I hope folks had a good weekend and didn’t get too wild and crazy for Free Balloon Day yesterday. I had been hoping against hope that maybe I’d have one or two more edits to this, forced by a move, a pickup, or even a minor trade, but I think we’re looking at a slower …
Try as I may, I can’t ignore or deny that this year’s holiday message will be more like 2020 than 2019 – the latter I had been using as a guide for what to post next until about two weeks ago. Chanukkah is more than two weeks past, Winter solstice (and National Short Girl Appreciation …
A year ago I wrote about my wish list for 2021, which in many ways came true: We got a full season of MLB and a nearly full season of MiLB, albeit in ways that were very different: Six-game homestands against a single opponent Every Monday off Heavily weighted schedules with up three dozen games …
Well, that was fun… kind of. For a few weeks there, I was able to walk in my digital 13B’s from Nov-Dec. 2019, but now it appears that we’ve shifted from 2019 mode to 2020 mode. I opted for this keep-the-lights-on post rather than pretend that the signings of Maikel Franco and Dee Strange-Gordon are …
The good news is that Nats did not lose anyone in the MiLB phase of the Rule 5 Draft. The bad news is that nobody wanted anybody from the Washington farm system in the Rule 5 Draft. Instead, the Nationals selected four players in the five rounds held yesterday: 2B Andrew Young (ARI) RHP Curtis …
Two years ago, we were rejoicing with the re-signing of Stephen Strasburg, fresh off a World Series MVP run that was the first for a “1-1” pick. It would seem that he would be the anchor of the rotation for years to come, but alas, things change quickly in this game and now he’s just …
Two years ago, folks were itching to get to this. But in the wake of (yet another) Hall of Fame Veterans vote that has somehow managed to simultaneously correct some oversights while lowering the bar Forrest Gump pause again, and the lockout in which MLB has gone pretty damn close to full Pravda, this feels …
It’s been two years since we’ve done this exercise, back when Carter Kieboom and Luis García were both untouchable and the Nats were coming off a World Series title. Well, much has changed since then. Thanks to both time and trades, the latest Top 10 is almost completely different – just one holdover, who might …
Whither the minors?
If it’s not going to interfere with your Cyber Monday plans, it’s time for the revival of the annual determination of the most viable trade bait position players in the Washington farm system. The deal is pretty simple. Send me your ten favorite position players in the minors, ranked 1 to 10, to enfieldmass-top10bats[at]yahoo[dot]com (link …