{"id":635004,"date":"2026-03-21T06:22:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/635004\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:22:57","slug":"washington-nationals-vs-st-louis-cardinals-spring-breakout-game-thread-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/635004\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals Spring Breakout Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One of my favorite events of Spring Training is the Spring Breakout game. It is a great chance for fans to see some of their team\u2019s top prospects. The Spring Breakout game is here and the Nationals have an impressive lineup. Both the Nats and the Cardinals have much improved farm systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Nats lineup is headlined by first overall pick Eli Willits, who is leading off and playing shortstop. Willits is such a polished player for being just 18 years old, and we will get to see him today. Gavin Fien, the headliner of the MacKenzie Gore trade will be hitting behind him. We will also get a look at Seaver King. One prospect who has impressed this spring is Ronny Cruz, and he will be playing third base. Hard-throwing righty Davian Garcia will be on the mound, but we should see plenty of pitchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">JJ Wetherholt is a strong candidate to open the season in the MLB, but he will be in the Cardinals Spring Breakout lineup. Teenaged catcher Rainiel Rodriguez is another player to watch on the Cardinals side. Joshua Baez is also a top 100 guy after a breakout year in 2025. Liam Doyle, who was the fifth overall pick last year will be on the mound for the Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stadium: Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As I said up top, I really do love this event. It is a great way to showcase young talent. This is also an opportunity for prospects to make a statement heading into their seasons. That gets me fired up. Follow along down below and let\u2019s go Nats prospects!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of my favorite events of Spring Training is the Spring Breakout game. It is a great chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,160,4,673,67,4311,4310,76457],"class_list":{"0":"post-635004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cardinals","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-st-louis","12":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","13":"tag-stlouis","14":"tag-stlouiscardinals","15":"tag-washington-nationals-game-information"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116265733585349873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}