The first of the five “major” shops/pundits that evaluate and rank prospects (BA, MLBPipeline, Law, Longenhagen, and McDaniel) released their top 30s for systems today…. and boy is the Nats list weird. I’ll go through the list as always, offering up opinions and observations. First off, here’s their top 30. baLast NameFirst NamePosition 1CrewsDylanOF … [Read more...] about Baseball America’s 2025 Top 30 Prospects for Nats System Analysis and Reaction
ST 2025 NRI Analysis
House is the highest profile NRI this year. Photo via primetimesportstalk.com You know we’re getting close to Spring Training when the annual press release goes out announcing Non-Roster Spring Training Invitees (NRIs). The Nats announced the initial crop this week, immediately forgot at least a couple guys who have ST invites on their transactions page, and probably will … [Read more...] about ST 2025 NRI Analysis
BBWAA Elects three to the Hall
Sabathia is a 1st ballot HoF guy. Photo wiki/flickr chris.ptacek The class of 2025 is now set. Two first-ballot hall of famers in CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki will join last-gasp 10th ballot electee and Virginia native Billy Wagner in Cooperstown later this year. They’ll be part ofa 5-man class, joined by selectees David Parker and Dick Allen. Here’s some quick … [Read more...] about BBWAA Elects three to the Hall
Nats 2025 IFA class Quickie Reactions
Here’s a quick overview of the Nats 2025 IFA class. Yesterday they signed 14 international players (6 from the Dominican Republic, another 8 from Venezuela) and sprinkled out bonuses of at least 300k to seven different guys. Here’s a few Quick Observations, since there’s obviously limitations as to what we “know” about a bunch of teen-agers in central and south … [Read more...] about Nats 2025 IFA class Quickie Reactions
Prospects 1500 Nats top 50
Crews remains #1 on the list… not for long. Photo via Crews’ instagram page. The first shop to try to do a major rank of Nationals prospects (Prospects1500) has dropped its rankings for our system. Let’s walk through their ranks and I’ll add some comments. I have a draft 2025 ranking for our system that (believe it or not) goes out to 90 or so guys, which is kind of … [Read more...] about Prospects 1500 Nats top 50