The Nats invited their kids to come to camp. Sure. It really doesn't mean much... in any sense. They'll be in Florida around that time anyway. This gets them exposure to current major league players. You get to see if maybe they look overwhelmed or not. No real downside unless the guys are slated to be here and you knock them down and none of these guys are in fact slated to be here. So good! Something to talk about.
There are a couple guys that aren't invited that are all tools and likely would be overwhelmed (Elijah Green for example) and you can't invite everyone. Jeremy De La Rosa got invited last year and did not this year. Did anything really change for him? Not really. They didn't have many people they wanted to see up last year is all.
And the fact he was up last year gives you an idea of what this invite means. Nothing. It's a ride along not a deputizing. It's something for the team to sell to the public. But ultimately it's not about Feb and March, if you can get the fans back on board, it's about April-September (and also probably next November-February)
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