Catching Up on Transactions
Yesterday, Washington made a series of moves in the minors ahead of the regular season starting up for AAA next week:
PLACED ON THE DAY 60-DAY I.L.
켥 LHP Gabriel Agostini
켥 C Jose Colmenares
켥 LHP Lucas Knowles
켥 LHP Liam Sullivan
켥 RHP Tyler Yankosky
OPTIONED
켥 OF Robert Hassell
켥 UT Trey Lipscomb
REASSIGNED TO MINOR-LEAGUE CAMP
켥 3B Brady House
켥 OF Stone Garrett
켥 RHP Clay Helvey
켥 OF Andrew Pinckney
Surprisingly, none of the pitchers appear to have joined the 72 other cases of “Nationals Elbow”, but they could just be waiting for their appointment.
Perhaps a mild surprise is that Brad Lord remains in camp, as the Nats whittled doen the number of (officially) healthy players to 35, according to longtime beat reporter Mark Zuckerman.
Enjoy the first day of spring!
I really like the hype that Hassell has generated. It seems he’s revived what little prospect value he had remaining. However, as predicted, he really trailed off again. In 15 games in March, he’s hitting .300/.344/.367. That’s still good, but a long way off from the power he flashed in his first couple games in ST.
Meanwhile, Alex Call is doing a better impression of Hassell than Hassell himself, hitting .393/.561/.536 this spring, and seems competent to back up Young, if his struggles continue into the regular season.
I still think Hassell’s future with the team is as trade bait. If we can find another team willing to dream on Hassell’s fading potential and flip him for some help at one of our other holes (3B/SS, DH, C, RP), it’d be a better allocation of our resources. But until then, I hope Hassell’s renaissance continues!
Francesco Barbeieri apparently has had an impressionable spring with an invite to an A game bench seat ?
Bummer about “Sulli”.
Several of those arms need more healing / rehab time probably OR.. you fill in the blank ..
Yeah, Yankosky hasn’t pitched since July…. 2023. Not encouraging that he’ll miss an additional 2 months. Hope for the best for him.
Sam Sellick on federal baseball summed up one positive in camp
Filthy young relievers