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Minor league players and teams affiliated with the Washington Nationals professional baseball organization include:

Jackson Paul Cluff (born December 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Washington Nationals organization.

Cluff attended and played baseball for Brigham Young University, but he took time away from the sport on a two-year mission to Atlanta.

Matthew G. Cronin (born September 20, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.

Cronin was a pure reliever at the University of Arkansas, coming out of the bullpen in all 65 of his appearances in his collegiate career.

Darren John Baker (born February 11, 1999) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Washington Nationals organization.

Baker is the son of former MLB player and manager Dusty Baker.

Darren served as the batboy for the San Francisco Giants, while his father was managing the team.

Zachary John-William Brzykcy (born July 12, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization.

During game five of the 2002 World Series, Darren narrowly missed being run over at home plate by baserunner David Bell before being grabbed and lifted by his jacket out of the way by J. T. Snow, before a collision could occur.

Baker attended Jesuit High School in Sacramento, California.

He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 27th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of California, Berkeley.

Brzykcy attended Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina, where he was named Northwestern Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2017.

He went on to attend Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he was the regular closer for the Hokies.

In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.

After four years at Berkeley, he was again drafted by the Nationals, this time in the 10th round of the 2021 MLB draft, and signed.

Baker spent his first professional season with the Florida Complex League Nationals and Fredericksburg Nationals.

He played 2022 with the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Harrisburg Senators.

In July, he played in the All-Star Futures Game.

He also played in the Cape Cod Baseball League during the summer of 2019, leading the league that summer with seven saves for the Falmouth Commodores.

After returning for his 2019 collegiate season, Cluff was drafted in the sixth round by the Nationals and turned pro.

Cluff made his professional debut with the Class-A Hagerstown Suns, hitting .229 with five home runs, five triples, and eight doubles over 62 games in 2019.

He was reassigned to the minors and began the season with the Class-AA Harrisburg Senators, two steps up from where he finished out the 2019 season.

Cluff participated in the Arizona Fall League and was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year for his work as the regular starting shortstop with the Surprise Saguaros.

Cluff is noted as a nimble player with a quick left-handed swing and the arm and footwork to handle any infield spot defensively.

As of the start of the 2021 season, he has spent the majority of his time as a professional as a shortstop.

The Nationals drafted him in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, and after he signed with Washington, he was assigned to the High–A Hagerstown Suns for the remainder of the 2019 season.

With the 2020 Major League Baseball draft shortened to just five rounds, despite ranking as the 180th-best draft prospect in 2020 according to MLB Pipeline, Brzykcy went undrafted.

Brzykcy was scouted by longtime Washington Nationals scout Bobby Myrick and chose to sign with the Nationals as a non-drafted free agent.

In 2021, Brzykcy was assigned to the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks to begin his professional baseball career.

He earned his first win on May 12, 2021, striking out seven in four scoreless relief innings.

He was added to the 40-man roster following the 2023 season.

On the mound, Brzykcy is a right-handed pitcher noted for a fastball that has been clocked up to 100 mph, although it typically registers in the mid-90s.

He complements that primary pitch with a sharp breaking ball.

Although the 2020 minor league season was canceled, Cluff was named to the Nationals' 60-man "player pool", working out with other top prospects and some major league players in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

He was not called up to the major leagues during the 2020 season.

The Nationals invited Cluff to participate again with major league players in 2021 spring training.

He put up a 0.82 ERA in his first professional season, striking out 41 batters in 22 innings, and was named to the Nationals' player pool during the COVID-19 pandemic–shortened 2020 season, although he was not called up to the major leagues.

Before the 2021 season, Cronin ranked as the organization's ninth-best prospect, according to Baseball America.

The Nationals invited him to participate in major league spring training in 2021.