GCL Expos (1969–2004) From 1969 to 2004, the team was known as the
Gulf Coast League Expos and was a minor league affiliate of the
Montreal Expos. The team played in the Gulf Coast League from 1969 to 1970, in 1974, in 1977, and again from 1986 to 2004. The team was based in various Florida cities during these years: in
Sarasota in 1969, in
Bradenton in 1970, in Sarasota in 1974 and 1977, in Bradenton from 1986 to 1991, in
West Palm Beach from 1992 to 1997, in
Jupiter in 1998 and 1999, in Bradenton in 2000, in Jupiter in 2001, and in
Melbourne from 2002 to 2004. The team won two Gulf Coast League championships over the course of its history, the first in 1969 under
manager J. W. Porter and the second in 1991 under manager
Keith Snider.
GCL Nationals (2005–2020) After the 2004 season, when the Montreal Expos relocated and became the
Washington Nationals, the Gulf Coast League Expos became the Gulf Coast League Nationals, beginning play as such in the 2005 season. The Nationals then won all three of their playoff games, defeating the
Gulf Coast League Pirates in a single-game semifinal playoff and sweeping the
Gulf Coast League Red Sox in the best-of-three league championship series, to become the 2013 Gulf Coast League champions. The team pulled off a historic feat on July 23, 2017, no-hitting the
Gulf Coast League Marlins in both ends of a double-header. Four Nationals pitchers appeared in the two seven-inning games. In the first game, which the Nationals won 4–0, Joan Baez pitched six innings, striking out seven and retiring the last 14 batters he faced, and Jose Jimenez pitched the final inning. In the second game, a 1–0 Nationals win, Jaren Johnson pitched the first four innings in his seventh professional appearance and second professional start, and Gilberto Chu relieved him to finish the game with three no-hit innings.
FCL Nationals (2021–present) Prior to the 2021 season, the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the
Florida Complex League. ==Roster==