Key Highlights
- Mervis is a slugging first baseman who has shown promise in the minors but has not put it together in the MLB yet.
- He is also a DC native who went to high school at Georgetown Prep. Mervis is getting a minor league deal with a spring training invite.
- The Nats have also brought in Warming Bernabel, so there could be a bit of a camp battle at the first base position.
- Hopefully the Nats also bring in a veteran like Rhys Hoskins because a Matt Mervis/Warming Bernabel first base platoon is not great. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn 78 MLB games, Mervis is a .165 career big league hitter with a .560 OPS, so not pretty.
- Mervis hit 7 home runs last April and posted an .848 OPS for the month, so maybe he can recapture that form.
