Nationals acquire RHP Stuart from Mets

The Washington Nationals acquired right-handed pitcher Tyler Stuart from the New York Mets in exchange for outfielder/designated hitter Jesse Winker on Sunday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.

Stuart, 24, is 3-7 with a 3.96 ERA in 17 starts for Double-A Binghamton this season. He has 90 strikeouts in 84.0 innings and has held batters to a .259 average against. He's pitched to a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27.0 IP), with 28 strikeouts, two walks and a .208 opponents’ average (21-for-101) in his last five starts.

Stuart led all of Minor League Baseball (full-season) with a 2.20 ERA and paced New York’s system with a 1.10 WHIP in 21 starts between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2023. He was named a Baseball America High-A All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star along the way. Stuart went 4-0 with a 1.55 ERA in 14 starts for High-A Brooklyn before being transferred to Double-A Binghamton for his final seven starts of the season. He earned Eastern League Pitcher of the Week honors after his final start on August 23 at New Hampshire (TOR) when he tossed 6.0 innings of two-hit, shutout ball with six strikeouts.

The No. 17 prospect in the Mets organization according to MLBPipeline.com and the No. 23 prospect according to Baseball America, Stuart is 10-9 with a 3.09 ERA and 9.48 strikeouts per 9.0 innings in 41 career Minor League games (40 starts). He was originally selected by the Mets in the sixth round of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Southern Mississippi.

Winker, hit .257 with 18 doubles, 11 home runs, 45 RBI, 53 walks and 14 stolen bases in 101 games for the Nationals in 2024.