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 …
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 …