Year four of the rebuild is complete. The team was flirting with .500 well into June but just couldn’t hold it together once they lost their best starter. From the trade-deadline forward they went 22-30 to end the season at 71-91, a .438 winning percentage. Here’s a quick summary of where we are in the rebuild: Year 1: 2021: moved Turner, Scherzer, Schwarber, et al. … [Read more...] about Nats finish in line to pick 4th in 2025
End of August 2024 Rotation check-ins
If Sykora isn’t the Nats minor league POTY i don’t know who it could possibly be. Photo MASN Here’s the End of August 2024 check-ins on all our rotations, from MLB to DSL. Each team section analysis will have the same items: current rotation, changes in the last month, observations, next guy to get promoted (if its in the minors), next guy to get cut, and then a few … [Read more...] about End of August 2024 Rotation check-ins
Crews Has Arrived
He’ll be wearing this uniform for good. Photo via Crews’ instagram page. With a bit of advance fanfare (news leaked on Friday 8/23/24 for his 8/26/24 call-up), the cornerstone of the Nats rebuild Dylan Crews has been called up. He’ll take his place in an outfield that started the year Winker/Rosario/Thomas and which is set to end it with the all-prospect, all-under 24, … [Read more...] about Crews Has Arrived
Ohtani achieves 40-40 status … in August
Ohtani hits his 40th of the season in grand style; a walk off grand slam against Tampa. Photo via Tampa Bay times Shohei Ohtani added another achievement to his already lore-level career: he hit a walk-off grand slam for his 40th HR of the season to officially reach 40-40 status. 40-40 has only been done five other times in the history of the sport: Jose Canseco, who … [Read more...] about Ohtani achieves 40-40 status … in August
Four top 10 round picks failed to sign in 2024 – a rarity
Tyler Bell is the highest profile player from the 2024 draft to turn down big money for a chance later at even bigger money. Photo BA. Ever since we entered the draft pool bonus era, players not signing who were drafted in the top 10 have been a rarity. Oddly in 2024, with the draft signing deadline having just passed on 7/31/24, we saw four players not sign. This post … [Read more...] about Four top 10 round picks failed to sign in 2024 – a rarity