Like a year ago, I’m anticipating a spring training that’s going to have very little drama in terms of the minor leaguers. As for (melo)drama overall? Well, the heightened expectations coming off a 98-win season, Davey Johnson’s “World Series or Bust” proclamation, the revelation of Danny Espinosa playing with a torn rotator cuff, and of …
In the final installment of “Guess The Rosters,” we have the Harrisburg Senators. This is just the second time I’ve taken a swag at AA, and it’s highly doubtful I’ll expand this to Syracuse anytime soon. A Twitter follower asked if the lack of fluidity at the major-league level makes this easier or harder. I …
Picking up from yesterday, let’s take a look at what I thought the 2012 Potomac Nationals position players would be: CA – David Freitas 1B – Brett Newsome 2B – Adrian Sanchez SS – Zach Walters 3B – Jason Martinson OF – Michael Taylor OF – Kevin Keyes OF – Randolph Oduber DH – Blake …
As threaten…er, promised: Time to take a guess at how the “middle minors” (A, A+ , AA) rosters will shake out in a couple of months. First, let’s take a look at what I thought would be the 2012 Hagerstown lineup: CA – Adrian Nieto 1B – Matt Skole 2B – Anthony Rendon SS – …
After a couple of uneventful weeks on the signing front, the Nationals have started back up, announcing the signing of a pitcher and a catcher with an invite to spring training this afternoon. Former Toronto fireman Jeremy Accardo is the pitcher. The 31-year-old Accardo split time between both AAA and MLB and Cleveland and Oakland …
With this year’s editions of both Baseball America and John Sickels’s prospect books received, read, and reviewed, I’ve finished the player reports for the 2013 NationalsProspects.com Watchlist. For the newcomers, this is a list of the players that are on our radar for 2013. It’s built upon the guys that catch my eye in the …
It’s been a theme that the worm has turned when it comes to player development and the Washington Nationals. Once upon a time, it seemed like they could only develop pitchers and even then, it was back-of-the-rotation guys* and middle relievers. Before Ian Desmond and Roger Bernadina ascended in 2010, it was pretty sparse — …
It’s a week later than last year, but the PDF of the John Sickels prospect hit the inbox early this morning, affirming my decision to paperless since the recent ice storms in the midwest are delaying shipment of the books. As I’ve done the past two years, I’m breaking this into two posts and starting …
Just a short note for those of you who access this site with a smartphone. I’m experimenting with a mobile version of the site, courtesy of a free trial by Duda Mobile via Google Ads. For the technically savvy, this automatically creates a redirect to this URL: http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/nationalsprospects So, no, I have not been hacked. …
Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has released his 2013 Top 100 list and four Nationals farmhands were among the spread. At #28, third baseman Anthony Rendon was the highest ranked Washington prospect. He actually moved up from #33 on last year’s list despite an abbreviated 2012 campaign. The 22-year-old is expected to begin the season for …