News and Notes on the Nationals Minors since 2009
In the space of roughly five days, the Nats have signed five of their six picks in the 2020 draft – including their #1 pick, RHP Cade Cavalli. On Monday, news broke that Nos. 4 and 5 – C Brady Lindsly and LHP Mitchell Parker – had signed. Yesterday, news broke that supplemental pick SS …
Not much new to report on the MLB-MLBPA fight, though it should surprise no one here that MLB teams have already found a way to manipulate service time with this year’s draft picks and NDFAs. Columbus 4 Syracuse 3 – 2016 • Voth (L, 3-3) 7IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, BB, 5K • Gutierrez 1IP, 0H, …
The Nats will reportedly pay its minor-leaguers through September, ostensibly to avoid another PR fiasco, which I realize is redundant; the next PR-savvy move Washington makes will the first. As one person noted in the comments at Hardball Talk, Kansas City has signed an inordinate number of highly-rated undrafted prospects, which may be attributable to …
Ordinarily, this is the stuff of mid-December or January, not mid-June (or March 108). ● Apparently there aren’t enough Jacksons in the system, so the Nats got one more in Jackson Coutts, 1B/OF, a junior from the Univ. of Rhode Island who hit .451 with 4HR and 12RBI in 13 games. ● The Nats also …
Perhaps by days’ end we’ll have word on what the owners will impose upon the players after weeks of leaking specious offers to the press in a thinly veiled attempt to turn the baseball-starved public against the MLBPA. Assuming, of course, there will be places for them to play. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 9 Syracuse 5 – 2018 …
The Washington Nationals held true to form and completed Day 2 of the 2020 draft with three more pitchers, one catcher, and one shortstop. Only the latter was a high school pick – SS, Sammy Infante of Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Miami Gardens, FL). Even a MASN Commenter— or Stevie Wonder, natch—could have seen …
Ordinarily, this would be just a pic of the latest righthanded pitcher the Nats took with their first pick (joining Jackson Rutledge in 2019 and Mason Denaburg in 2018), then we’d launch into News & Notes from the four full-season affiliates. But there’s no news and no notes… So I won’t pretend that I follow …
The MLB Draft will be held tonight, with first round televised tonight on ESPN and MLB Network, and Rounds 2-5 tomorrow night on ESPN2 (because apparently a boxing match is more important) and the MLB Network. I’d encourage you to read Mr. Boss’s work to get a feel for who the Nats may select (and …
Still not much new to report on the MLB-MLBPA impasse. But if you got questions, WaPo’s Dave Sheinin has answers. Louisville 8 Syracuse 2 – 2012 • Roark (L, 3-8) 5IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 5K • Severino 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K • Bynum 2-3, R, BB • Komatsu 1-3, BB, CS Louisville built …
Sorry, it’s SSDD for the MLB-MLPBA negotiations. Excuse me, I need to wheel some stuff… Buffalo 13 Syracuse 4 – 2016 • Cole 6IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 4K, HR • Gott (L, 3-2) ⅔ IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, BB, K • Sizemore 1-4, R, HR, 4RBI • Goodwin 2-4, 2B, BB • Ramsey 2-4, …