Nationals Arm Race

Kieboom faces a critical spring. Photo via Federal Baseball Honestly, this option status was more apropos when we talked about non-tenders last fall, or perhaps before thinking about what the team was going to do this off-season w/r/t free agency. But, here we are. We’re at the beginning of spring training, the team has brought in a slew of players on one year or … [Read more...] about Nationals 2024 Roster Option status

Everyone loves Lile. photo via Masn I’m a big Keith Law fan, always have been. But sometimes he zigs when others zag, and I feel like this year’s Nats list is in that category. HIs methodology is not quite as big a focus on the “ceiling” of a prospect, but it creeps in. He really discounts DSL Guys until they show up domestically, and if someone’s ceiling is middle … [Read more...] about Keith Law’s top 20 for the Nats

Cade Cavalli is inexplicably left off the McDaniel list. Photo via Lookout Landing blog I’ve buried the lede for this analysis in the title, but there’s no other way to say it. Kiley McDaniel has always been more focused on ceiling than floor in his prospect ranks, and that comes out pretty true in his list of 20-some odd Nats prospects for 2024. We’re still waiting … [Read more...] about ESPN and Kiley McDaniel puts out his weird Nats Prospect list for 2024

He’s gonna look good in this uniform and soon. Photo via Crews’ instagram page. I always look forward to Prospects1500 and their team’s rankings each year, because they go deeper than anyone else. Some places only rank our top 10; that’s not really that hard, especially when the first four are basically the same in every publication and there’s not a ton of argument mostly … [Read more...] about Prospects 1500 top 50 for 2024

Andrew Pinckney gets love from Baseball Prospectus. Photo via MASN A quick one today; Baseball Prospectus released both their Nats top prospect list and the Organizational rankings. Now, interestingly, BP’s stuff is normally 100% behind a paywall, and i’m just not inclined to pay for their stuff anymore (unlike the subscriptions I maintain for BA, ESPN+, the Athletic, … [Read more...] about Baseball Prospectus Nats top 10