Joan Adon is back in the majors after a long season in AAA. Photo via Federal Baseball Wow, it looks like i’m going to finish a season-long series. We did an end of April check-in on the rotations, End of May check-in, and an End of June Check-in, and End of July. Here’s August’s look after another month. We finished off the two short-season leagues, and will do one … [Read more...] about End of August Rotation Check-Ins
Last night in Richmond…
(freely stealing this idea from Luke Erickson and nationalsprospects.com, when Luke attends a game in person as he frequently does). So, for those of you who don’t know, I’ve relocated to Richmond, home of the SF Giant’s AA affiliate known as the “Flying Squirrels.” I suppose its because Virginia’s capital city has a ton of squirrels flying around (no actually, it was a … [Read more...] about Last night in Richmond…
How often to top 10 round drafted players fail to sign, and is it ever a good idea?
Brandon Sproat rolled the dice more than once by spurning top 10 round dollars and came out ahead. He’s a rare case. The 2023 draft class signing bonus came and went with very little fan fare in terms of players not signing or threatening not to sign. Top 5 pick Walter Jenkins didn’t sign until the deadline day, but otherwise most significant names officially signed within … [Read more...] about How often to top 10 round drafted players fail to sign, and is it ever a good idea?
MLBPipeline updated Nats top 30
Keep hitting like this and Lile will be back at Nats stadium. Photo via Lile’s twitter. First Fangraphs, then BA, now MLBPipeline. All three shops have taken the opportunity of draft and trade deadline acquisitions to do some tweaking of their lists, even from just a few weeks ago, to come up with new top 30s. Here’s some reaction to MLBpipeline’s list. First, … [Read more...] about MLBPipeline updated Nats top 30
Baseball America Updated Nats top 30 Reaction
How about a Grand slam in your 4th professional game? Photo screen grab from milb.com The major shops are starting to read in the 2023 draftees (and 2023 trade deadline acquisitions) to each team’s farm system rankings. As we did ahead of the season, when a major pundit drops an updated ranking i’ll list it here. Technically Fangraphs’ “Big Board” database was the first … [Read more...] about Baseball America Updated Nats top 30 Reaction