The offseason Top 10, 11, 15, 20, 25 or 6 to 4 list season has begun, and it starts with Bullpen Banter’s Washington Nationals Top 15 List:
| No. | Player | Pos. |
| 1. | Anthony Rendon | 3B |
| 2. | Lucas Giolito | RHP |
| 3. | Brian Goodwin | CF |
| 4. | Alex Meyer | RHP |
| 5. | Matt Skole | 3B |
| 6. | Tony Renda | 2B |
| 7. | Eury Pérez | OF |
| 8. | Brett Mooneyham | LHP |
| 9. | Brandon Miller | OF |
| 10. | Matt Purke | LHP |
| 11. | Michael Taylor | OF |
| 12. | Stephen Perez | SS |
| 13. | Sandy Leon | C |
| 14. | Jason Martinson | SS/3B |
| 15. | Cutter Dykstra | IF |
I strongly recommend that folks read their commentary (plus there’s scouting video) because it’s important to read the opinions outside the Natmosphere. Not to mention, these guys do good work.
As you’ll see in my comment there, I was glad to see them agree with my assessment that the system isn’t nearly as good as we keep hearing from the local media. Jeff Reese said precisely what I believe was first put out there by Brian Oliver; that the system is five or six strong prospects, and then it drops off with a razor-thin difference between the next 14-15 in a Top 20.
I’m intrigued, of course, by the inclusion of the likes of Stephen Perez and Cutter Dykstra — enough to reconsider their placement on the 2013 Watchlist. I’m not surprised by the exclusion of Nathan Karns, who made Reese’s Top 10 (sadly, the two lists are combined versus broken out as they did previously), as his age is going to be held against him, regardless of the injury/surgery situation.
This, of course, also reminds me that I need to get on the horse about soliciting votes for Top 10 position players (bats) and pitchers (arms), which will most likely be tomorrow’s post.