At first, I thought, “OK, so first time since this site started…”
Nope.
Even in the dark times of 2005-2009, there the likes of the Zimmerman(n)s (Ryan and Jordan) and Chris Marrero, not to mention—except I have to—Collin Balester, who came in by the skin on his teeth at #95 in 2007.
Of course, much of this is because both of last year’s Top 100 players, Carter Kieboom and Luis Garcia, graduated from prospect status last summer. And in the big picture, this is not really a huge surprise: The Nats have been drafting near the bottom of each round for quite some time and have been trading prospects for major-leaguers, not vice-versa.
For those looking for a silver lining, Washington’s No. 1 pick RHP Cade Cavalli is presumably number #101 if you believe that BA’s 10 Prospects Who Just Missed… is in the order of “others receiving votes” like an AP Coaches’ Poll.
Two other Nationals were named but not in the “101-110” – 2019 1st Rd. pick Jackson Rutledge and the first three-point-nine-million-dollar man, Yasel Antuna (2016 IFA).
We now return you to your Inauguration Day anxiety/midwinter malaise…