John Sickels has released his second annual farm system rankings, and if you haven’t guessed where the Nats came in by now… have I got some real estate in Florida for you! All kidding aside, you can tell from his lengthy intro that this is something he’s doing mostly to appease his readers, but also …
Picking up from our last post, here are nos. 16 through 31 in the 2013 BA Prospect Handbook… 16. Ricky Hague, SS/2B (15) 17. Destin Hood, OF (11) 18. Robbie Ray, LHP (17) 19. Brett Mooneyham, LHP 20. Corey Brown, OF 21. Estarlin Martinez, OF 22. Brandon Miller, OF 23. Chris Marrero, 1B (12) 24. …
The 2013 Baseball America Prospects book is here and the staff is reviewing it. As much as I like to bash BA, I can’t ignore them, either. Like it or not, when it comes to prospects, the conversation starts with them. Fine by me, because I think the recent anointing of the Brothers Upton is …
I had seen the MASN press release from a couple of weeks ago but passed on a post since I prefer to let folks know both the radio and TV schedules. Lo and behold*, today I discovered that the concatenation already exists on the MLB.com site. *Why can’t it just be “Lo?” I’m reproducing it …
Yikes. Between the cold, the forecast of snow this week, and the dearth of news, it’s been a rough January. For the newbies, when you see the kid with the newspaper, it means things are slow here and I’m just doing a post to keep the site fresh, passing a couple of baseball-related tidbits. It’s …
Lost amid the excitement of the Michael Morse trade and the arbitration-avoiding deals with six players was another couple of pickups in the minors, as reported in Baseball America’s latest transaction post: RHP Casey Upperman OF Delwyn Young Upperman* is a 22-year-old who was released by Arizona last April. He has had the “requisite” Tommy …
With the three-way trade of Michael Morse, 2010 4th Rd. pick A.J. Cole has returned to the Washington Nationals organization. Cole, who had been dealt away 13 months ago in the trade for Gio Gonzalez, was acquired along with 24-year-old Blake Treinin and the ubiquitous “Player To Be Named Later” from Oakland for OF-1B Michael …
It’s a weird world we live in when a mere tweet can be the peg for a news story. Such was the case yesterday when Jake Skole, the younger sibling of Matt Skole, congratulated his brother on his invite to Washington Nationals spring training, prompting this story from Byron Kerr, who confirmed it independently. The …
Perhaps the most depressing thing is that this is the third time I’ve had to write this kind of post, thanks to the news slowdown. Today’s spring-like weather certainly won’t help because, like the first full week after a long weekend (or, say, a winter break), when it gets cold again (it is January, after …
The latest transaction post from Baseball America is in and it’s the beginning of comings and goings to/from the farm. First, the additions: RHP Ross Ohlendorf LHP Sean West C Joe Witkowski Ohlendorf, a former stalwart in the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation, has been largely ineffective since suffering a shoulder strain in 2011. He began 2012 …