Andres Chaparro

Chaparro signed a minor-league contract with the Diamondbacks last offseason and impressed enough at Triple-A Reno (.967 OPS) that the Nationals asked for him at the trade deadline in a deal that sent reliever Dylan Floro to Arizona. The 25-year-old received his first major-league promotion in mid-August and put up an .815 OPS with four homers in his first 22 games before stumbling to a .440 OPS in his final 11 contests (in fairness, Chaparro had family stuff he was dealing with off the field at that time). Chaparro has always made a good amount of contact for a power hitter and that continued during his brief stint with the Nationals as he fanned at just an 18.2 percent rate. His quality of contact was lacking, however, with just a 33 percent hard-hit rate. With little-to-no defensive value, Chaparro's bat will need to carry him. It's possible the Nats will give him another opportunity in 2025, but the leash would probably be short. Read Past Outlooks