Arizona Fall League: Breaking down Nationals Minor Leaguers

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Reliever Matt Grace: Grace had a terrific year bouncing from Harrisburg to Syracuse in the same season. He combined to make 50 appearances out of the bullpen, allowing 16 runs, 10 earned, in 77 innings. Those numbers come out to a 1.17 ERA on the season.

2014 was easily his best season since being drafted out of UCLA by the Nats in the eighth round of the 2010 first-year player draft. The Nationals are sending him to the fall league to put him up against some of the best competition the game has to offer at the Minor League level. Kris Bryant of the Cubs played in the league last season and we all saw what he did this season.

Grace is not ranked by MLB.com as a top prospect in the Nationals chain for the 2014 season, but we could see him sneak in there for 2015 after the season he had.