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We haven’t gone dark, but…

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 know there have been signings via third parties, but for some reason Baseball America and MiLB.com have been conspicuously absent. The former has had three (3) posts since the World Series ended, the latter has been basically passing along roster shuffling — almost exclusively at AAA.

Perhaps this is related to the pissing match between MLB and MiLB over contraction. But last I checked, that wasn’t supposed to take effect until after this season.

So what gives? Spring training starts next week, which for us boils down to: How will they pretend Carter Kieboom needs “a little more seasoning?” Otherwise, as Todd has noted on his site, the options status precludes anyone else from making the Opening Day roster.

Anyway, let’s hope past is prologue and something breaks out way in terms of news.

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      1. Being humble guys , I was partially correct in Rizzo / brass bringing back familiar faces. Happy for Snyder and Self .
        Shuck is a very interesting story
        Todd time to tweak the Big Board.

  2. They must be going into the camp with the big board we are familiar with. Bichette and Ward returning still a mystery ….Wilson even more ….

    1. Was there much chatter after the fall instructionial camp about which guys stood out ??
      The ground hog came out??

  3. Kieboom does need more seasoning. OPS during the last two months of the year was south of .750, the Nats didn’t even bother giving him another callup with expanded rosters, and if his four errors in ten games at third base are any indication, we might as well just give one of our extra catchers or outfielders a third baseman’s glove instead.

    Forgot how to hit down the stretch and has demonstrated no aptitude whatsoever for playing third. He has a lot to prove this spring, and beyond.

    1. Oh no doubt. Any questions of whether the Nats are looking to preserve an option or avoid Super Two are purely coincidental. Just ask Kris Bryant.

      1. Kieboom already has service time from last year. They’ll have to keep him in Fresno until at least sometime in May if they want to pull a ‘Bryant’.

        1. Luke , dog watching two at a time now . The Furry Frauline GS has me outside every four hours staring at the beautful full moon.
          I was coming on here to group inquire opinions on Austin Davidson and Ian Sagdal since they MAY be AAA options to fill out a roster if Carter needs more F troop seasoning .
          Has Sagdal truly become defensively a 3b/ 1b and Davidson glove work ranks lower @2b than 3b since we saw him in the past @ AA a 1b / LF option with Drew Ward??
          Another thing. Which guy ends up playing 1 b with KWilliams @ HARR? Corredor or Ward?
          Still going to go with Fangraphs projections …in the meantime we await the groundhog …

          1. I say again. The Nats could do the simple thing and bring back some familiar faces in Bengi G, B Snyder and Hunter Jones To keep things simple ….

          2. Davidson ended the year at Potomac so I doubt he would be at AAA to start the year. Ward should be at AAA.

      2. Time truly flies by.
        Brandon Mann Lefty returns to Texas Rangers fold. Seven years since Nats inked him to a minor league deal…

  4. The Nationals always wait until the last minute to reveal their signings. I know Drew Ward and Jacob Wilson were signed and invited to big league camp. I look for both of them to head to Fresno when ST is over.

    2. Jacob Wilson was sizzling last summer and he DOES play 3rd. Either him or Noll on the 40 man ready to come up if needed. Noll really didn’t hit in the PCL/beer league last year.

      1. So in essence Wilson was stashed in Korean League until the season rain its course … now it’s Wilson’s prime time ( like that old Rossington Collins Band song )

    3. For non-roster invitees, maybe, but this winter has been unusually quiet. And it’s not just the Nationals. Baseball America hasn’t done a transactions post since January 21, which has been the only in 2020. By this time last year, there were four. As of this morning, six of the seven leagues in which the Nationals play have had one transaction or fewer.

  6. My memory of back fields in spring training are squads of guys going through the motions on an AAA/AA diamond. Another for A level guys however they are experimenting with combinations on the infield and outfield
    Fresno really doesn’t need further depth until the plane literally takes off for California.
    Brass will be keeping close eyes on the waiver wires April 1-6….

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