Since I’m going in order downward from AAA to Low-A, this is part three. In reality, this is the last roster to be finalized of the four full-season affiliates. Consequently, I’ve learned to keep my expectations in check when it comes to seeing marquee prospects in April. In the past seven seasons, it’s been two …
Usually, what makes the Syracuse staff tough to pick is trying to divine which pitchers will miss the big club but stick on. What makes the Harrisburg staff a challenge is figuring out who’s going to get promoted from Potomac and which of the minor-league FAs will be kept and assigned here. So how did …
After taking a guess at which position players will end up where, last year I tried it for the pitchers for the first time and now it’s time to see how I did. Of course, with the roles of “Big Nats” largely set going into camp, this was not exactly courageous of me. But the …
I hadn’t necessarily planned on revisiting this, but it came up in the comments yesterday, so I figured it might be worth an update and a revisit. During the “dark times” that preceded this site, I remember this would come up on Brian Oliver’s Nationals Farm Authority. Often (usually) in the context of when it …
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 …