It would appear the pendulum has swung back to big-ticket signings as the Nationals signed the #7 Int’l prospect (Victor Hurtado) for a reported $2.7M and the #16 IFA for $1.8M (Angel Feliz). That’s $4.5M of the $5.925M allotment for Washington, according to Baseball America. Hurtado, who turns 17 in May, is listed at 6’3″ …
Ask and ye shall receive… eventually. Yesterday marked the first transaction post from BA of the year, and only a mere 38 days after the one prior. Like the Democratic presidential hopefuls aside from Biden, the pickings are slim: 1B Dérmis Garcia RHP Samuel Reyes RHP Ty Tice OF-1B Juan Yepez Garcia had a cup …
Sorry, yet another post to assure the SEO bots you the site has not gone dark. It’s just slower than Nikki Haley reading up on the Civil War.
I’ve been hoping in vain for Baseball America to do a transaction post for the month of December, but no luck. I’d rather cover the handful of signings in one fell swoop then report on them individually.
It pains me to write this, but it’s been this way for all of this decade – even prior to the MLB coup d’état – so perhaps the onus is on me to admit that this is the new normal.
But I don’t like it. And I’m willing to bet, neither do you.
With the month January—which, with all apologies to T.S. Eliot, is the cruelest month for prospect-following—almost upon us and 2023 almost behind us, let’s take a look at the ten stories that defined the year. In keeping with this site’s tradition of not ranking, these are or more or less in chronological order… A More …
For better or worse, here are the guys we’ll be watching, cursing, rooting for, and/or sending “get well” cards to for 2024. This upcoming year will be Year Three of the rebuild. Consequently, expectations will be higher despite (or perhaps because of) the “Big Nats” exceeding projections this past season, going from 55 wins to …
It’s National Mathematics Day for those who aren’t non-plussed, National Short Person for the down-to-earth, the Friday before Christmas for those who celebrate, and the Winter Solstice for us in the Northern Hemisphere. The latter probably is the ray of hope that I’ll choose to focus on, what with two major wars raging in Europe …
We hate to interrupt your National Bake Cookies Day, but we also have to make posts like these to ensure people know the lights are still on. I wish I could tell you why this has become the norm. The cynic in me says this is by design, as MLB no longer wants (or needs) …
With all eyes and interest on the Shohei Otani contract—and its rather familiar deferral of paymemts [insert Bobby Bonilla joke here]—there’s not very much to pass along to our little corner of the Natmosphere. I suppose it’s a bit of a story regarding the new vice president of amateur scouting, but you’ll forgive me for …
Two years ago, the Nats took four in the minor-league phase of the Rule 5 Draft. Last year, they took one—Thad Ward—via the MLB phase. This year, they did both – one in the MLB phase, and four in the minor-league phases for a total of five players. One the one hand, you can argue …
After today’s Rule 5 draft, things will slow down considerably. Love to be wrong, but I’ve been doing this a while… The Cleveland Guardians were the winners of the second MLB Draft Lottery, after the Nats messed things up by “winning” twice. Fortunately, they did not “lose” their best possible draft position of #10 in …