It’s Day 17 since the kids were in school and it feels even longer than that since there’s been any real baseball news. It’s so quiet that otherwise smart baseball writers are suggesting that a 28-y.o. LHP with 25⅓ IP (zero since 2016) of AAA experience might be the key to keeping Bryce Harper in …
Thanks to a lot of thoughtful comments last month—and more time spent following the GCL last summer—this was easier to put together than last year. One thing I did do this time around vs. pervious years is let the “Notables” be a larger contingent than usual instead of agonizing over whether to put a guy …
John Sickels released his Top 20 Prospects for the Washington Nationals last night, roughly 30 hours after posting a preliminary post. Here’s the breakdown by letter grade: A-/A Victor Robles B+ Juan Soto, Carter Kieboom B/B+ Erick Fedde B Seth Romero B/B- Wil Crowe, Daniel Johnson B- Yasel Antuna, Luis Garcia B-/C+ Raudy Read C+ …
While it may be Festivus for some, for many it’s the final weekend before Christmas, so I figured I’d better get this post in today vs. tomorrow. Because I’ve done time in retail, I know that some of you still aren’t done shopping. (These men are much more sober than the ones I remember in the ’80s)
Still, it is the weekend and even if your creed’s holiday has just passed or if you have none, you can still take advantage of the slowdown that comes with the end of Q4 the year.
Take a walk, spend some time with your friends, family, and/or loved ones, and do something that makes you happy (but safely and in moderation).
Yes, we’re still here. It’s just really, really slow. By now, you’ve probably seen that old favorite Tommy Milone has been re-signed. And perhaps you’ve seen how little discussion there is on John Sickels’s precursor post to his Top 20 post. Just don’t tell Josh Jackson and MiLB.com, who’ve gone Lake Wobegon in calling the …
All in the AAA phase; no player taken or selected in the MLB phase for the fourth straight year
Or, who the Nats might trade this week!
Well, the Shohei Otani sweepstakes are over (read—if you can—Lt. Dans: It wasn’t the highest bidder) and the Giancarlo Stanton drama continues, but otherwise the hot stove remains unlit. Perhaps that will change when the Winter Meetings convene tomorrow in Orlando, but in the meantime, let’s use this downtime to vote on Washington’s minor-league pitchers …
In the latest BA transaction post, we’re finally seeing some free-agent signings for Washington: • 3B Michael Almanzar BRef • SS Jason Martinson BRef • OF Ryan Raburn BRef Yeah, the band’s getting back together… …Almanzar re-signs after splitting time between Detroit and Washington’s AAA teams in 2017. …Martinson, who went solo signed with Texas …
The pendulum has swung back to a consensus again, with just 17 different players named on 10 ballots. The top three players were so named on every ballot but one, as predicted in the comments. What’s perhaps the most glaring, albeit probably not unwarranted, is that last year’s #4 position player—Drew Ward—not only dropped off …