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Locations ofWashington Nationals' current top four minor league affiliates.

TheWashington Nationalsfarm system consists of sixMinor League Baseball affiliates across theUnited States and in theDominican Republic. Four teams are independently owned, while two—theFlorida Complex League Nationals andDominican Summer League Nationals—are owned by the major league club.

From 1969 to 2004, the Washington Nationals played as theMontreal Expos. The Expos-Nationals franchise has been affiliated with theDouble-AHarrisburg Senators of theEastern League since 1991, making it the longest-running affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the Nationals. Washington's newest affiliates are theTriple-ARochester Red Wings of theInternational League and theHigh-AWilmington Blue Rocks of theSouth Atlantic League, which became Nationals affiliates in 2021.

Geographically, Washington's closest domestic affiliate is theSingle-AFredericksburg Nationals of theCarolina League, which are approximately 47 miles (76 km) away. Washington's furthest domestic affiliate is theFCL Nationals of theFlorida Complex League some 860 miles (1,380 km) away.

The Washington Nationalsfarm system consists of sixminor league affiliates.^[1]

Prior to the 1963 season,Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization ofMinor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A,Double-A,Class A, andRookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at home to watch MLB games on television. The only change made within the next 27 years was Class A being subdivided for the first time to formClass A Short Season in 1966.^[2]

Minor League Baseball operated with six classes from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, the Class A level was subdivided for a second time with the creation ofClass A-Advanced. The Rookie level consisted of domestic and foreign circuits.^[2]

The current structure of Minor League Baseball is the result of an overall contraction of the system beginning with the 2021 season. Class A was reduced to two levels:High-A andLow-A.^[61] Low-A was reclassified as Single-A in 2022.^[62]

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