Two years ago, the Nats took four in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft. Last year, they took one—Thad Ward—via the MLB phase. This year, they did both – one in the MLB phase, and four in the minor-league phases for a total of five players. One the one hand, you can argue …
After today’s Rule 5 draft, things will slow down considerably. Love to be wrong, but I’ve been doing this a while… The Cleveland Guardians were the winners of the second MLB Draft Lottery, after the Nats messed things up by “winning” twice. Fortunately, they did not “lose” their best possible draft position of #10 in …
Once again, we’re seeing three clear trends: starters are getting more love than relievers (as they should), likewise for guys who can contribute sooner vs. later, and of course, southpaws (indicated by *) over northpaws: Cade Cavalli (1)(1) Jackson Rutledge (8)(4) DJ Herz* Travis Sykora Jake Bennett* (3) Andrew Alvarez* Mitchell Parker* (4)(7) Cole Henry …
As threat…er, promised we’re moving on to what used to be the more interesting of the two offseason votes. That was back when the Nats had as many pitchers as position players in a given Top XX list. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the current MLB Pipeline Top 30. Just 10 of them …
The turnout this year was better than last but the consensus was much stronger – only 14 different players were listed in the Top 10 (I’m excluding honorable mentions for obvious reasons). Before I go any further… James Wood (1) Dylan Crews Brady House (4) Yohandy Morales Drew Millas Daylen Lile Jacob Young Chrithian Vaquero …
With another week to go before the Winter Meetings, it’s time to turn another ritual to fill the void. For this, I’m pretty sure I’ll get enough participation. The next one… are there even 10 pitchers that remotely qualify? For those of you who don’t know the deal, it’s what they call it when they …
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us—but a month of Mariah Carey ahead of us—it’s time to take a look at who will make the 2024 edition of the NationalsProspects.com watchlist, an honor that will impress tens of people outside of the DMV! As the old-timers know, I’m not big on ranking guys 1-XX. I’m sure …
My apologies for interrupting your Black Friday week festivities, but I’ve got a tradition to uphold here, dammit! As we delve deeper into this decade, which is now starting to have a sci-fi feel to it, it’s important to remember and be thankful for these traditions, whatever yours may be. Some people like turkey, others …
This is the first of what I fear/suspect will be many posts this offseason to indicate that things have slowed down but not stopped (except maybe for the GM Meetings, but that’s another story). There’s still two weeks until the Winter Meetings, which won’t quite have the same anticipation as a year ago since the …
After years of only adding one or two of “our guys” to the big club roster, the Washington Nationals did it again with four pitchers added. (Alas, not the kind pictured 😉 Without further ado: RHP Zach Brzykcy RHP Cole Henry LHP DJ Herz LHP Mitchell Parker Obviously, the biggest surprise was the first man …