So, this image floated across my Facebook feed randomly the other day, and I was struck by it. I’ve seen these done elsewhere, but never for Baseball rotations. So, i’m in. Build your rotation. $15 max spend. Here’s my “rules” for the competition: You have to pick 5 guys: you can’t pick three from the $5 line and say, “the rest are AAA starters” Consider each … [Read more...] about Fun Exercise: Build your Dream Rotation
Nats going with Stars and Scrubs approach to 2026 IFA class
We’ve been discussing our International Free Agency (IFA) class futility a bit in the comments, and today 1/15/26 is the day we announce our newest crop of international signees, so lets take a quick peek at how things have gone and who we have coming into the system today. We’ll be using my IFA Signing Tracker to drive this conversation. I’ve built this back to the 2016 … [Read more...] about Nats going with Stars and Scrubs approach to 2026 IFA class
Prospects1500 Nats top 50 prospects for 2026
Sykora remains #1 at least one one list. Photo MASN Hot on the heels of the Baseball America top 30 list, we get the fantasy-first Prospects1500 site’s list for the system. They’re the only shop that earnestly ranks to #50, and we often get a decent look into the down-stream prospects in our system in the eyes of an independent evaluator. Prospects1500 is unabashedly a … [Read more...] about Prospects1500 Nats top 50 prospects for 2026
Baseball America top 30 Prospects for 2026
Harry Ford (not “Henry” as I keep typing subconsciously) debus at #3 on BA’s ranks for our system. Photo via Seattle Times The first big scouting shop just released their top 30 prospects for 2026, and it’s a doozy. There’s big deltas between theirs and what we know of so far from other shops, lots of recognition of players who had break-out seasons in 2025, and lots of … [Read more...] about Baseball America top 30 Prospects for 2026
Happy New Year 2026 … Let’s try this again
Toboni has a young exec team; will it work? Photo via IG Hello my fellow Nats fans. Happy New Year from all of us (i.e. “me”) at Nationals Arm Race. I posted this on 1/1/26, then the site immediately took a dump, but seems to be back now, so lets try this again. Thanks for continuing to read what I have to write, to have awesome conversations in the comments, and to … [Read more...] about Happy New Year 2026 … Let’s try this again