News and Notes on the Nationals Minors since 2009
This winter, it feels like I’m hitchhiking along Route 50 in Nevada. The news about the minors has slowed to a coma and what’s usually the most reliable news peg – transactions – has been almost non-existent. Until this past Friday. Hold on to your hats, because there are not one, but TWO line items …
Spring Training has finally arrived with pitchers and catchers reporting yesterday and the first full workout today. This afternoon, we’ll find out who’s in the best shape of their lives. Yesterday, the Nats released their non-roster invite list. This is of most interest to us, of course, because this is the first official acknowledgement that …
Just a quick note to pass along word that the 2020 Watchlist Reports are now complete. There were very few edits, perhaps because the folks at 20/80 Baseball and Fangraphs are just as good (if not better) than the boys in Durham, whose reliance on team sources is sometimes painfully obvious – especially on IFAs.
The “donuts” have been made. Pitchers and catchers report on Thursday. Don’t forget to brush up on your clichés.
Thank you. Not sure how else to put it. I’ve been waiting for something newsworthy to pass along. Sorry, but press releases – official and de facto – don’t count. One can only talk about the top ______________ for so long. Pardon my French, but it’s time to shit or get off the pot. We …
Let’s get this out of the way… 16. Jackson Cluff 21. Cole Freeman 26. Nick Banks 17. Tyler Dyson 22. James Bourque (18) 27. Steven Fuentes 18. Reid Schaller (11) 23. Joan Adon (25) 28. Jakson Reetz 19. Israel Pineda (15) 24. Jackson Tetreault (21) 29. Nick Raquet (19) 20. Ben Braymer (20) 25. Malvin …
The 2020 BA Prospect Book arrived this week. After having the senior member of our staff review it, let’s go over what she found. With Victor Robles finally graduating, the Nats tumbled from #16 to #23 in the organizational rankings. I guess we’ll just have to console ourselves with a World Series trophy. Sure, it’s …
OK, fine it’s Ryne not Bryce.
The Nats claimed the journeyman—who made his MLB debut last March at the age of 30—after he had been put on waivers by the Twins following the signing of Josh Donaldson. Headed for the Minnesota minors will be Hunter McMahon, who pitched nine times for the G-Nats and Doubledays after he was drafted last June in the 9th Rd. out of Texas State.
In addition to eliminating McMahan/McMahon spell-check issue, the Nats added another arm to compete for the five or so open spots in the ‘pen while filling the last open spot on the 40-man roster. Harper posted a line of 3.81/3.66/1.18 in 54⅓ innings and 61 appearances in 2019 and would have had better marks in those categories than every reliever not named Daniel Hudson.
We’re five months into 2020 and it’s still only January… OK, fine, maybe it’s not that bad. The “on this date” feature from my photo backups shows it’s been worse. But every offseason feels longer than the one before, which I think (I hope) is just a function of getting old. As the headline says, …
Yesterday, the boys in Durham released their annual SEO for the Prospect Handbook, and as you might’ve already guessed, it was the usual suspects – Carter Kieboom and Luis Garcia. Coming in at #15, Carter Kieboom. With the departure of Anthony Rendon via free agency, Kieboom has been tabbed by the Nats beat writers and …
Spike is no longer with us, but if he were, this is the face he’d make when looking over the latest transaction post from Baseball America.
As noted in the comments, I’ve been checking the league transactions from the PCL to the DSL just about every morning for weeks now in the vain hope of seeing something new or different. Instead, it’s been like visiting the Black Valley Public Library in Coalfield, TN.
Without further ado, here’s who the Nats have officially signed:
● RHP Dakota Bacus
● RHP Bryan Bonnell
● RHP Javy Guerra
Unofficially, I’m sure there’s more; as many of you know, transaction news is often very spotty. We now return you to you offseason slumber.