The Salt River Rafters put up five in the 4th and held serve against the Surprise Saguaros as the Nats’ entry in the Arizona Fall League won its 2018 opener on the road, 10-8. Carter Kieboom got the start ahead of Jazz Chisholm and Bryson Brigham at shortstop and went 0-for-3 with a walk and …
I know it’s been quiet ’round here, but the lights are still on. We’re just waiting for something to happen. AFL TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY After announcing the roster with all the fanfare of free shuttle, the Nats octet of minor-leaguers begin their six-week sojourn in the Phoenix suburbs with an afternoon game in Surprise. …
The quest for win #82 was denied last night for the big club, which finishes in Colorado this weekend. The bigger question is whether Max Scherzer will pitch tomorrow if the Rockies clinch tonight – for which some folks are rooting for other reasons. But there are plenty of other places to discuss that, though …
Carter Kieboom, Wil Crowe, Ben Braymer, and Jake Noll were the winners of the Washington Nationals 2018 Organizational Awards for Player, co-pitchers, and coaches’ favorite the Bob Boone Award. Kieboom split time between Potomac and Harrisburg, posting an .880 OPS in 61 games at High-A and a .721 OPS in 62 games at AA. He …
As Baseball America wends its way through its postseason (pre-preseason?) awards, Carter Kieboom became the second National to make one of its Top 20 lists as the #5 prospect for the Eastern League (sorry, no link: paid sub). Given the Durham boys’ penchant for double-dipping, this is likely the first of two appearances for the …
Friday night, the big Nats were eliminated from the N.L. East race with a loss, which amazingly was not in either extra innings or at the hands of the bullpen. Yesterday, despite a combined one-hit shutout, they were mathematically elimniated from the playoffs. Just one year after we were talking about Washington possibly winning 100 …
The Nationals have known for 11 months that they needed to make a deal to stay either in the International League or east of the Mississippi. They did neither. Yesterday afternoon, Washington announced it had signed a two-year PDC with the Fresno Grizzlies, endearing themselves to …Young Republicans without trust funds …Rap Stars who went …
Well, here we are again… its mid-September: the minors are over and for the first time in seven seasons, so are the majors. Sure, there’s some drama about Juan Soto winning the Rookie of the Year Award. There probably shouldn’t be, but the BBWAA has long treated the award as the best “eligible first year” …
After giving away the Mills Cup to the Buies Creek Astros, the P-Nats got a semblance of consolation from the Carolina League with three players named to its 13-player postseason team: Wil Crowe, Ian Sagdal, and Rhett Wiseman. Wil Crowe, who finished second in wins, was named as the League’s pitcher of the year despite …
Rather than declare co-champions as they did a year ago, the Carolina League decided to reduce a season of 140-plus games to one, a coin flip that went the way of the Buies Creek Astros, who defeated the Potomac Nationals 2-1 in 11 innings. As you might expect with the league’s #1 pitching staff facing …