As I take a break from humiliating training the new staff, let me pass along a few small news items while wait out the offseason. The new ballpark saga in Hagerstown meanders on, despite some rather ominous signs that it’s going to fade away, like most ballpark proposals do. In upstate New York, the mood …
Accompanying each team’s Top 10 per Baseball America is a chat for subscribers only. As such, I have to paraphrase and condense, which I’ve done per prospect, per ranking. I’ve then cherry-picked some names that came up in the chat. If it’s in brackets, those are my clarifications or amplifications. Otherwise, you’re looking at the …
Only a couple of surprises here, but let’s cut to the chase before we discuss… 1. Anthony Rendon, 3b 2. Lucas Giolito, rhp 3. Brian Goodwin, of 4. Matt Skole, 3b 5. Nathan Karns, rhp 6. Christian Garcia, rhp 7. Eury Perez, of 8. Sammy Solis, lhp 9. Matt Purke, lhp 10. Zach Walters, ss …
Yes, things have slowed to a crawl in the minor-league front. Hence, a post about an upcoming post to keep the site fresh. As the headline says, Baseball America is expected to release its Top 10 list for 2013. Mark Zuckerman remarks that it’s been roughly a year since the Nats had their on-paper #1 …
The latest transactions have been released from Baseball America, and as predicted following the Rule 5 draft, the Washington Nationals have signed three minor-league pitchers: • LHP Francis Castro • RHP Tyler Herron • RHP Paterson Segura Given the likelihood that 29-year-old Francisco Castro has come out of retirement, the logical deduction is that Castro …
The Washington Nationals announced the 2013 lineup for their affiliates’ coaching staffs today: (changes in red.) SYRACUSE Manager – Tony Beasley (returning) Pitching Coach – Greg Booker (returning) Hitting Coach – Troy Gingrich (returning) HARRISBURG Manager – Matt LeCroy (returning) Pitching Coach – Paul Menhart (returning) Hitting Coach – Eric Fox (returning) POTOMAC Manager – …
With a H/T to Marcus for bringing this to my attention, the Nationals have signed a 16-year-old third baseman Neivy Pilier for $225,000 — the second-largest spend since the infamous 2006 signing of 16-year-old Esmailyn Gonzalez 20-year-old Carlos Alvarez. (Centerfielder Luis Guzman was signed this past July for $385K). Baseball America broke the news first, …
Now that the Rule 5 draft is over, it’s time to finalize the 2013 NationalsProspects.com Watchlist. Most of the changes I made from when we discussed this a couple weeks ago are fairly obvious — players lost to the Rule 5, Denard Span trade have been removed; a couple of switches from one column to …
Time for our semi-weekly look at how the Nationals farmhands are doing in the offseason/winter leagues. All statistics as of 12/09/2012 12:40 a.m. EST. VWL HITTERS DWL HITTERS PRWL HITTERS DWL PITCHERS MWL PITCHERS PRWL PITCHER As always, once the numbers “freeze,” I drop the player from graphic to save time/space. Most winter leagues will …
Of course, the big news this week in transactions were the signing of Dan Haren, pending a physical (best guess: announcement made tonight during the five o’clock hour for the benefit of talk-radio chatter) and the selection of four Nationals in yesterday’s Rule 5 draft. A couple of, well, minor signs have also been made …