This week the Long Island Ducks added a few players to their roster for the 2025 season.
This week the Ducks signed right hander Braydon Nelson and infielder Jack Lynch. Both players begin their first season with the Ducks and second in professional baseball.
Nelson joins the Ducks after playing with the Oakland Ballers of the Pioneer League in 2024. He appeared in 22 games and had a 3.64 ERA and four saves. The reliever worked 29.2 innings while striking out 34 batters.
The Ohio native played six seasons of collegiate baseball, including two years at St. Bonaventure University in New York and four at the University of Tampa.
Lynch joins the flock after spending the 2024 campaign with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League. He played in 93 games, totaling 11 home runs, 71 RBIs, 58 runs, 110 hits, 25 doubles, two triples, 35 walks and 10 stolen bases. In addition to batting .292, he posted a .355 on-base percentage and an .811 OPS.
Prior to his professional career, the Connecticut native played six seasons of collegiate baseball, spending four seasons at Ithaca College in New York and two seasons at Manhattan University.
Over the weekend the Ducks also signed right-handed pitcher Mark Washington. He also begins his first season with the Ducks.
Washington spent six seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and one in the Houston Astros system, making it to AAA for both organizations. In 159 games during that time, he posted a 22-9 record with a 3.31 ERA, nine saves and 264 strikeouts to 116 walks over 274.1 innings pitched.
He began the 2024 season with the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys, making three appearances. He then spent the majority of the year with the Cleburne Railroaders of the American Association, ending his year with a 3-1 record, two saves and 33 strikeouts in 37.1 innings pitched.
The flock also announced they were bringing back pitcher Justin Alintoff for his third season with the Ducks.
“Justin has been willing and able to handle whatever situation we need him in,” said Ducks Manager Lew Ford. “We are happy to welcome him back to Long Island.”
Alintoff made 38 relief appearances with the Ducks in 2024, good for third-most on the team, and led all Ducks relief pitchers with 74.2 innings pitched. He posted a 3-2 record with a 4.46 ERA, one save and 60 strikeouts to 23 walks. The bulk reliever ate up important innings as he pitched more than one inning on 30 occasions, including 12 consecutive appearances from August 1 to September 11, and completed two or more innings of work 24 times.