I was hoping for a bit more ballots than I got, but you work with what you have… With the Nationals rebuilding, most of last year’s Top 10 has graduated from prospect status (e.g., Keibert Ruiz) and/or turned into a pumpkin (e.g. Jackson Cluff). Believe it or not, only 16 different players were nominated across …
In years past, this was a look at the guys most likely to get traded away. Now, it’s a look at who’s the favorite trade deadline pickup from the past couple of years. Here’s how it works… Send me your Top 10 list of minor-league position players (40-man guys are eligible as long as they …
Another season is in the books and we’re another year into the ’20s, which, for better or worse, is still strongly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and all the issues and inequities it has exposed (like how poorly minor-leaguers have been treated). And yet I have a feeling that 10, 50, 100 years from now …
The risk of breaking this into two is that “omissions” are actually “guys who are here in Part Two.” Well, maybe not all of them, but most… RHPs LHPs DSL Arms DSL Bats Notable Arms Notable Bats Cavalli Cronin Leon Contreras Rutledge Meregildo Irvin Ferrer C. Sanchez W. Diaz Denaburg Connell Brzykcy Troop Roman Mojica …
There’s not quite enough news for a Saturday Smorgasbord, so I decided to get the offseason party started rather than wait another week. But I will break this into two posts to help keep the site going… this is only the second normal-length offseason since 2019—which, unlike a lot of folks in DC, I very …
After years of adding just one or two players, the Washington Nationals went hog-wild and protected six – the most since 2016and quite possibly since the franchise relocated to DC in 2004. Without further ado: IF Jake Alu LHP Matt Cronin OF Jeremy De La Rosa LHP Jose Ferrer RHP Jake Irvin RHP Jackson Rutledge …
Welcome to the time of the year when things get posted just to keep the lights on. Tonight is the deadline for the Nationals to add guys to the 40-man roster ahead of the Rule 5 draft. As noted in the comments, one of their roster decisions got a whole lot easier with Seth Romero’s …
A three-run 7th by the Desert Dogs proved to be the difference as Glendale defeated Peoria, 6-3 to end the Javelinas season. Drew Millas was the sole National to appear in the game. He was the Peoria DH, batted fourth, and went 0-for-4, finishing the Fall with a .269/.313/.433 line. This is the first time …
Peoria’s pitchers retired 19 batters in a row before giving up a one-out double in the bottom of the 7th. Two right-side groundouts later, the Javelinas completed the 4-0 eclipse of the Solar Sox for a seven-inning, one-hit shutout and a spot in today’s play-in game against the Desert Dogs. Three Nationals appeared in the …
Rain washed away the penultimate game for the Peoria Javelinas. Today, they’ll visit the Mesa Solar Sox. It appears that the winner will play the Glendale Desert Dogs tomorrow in Peoria. The winner of that game will play the Surprise Saguaros on Saturday in Scottsdale for the AFL Championship.