Seaver King is giving the Nationals plenty to think about.
Washington’s No. 4 prospect for 2026 on MLB Pipeline stayed locked in at Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday, going 3-for-4 with a home run in a 7-2 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers, Kansas City’s Triple-A club. King, a right-handed hitter, jumped on a hanging breaking ball and sent a two-run shot to right field.
The homer was part of a bigger surge. King has now gone deep in three straight games and in four of his last five.
He’s also riding a 10-game hitting streak, and seven of those games have been multi-hit efforts. If this run keeps rolling, Washington could be tempted to give the 23-year-old a look in the majors before the end of the 2026 season.
The Nationals took King with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Wake Forest University, and he hasn’t been in the system long. Even so, this is shaping up as his strongest offensive season in the minors.
In 2026, King is hitting .319 with a .401 on-base percentage and a .946 OPS, along with 16 home runs, 62 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 84 games across two minor league levels. That’s a clear step forward from last year, when he hit .244 with six home runs, 43 RBIs and 30 stolen bases in 125 games. If he adds two more homers this season, he’ll triple his 2025 total.
Wednesday also brought a new wrinkle defensively. King made his professional debut at third base.
Most of his minor league work has come at shortstop, where he has played 213 games, while he has just 12 appearances at second base. With Washington’s No. 1 prospect Eli Willits likely seen as the shortstop of the future, third base could be a useful place for King to pick up more experience.
King has only played 49 games with Rochester since making his Triple-A debut earlier this year, so the Nationals could also decide to leave him in the minors through the rest of the season. Either way, he’s putting himself squarely on the radar with the way he’s hitting right now.
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