News and Notes on the Nationals Minors since 2009
It’s been six years since Thanksgiving was on the 28th (the latest it can be), but I’m not waiting until after it passes to get started on our offseason routine. This is the tenth edition since we unveiled the first one in November 2010. I cringe at the some of the early watchlists, because it’s …
For the second year in a row, the Nationals have added just one player to its 40-man roster ahead of next month’s Rule 5 draft. That one player was Ben Braymer getting the call ahead of consensus pick of Sterling Sharp. Braymer, who shared the “Pitcher of the Year” honors for the Washington Minors with …
Tonight is the deadline for teams to add players to the 40-man roster (and the 38-man AAA roster) ahead of next month’s Rule 5 draft. Baseball America, which has not joined in the contraction conversation yet (more in a minute), has the Nationals definitely protecting Sterling Sharp and possibly protecting Ben Braymer and (put down …
Locally, the Hagerstown Suns and Frederick Keys are among the targeted
It’s mid-November, but it may as well be mid-January – it’s already that slow. The Rule 5 protection deadline is next week, and Mr. Boss over at NationalsArmsRace has broken it down as he has every year since 2010 (fun fact*: his site started the same day I assumed full control of this site). I …
Well, it’s two days in a row BA has given us something to talk about! CATCHERS AA — Jake Lowery INFIELDERS AAA — Bengie Gonzalez, Jose Marmolejos, Matt Reynolds, Luis Sardinas, Brandon Snyder, Drew Ward AA — Dante Bichette Jr., David Masters, T.J. Rivera A+ — Osvaldo Abreu OUTFIELDERS AAA — Collin Cowgill, Chuck Taylor …
Yesterday, Baseball America released its first Top 10 list for 2020, and (as usual) it’s a testament to the power of incumbency: Carter Kieboom, 2B/SS (2) Luis Garcia, SS (3) Jackson Rutledge (’19 Draft Pick) Wil Crowe, RHP (5) Tim Cate, LHP (6) Drew Mendoza, 1B (’19 Draft Pick) Andry Lara, (’19 IFA) Mason Denaburg, …
The World Series is over and there’s no affiliated baseball being played. Like a dog that catches the car, we’re in a weird “what do we do now?” kind of place. It’s too early to start up the usual offseason routine, which has been tied to the end of the AFL and the deadline for …
A little less than a year and a half ago, this guy ate up High-A like a HS football team at a Sizzler. Ten months earlier, the Nationals starting CF finished his 116-game, 28-HBP tour through Woodbridge. Five years before that, the should-be Gold Glover, Silver Slugger third baseman passed though in two games in …
With a five-run 4th, the Rafters sent the Sagauros down the river for a 5-1 loss in the AFL Championship Game. Alas, it was Sterling Sharp who wore the loss as Salt River got to him for all five runs on two walks, a Victor Robles, two singles, and a grand slam. He faced eight …