Finishing up the Top 100 posts, which appears to be the replacemement for the hot stove like a space heater, Keith Law ranked four Nationals in his Top 100 MLB Prospects 2024 ($). Dylan Crews – 7 As I did a year ago, we can skip to what Law has to say: When he was …
Perhaps lost in the excitement over getting yet another Boras client in need of a change of secenery, longtime watchlister C Israel Pineda was taken off the 40-man. Yesterday, he was outrighted to Rochester.
The Red Wings also announced yesterday that 2023 MVP Travis Blankenhorn has been re-signed and extended an non-roster invite to Spring Training, joining:
Sorry. That’s it. The so-called Hot Stove might warm your hands, but can’t fry an egg.
For the second straight year, the Nationals have multiple players in the MLB Pipeline Top 100. The usual suspect—Cade Cavalli—has dropped out, as have Robert Hassell and Elijah Green. James Wood remains from 2023 while Brady House returns after a one-year absence. The Coming Thing, a.k.a. Dylan Crews, completes the triad and comes in at …
While the prospect book is not yet in hand, Baseball America’s Top 30 has been released. The MLB Pipeline is hot on their heels with the Top 100 expected today. So let’s get to it, shall we? Somehow, the Nats managed to maintain their #7 ranking. Why “somehow?” Because for the second straight year, they …
Just a quick post to let folks know (A) the site has not gone dark (B) I’m about halfway through writing the reports on the players. MLB Pipeline will be releasing its Top 100 on Friday, which will likely be the next post. Otherwise, the lament since before the pandemic remains in place. Unless you …
Yesterday, Baseball America released its first of 27 or so Top 100 Lists for 2024. Three Nationals made the list. Like one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends, Cade Cavalli has been dropped from the list. OK, fine: Maybe it’s not because he turns 26 this year. I suppose the Tommy John surgery is the culprit. Robert …
It would appear the pendulum has swung back to big-ticket signings as the Nationals signed the #7 Int’l prospect (Victor Hurtado) for a reported $2.7M and the #16 IFA for $1.8M (Angel Feliz). That’s $4.5M of the $5.925M allotment for Washington, according to Baseball America. Hurtado, who turns 17 in May, is listed at 6’3″ …
Ask and ye shall receive… eventually. Yesterday marked the first transaction post from BA of the year, and only a mere 38 days after the one prior. Like the Democratic presidential hopefuls aside from Biden, the pickings are slim: 1B Dérmis Garcia RHP Samuel Reyes RHP Ty Tice OF-1B Juan Yepez Garcia had a cup …
Sorry, yet another post to assure the SEO bots you the site has not gone dark. It’s just slower than Nikki Haley reading up on the Civil War.
I’ve been hoping in vain for Baseball America to do a transaction post for the month of December, but no luck. I’d rather cover the handful of signings in one fell swoop then report on them individually.
It pains me to write this, but it’s been this way for all of this decade – even prior to the MLB coup d’état – so perhaps the onus is on me to admit that this is the new normal.
But I don’t like it. And I’m willing to bet, neither do you.
With the month January—which, with all apologies to T.S. Eliot, is the cruelest month for prospect-following—almost upon us and 2023 almost behind us, let’s take a look at the ten stories that defined the year. In keeping with this site’s tradition of not ranking, these are or more or less in chronological order… A More …