Young is out there for his defense. The 25-year-old ranks as the Nationals’ No. 18 overall prospect, and he’s struggled at ...

Washington Nationals center fielder Jacob Young made a sensational home run robbery during the team's 5-0 loss to the ...

Benson clobbered Nats reliever Jackson Rutledge's pitch to deep center field, and center fielder Jacob Young scaled the ...

Jacob Young is no stranger to making incredible defensive plays in center field. Since becoming a full-time major leaguer ...

Jacob Young climbs the wall in center field to make a spectacular catch, robbing Will Benson of a home run in the top of the ...

Will Benson thought he had hit his ninth home run of the season on Wednesday, but Jacob Young of the Washington Nationals ...

The Washington Nationals haven’t given their fans much to get excited about recently with the losses continuing to pile up at a rapid rate. They did enter Wedne ...

Jacob Young tore through the Nationals system last season and arrived in the majors in August. When he got there, he found an ally in Lane Thomas.

In the bottom half, Young fell behind 0-1 again before floating an RBI single to center off right-handed reliever Sam Coonrod. He came around to score later in the inning as part of a four-run rally.

Jacob Young will have to figure this out. Third basemen now park at the lip of the grass. Shortstops charge his groundballs with more haste. Pitchers throw more fastballs once he’s on base.

Jacob Young was hitting too many groundballs with low-A Fredericksburg. So one day last summer, Delwyn Young grabbed a lacrosse stick that belonged to the son of Fredericksburg’s pitching coach ...

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