Pitching

R.J. Sales

Washington Nationals (A+)

Age: 23

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'0" / 170

DOB: 7/22/2003

(23 years, 3 months, 2 days)

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ETA

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2028

Fastball

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Slider

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Curveball

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Changeup

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Cutter

55 / 60

Command

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How Acquired:	Trade (DET) Jul'25
Draft:	2024, Rd: 10, Pick: 11, Ovr: 296
Draft Team:	Detroit Tigers
Signing Bonus:	$147,500
College:	UNC Wilmington (Wilmington, USA)

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ETA

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2028

Fastball

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Slider

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Curveball

40 / 45

Changeup

30 / 40

Cutter

55 / 60

Command

50 / 50

RosterResource

How Acquired:	Trade (DET) Jul'25
Draft:	2024, Rd: 10, Pick: 11, Ovr: 296
Draft Team:	Detroit Tigers
Signing Bonus:	$147,500
College:	UNC Wilmington (Wilmington, USA)

Dec'27

News

10/12/26

Arizona Fall League Pitcher Scouting Notebook

Brendan Gawlowski

4/24/26

Washington Nationals Top 41 Prospects

Eric Longenhagen

8/3/25

Ranking the MLB Prospects Traded at the 2025 Deadline

Eric Longenhagen

7/31/25

Various Relievers Get Traded To Various Clubs in Various Combinations

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Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesCollege

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2022	UNCW	NCAA	18	6	1	15	15	76.2	6.93	4.34	0.47	.305	74.5%			3.52		4.37
2024	UNCW	NCAA	20	11	3	16	16	95.0	8.81	4.55	0.76	.255	76.9%			3.41		5.03
2025	WSN	A	21	2	3	6	6	28.1	11.75	3.49	0.64	.375	76.5%	47.9%	9.1%	3.18		3.25	2.96
2025	DET	A	21	4	3	16	15	66.1	8.55	2.31	0.27	.307	73.0%	40.8%	3.6%	2.71	3.80	2.81	3.29
2025	---	MiLB	21	6	6	22	21	94.2	9.51	2.66	0.38	.327	74.3%	42.9%	5.2%	2.85	3.80	2.94	3.19
2026	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	1.0	5.45	4.30	1.43	.297	69.1%	42.9%		5.47		5.55	5.40	0.0
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	22	0	0	1	1	4.3	5.58	3.40	1.28	.296	62.2%			5.31		5.02		0.0
2026	WSN	A	22	0	0	3	3	7.0	9.00	2.57	0.00	.400	45.5%	60.0%	0.0%	7.71		2.95	3.55
2026	WSN	A+	22	0	1	2	1	6.2	12.15	2.70	0.00	.182	80.0%	81.8%	0.0%	1.35		2.27	2.84
2026	WSN	MiLB	22	0	1	5	4	13.2	10.54	2.63	0.00	.323	56.3%	67.7%	0.0%	4.61		2.62	3.20

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2022	UNCW	NCAA	18	6	1	15	15	76.2	6.93	4.34	0.47	.305	74.5%			3.52		4.37
2024	UNCW	NCAA	20	11	3	16	16	95.0	8.81	4.55	0.76	.255	76.9%			3.41		5.03
2025	WSN	A	21	2	3	6	6	28.1	11.75	3.49	0.64	.375	76.5%	47.9%	9.1%	3.18		3.25	2.96
2025	DET	A	21	4	3	16	15	66.1	8.55	2.31	0.27	.307	73.0%	40.8%	3.6%	2.71	3.80	2.81	3.29
2025	---	MiLB	21	6	6	22	21	94.2	9.51	2.66	0.38	.327	74.3%	42.9%	5.2%	2.85	3.80	2.94	3.19
2026	Steamer	PROJ	22	0	0	0	0	1.0	5.45	4.30	1.43	.297	69.1%	42.9%		5.47		5.55	5.40	0.0
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	22	0	0	1	1	4.3	5.58	3.40	1.28	.296	62.2%			5.31		5.02		0.0
2026	WSN	A	22	0	0	3	3	7.0	9.00	2.57	0.00	.400	45.5%	60.0%	0.0%	7.71		2.95	3.55
2026	WSN	A+	22	0	1	2	1	6.2	12.15	2.70	0.00	.182	80.0%	81.8%	0.0%	1.35		2.27	2.84
2026	WSN	MiLB	22	0	1	5	4	13.2	10.54	2.63	0.00	.323	56.3%	67.7%	0.0%	4.61		2.62	3.20

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesCollege

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	CG	ShO	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2022	UNCW	NCAA	6	1	3.52	15	15		0	0			76.2	340	76	34	30	4	37		4	7	0	59
2024	UNCW	NCAA	11	3	3.41	16	16		0	0			95.0	401	70	38	36	8	48		9	12	0	93
2025	WSN	A	2	3	3.18	6	6		0	0	0	0	28.1	124	29	12	10	2	11	0	2	5	1	37
2025	DET	A	4	3	2.71	16	15		0	0	0	0	66.1	261	57	22	20	2	17	0	0	0	1	63
2025	---	MiLB	6	6	2.85	22	21		0	0	0	0	94.2	385	86	34	30	4	28	0	2	5	2	100
2026	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	5.47	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0			1
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.31	1	1	0			0		4.3	18	4	3	3	1	2	0	0			3
2026	WSN	A	0	0	7.71	3	3		0	0	0	0	7.0	30	8	6	6	0	2	0	1	2	0	7
2026	WSN	A+	0	1	1.35	2	1		0	0	0	0	6.2	23	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	9
2026	WSN	MiLB	0	1	4.61	5	4		0	0	0	0	13.2	53	10	7	7	0	4	0	2	2	0	16

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	CG	ShO	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2022	UNCW	NCAA	6	1	3.52	15	15		0	0			76.2	340	76	34	30	4	37		4	7	0	59
2024	UNCW	NCAA	11	3	3.41	16	16		0	0			95.0	401	70	38	36	8	48		9	12	0	93
2025	WSN	A	2	3	3.18	6	6		0	0	0	0	28.1	124	29	12	10	2	11	0	2	5	1	37
2025	DET	A	4	3	2.71	16	15		0	0	0	0	66.1	261	57	22	20	2	17	0	0	0	1	63
2025	---	MiLB	6	6	2.85	22	21		0	0	0	0	94.2	385	86	34	30	4	28	0	2	5	2	100
2026	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	5.47	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0			1
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.31	1	1	0			0		4.3	18	4	3	3	1	2	0	0			3
2026	WSN	A	0	0	7.71	3	3		0	0	0	0	7.0	30	8	6	6	0	2	0	1	2	0	7
2026	WSN	A+	0	1	1.35	2	1		0	0	0	0	6.2	23	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	9
2026	WSN	MiLB	0	1	4.61	5	4		0	0	0	0	13.2	53	10	7	7	0	4	0	2	2	0	16

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAveragesCollege

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2022	UNCW	NCAA	6.93	4.34	1.59	0.47	17.4%	10.9%	6.5%	.254	1.47	.305	74.5%	72	89	4.37
2024	UNCW	NCAA	8.81	4.55	1.94	0.76	23.2%	12.0%	11.2%	.203	1.24	.255	76.9%	56	83	5.03
2025	WSN	A	11.75	3.49	3.36	0.64	29.8%	8.9%	21.0%	.261	1.41	.375	76.5%	79	81	3.25
2025	DET	A	8.55	2.31	3.71	0.27	24.1%	6.5%	17.6%	.234	1.12	.307	73.0%	64	66	2.81
2025	---	MiLB	9.51	2.66	3.57	0.38	26.0%	7.3%	18.7%	.242	1.20	.327	74.3%	68	70	2.94
2026	Steamer	PROJ	5.45	4.30	1.27	1.43	13.4%	10.5%	2.8%	.280	1.60	.297	69.1%			5.55
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	5.58	3.40	1.64	1.28	15.2%	9.2%	5.9%	.273	1.38	.296	62.2%			5.02
2026	WSN	A	9.00	2.57	3.50	0.00	23.3%	6.7%	16.7%	.296	1.43	.400	45.5%	162	62	2.95
2026	WSN	A+	12.15	2.70	4.50	0.00	39.1%	8.7%	30.4%	.100	0.60	.182	80.0%	27	45	2.27
2026	WSN	MiLB	10.54	2.63	4.00	0.00	30.2%	7.5%	22.6%	.213	1.02	.323	56.3%	97	54	2.62

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2022	UNCW	NCAA	6.93	4.34	1.59	0.47	17.4%	10.9%	6.5%	.254	1.47	.305	74.5%	72	89	4.37
2024	UNCW	NCAA	8.81	4.55	1.94	0.76	23.2%	12.0%	11.2%	.203	1.24	.255	76.9%	56	83	5.03
2025	WSN	A	11.75	3.49	3.36	0.64	29.8%	8.9%	21.0%	.261	1.41	.375	76.5%	79	81	3.25
2025	DET	A	8.55	2.31	3.71	0.27	24.1%	6.5%	17.6%	.234	1.12	.307	73.0%	64	66	2.81
2025	---	MiLB	9.51	2.66	3.57	0.38	26.0%	7.3%	18.7%	.242	1.20	.327	74.3%	68	70	2.94
2026	Steamer	PROJ	5.45	4.30	1.27	1.43	13.4%	10.5%	2.8%	.280	1.60	.297	69.1%			5.55
2026	OOPSY	PROJ	5.58	3.40	1.64	1.28	15.2%	9.2%	5.9%	.273	1.38	.296	62.2%			5.02
2026	WSN	A	9.00	2.57	3.50	0.00	23.3%	6.7%	16.7%	.296	1.43	.400	45.5%	162	62	2.95
2026	WSN	A+	12.15	2.70	4.50	0.00	39.1%	8.7%	30.4%	.100	0.60	.182	80.0%	27	45	2.27
2026	WSN	MiLB	10.54	2.63	4.00	0.00	30.2%	7.5%	22.6%	.213	1.02	.323	56.3%	97	54	2.62

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesCollege

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2025	WSN	A	1.59	21.9%	47.9%	30.1%	13.6%	9.1%	33.8%	20.3%	45.9%	74	2.96
2025	DET	A	1.33	28.5%	40.8%	30.7%	18.2%	3.6%	46.4%	21.0%	32.6%	77	3.29
2025	---	MiLB	1.40	26.6%	42.9%	30.6%	16.9%	5.2%	42.7%	20.8%	36.5%	76	3.19
2026	Steamer	PROJ		20.3%	42.9%	36.8%							5.40
2026	WSN	A	4.00	25.0%	60.0%	15.0%	33.3%	0.0%	65.0%	15.0%	20.0%	75	3.55
2026	WSN	A+	4.50	0.0%	81.8%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	45.5%	56	2.84
2026	WSN	MiLB	4.20	16.1%	67.7%	16.1%	20.0%	0.0%	58.1%	12.9%	29.0%	66	3.20

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2025	WSN	A	1.59	21.9%	47.9%	30.1%	13.6%	9.1%	33.8%	20.3%	45.9%	74	2.96
2025	DET	A	1.33	28.5%	40.8%	30.7%	18.2%	3.6%	46.4%	21.0%	32.6%	77	3.29
2025	---	MiLB	1.40	26.6%	42.9%	30.6%	16.9%	5.2%	42.7%	20.8%	36.5%	76	3.19
2026	Steamer	PROJ		20.3%	42.9%	36.8%							5.40
2026	WSN	A	4.00	25.0%	60.0%	15.0%	33.3%	0.0%	65.0%	15.0%	20.0%	75	3.55
2026	WSN	A+	4.50	0.0%	81.8%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	45.5%	56	2.84
2026	WSN	MiLB	4.20	16.1%	67.7%	16.1%	20.0%	0.0%	58.1%	12.9%	29.0%	66	3.20

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesCollege

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2025	WSN	A	35	22	16	3	179	296	475
2025	DET	A	73	55	51	10	347	622	969	90.0	13.2	8	4.4%
2025	---	MiLB	108	77	67	13	526	918	1444	90.0	13.2	8	3.1%
2026	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1
2026	WSN	A	12	3	5	1	41	82	123
2026	WSN	A+	9	2	0	0	30	61	91
2026	WSN	MiLB	21	5	5	1	71	143	214

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches	EV	LA	Barrels	Barrel%
2025	WSN	A	35	22	16	3	179	296	475
2025	DET	A	73	55	51	10	347	622	969	90.0	13.2	8	4.4%
2025	---	MiLB	108	77	67	13	526	918	1444	90.0	13.2	8	3.1%
2026	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1
2026	WSN	A	12	3	5	1	41	82	123
2026	WSN	A+	9	2	0	0	30	61	91
2026	WSN	MiLB	21	5	5	1	71	143	214

MLB F-Strike%, SwStr%, CStr%, CSW% are from the Sports Info Solution data source.
All MiLB and Pace data are from Statcast.

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAveragesCollege

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2025	WSN	A			49.7%			76.7%		46.8%	11.6%	12.6%	24.2%
2025	DET	A	32.3%	70.5%	50.2%	49.0%	90.0%	75.1%	45.9%	47.1%	12.5%	13.5%	26.0%	17.5
2025	---	MiLB	32.3%	70.5%	50.0%	49.0%	90.0%	75.6%	45.9%	47.0%	12.2%	13.2%	25.4%	17.5
2026	WSN	A			52.0%			64.1%		66.7%	18.7%	14.6%	33.3%
2026	WSN	A+			54.9%			60.0%		87.0%	22.0%	12.1%	34.1%
2026	WSN	MiLB			53.3%			62.3%		75.5%	20.1%	13.6%	33.6%

Season	Team	Level	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%	Pace
2025	WSN	A			49.7%			76.7%		46.8%	11.6%	12.6%	24.2%
2025	DET	A	32.3%	70.5%	50.2%	49.0%	90.0%	75.1%	45.9%	47.1%	12.5%	13.5%	26.0%	17.5
2025	---	MiLB	32.3%	70.5%	50.0%	49.0%	90.0%	75.6%	45.9%	47.0%	12.2%	13.2%	25.4%	17.5
2026	WSN	A			52.0%			64.1%		66.7%	18.7%	14.6%	33.3%
2026	WSN	A+			54.9%			60.0%		87.0%	22.0%	12.1%	34.1%
2026	WSN	MiLB			53.3%			62.3%		75.5%	20.1%	13.6%	33.6%

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesCollege

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E
2025	DET	A	P	16	15	66.1	2	4	1
2025	WSN	A	P	6	6	28.1	0	0	1
2026	WSN	A	P	3	3	7.0	0	0	0
2026	WSN	A+	P	2	1	6.2	1	1	1

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E
2025	DET	A	P	16	15	66.1	2	4	1
2025	WSN	A	P	6	6	28.1	0	0	1
2026	WSN	A	P	3	3	7.0	0	0	0
2026	WSN	A+	P	2	1	6.2	1	1	1

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BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG