It’s a big night on South Capitol Street, and it would be if Dylan Crews hadn’t disrupted the proceedings. Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and the Yankees are in town, and that would be the big story under any other circumstances. But now we have the added drama of the latest top prospect making his debut for the Nationals.

Crews, who will be in right field, joins a Nats lineup that already includes James Wood, C.J. Abrams and Luis Garcia Jr. They’ll all face left-hander Nestor Cortes, who’s having a decent but not great season. Cortes enters with a 4.00 ERA and 1.153 WHIP in 26 starts, his biggest problem an inability to keep the ball in the yard. Opponents have hit 21 home runs off him, though only two in his last five starts. And in each of his last two starts, he’s thrown seven scoreless innings on three hits with zero walks. So the young Nationals have their work cut out for them. Crews, by the way, will bat second in his debut. (And for those who didn’t hear the news Sunday night, Riley Adams was sent down to Triple-A Rochester to clear the roster spot for him.)

That goes for Mitchell Parker, who is likely facing the toughest lineup he’s faced as a major-league player to date. The rookie left-hander was very good against the Rockies last week (one run, five hits in seven innings), but in his previous start, the Phillies outplayed him with nine runs in three-plus innings. Suffice it to say, the Yankees’ lineup looks more like the Phillies than the Rockies.

There will be a few storm cells moving through the area this afternoon, but (hopefully) the forecast looks good for tonight. It promises to be a busy Monday at the baseball field.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS vs. NEW YORK YANKEES
Where: National Park
Playing time: 6:45pm EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 88.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Storms ending, 83 degrees, wind 7 mph right

SUBJECTS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Dylan teams
LF James Wood
1B Andres Chaparro
C Keibert Ruiz
DH Juan Yepez
3B José Tena
2B Ildemaro Vargas
CF Jacob Jong

Left-handed pitcher Mitchell Parker

YANKEE’S
2B Gleyber Torres
RF Juan Soto
CF Aaron Rechter
DH Giancarlo Stanton
C Austin Wells
SS Anthony Volpe
3B Jazz Chisholm Jr.
1B DJ LeMahieu
LF Alex Verdugo

Left-handed player Nestor Cortes