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Nationals Outright Juan Yepez

By Darragh McDonald | June 18, 2025 at 5:29pm CDT

The Nationals announced that first baseman Juan Yepez has cleared outright waivers and been assigned to Triple-A Rochester. He was removed from the 40-man roster earlier this week when the Nats designated him for assignment.

Yepez has less than three years of major league service time and this is his first career outright. That means he does not have the right to elect free agency. He will therefore play for the Red Wings and look to earn his way back to the big leagues.

He has some decent big league work on his track record, including a stint with the Nats last year. He signed a minor league deal with Washington going into 2024 and got called up in July. He eventually hit .283/.335/.429 for a 113 wRC+ in 249 plate appearances. When combined with his previous work with the Cardinals, he has a .258/.307/.423 line and 103 wRC+ in 588 plate appearances.

But this year has been a challenge. The Nats acquired Nathaniel Lowe and signed Josh Bell in the offseason, pushing Yepez down to Triple-A, where has hit .199/.273/.301 for a wRC+ of 56. That performance got him bumped off the roster and through the waiver wire.

Both Bell and Lowe will be trade candidates in the coming weeks, with the Nats lined up as clear sellers. Bell is an impending free agent. Lowe can be retained for 2026 via arbitration but is trending towards a non-tender at this point. He’s already making $10.3MM and is having a subpar season at the plate. Perhaps those two will be moved and more playing time will be opened up at first base and as the designated hitter, though Yepez would have to perform better in order to take advantage of that.

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10 Comments

  1. Non Roster Invitee

    4 months ago

    Yippee!

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    • Soto should bat first.

      4 months ago

      Yeppee!

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      4 months ago

      Young annakin just zoomed away

      Reply
  2. DonOsbourne

    4 months ago

    Good luck Juan Yepez. I hope you eventually find an opportunity.

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  3. Armaments216

    4 months ago

    Surprising that Yepez had never been outrighted. Apparently the Cardinals had previously just non-tendered him, as opposed to designating him for assignment.

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  4. solaris602

    4 months ago

    The best the Nats can hope for in finding a taker for Josh Bell is someone who truly believes he’s a solid second half player and ignore the nothingness of his first half performance. Maybe a team who is nostalgic for him on some obscure level. But any way, good luck with that.

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    • DonOsbourne

      4 months ago

      Bell was pretty good in AZ last year. I could see a scenario where the Snakes trade Naylor and then trade for Bell with Washington eating most of the remaining money.

      Reply
    • Armaments216

      4 months ago

      Bell’s explanation is that he altered his swing this season to try to hit for more power. It didn’t work, and he’s now back to his old approach. If that’s true and he ends up back on one of his traditional hot streaks, he could garner some trade interest.

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  5. Devlsh

    4 months ago

    I think he could have a big career in the KBO.

    Reply
  6. Dumpster Divin Theo

    4 months ago

    Nopez

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