So far the kid is out-pitching Sale.
Again, this is why I never bet on sports.
Reuven and ckIn88, three hours later and your comments haven’t aged well. Is there anything you’d like to say for yourself?