Nationals agree to terms with Lucas Sims

By MASN Staff

Nationals

February 19, 2025, 11:17am

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The Washington Nationals agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Lucas Sims on a one-year contract and transferred right-handed pitcher Mason Thompson to the 60-day Injured List on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.

Sims, 30, joins the Nationals after he pitched to a 4.38 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 49.1 innings of work between Cincinnati and Boston in 2024. He produced 43 scoreless outings in 58 total games and ranked fourth in average exit velocity (86.1 MPH) and 20^th in hard hit percentage (31.3%) among all Major League pitchers last season. He finished his campaign by stranding the final 11 runners he inherited.

Since the beginning of the 2019 season, Sims ranks eighth in Major League Baseball in opponents’ batting average (.192). In eight big-league seasons, he is 22-19 with a 4.50 ERA and 12 saves in 245 games (14 starts) between Atlanta (2017-18), Cincinnati (2018-24) and Boston (2024). He has struck out 353 in 306.0 career innings.

A native of Lawrenceville, Ga., Sims was originally selected in the first round of the 2012 First Year Player Draft out of Brookwood (Ga.) High School.