Nationals Arm Race

A couple of years ago, in a pique of sarcasm, I wrote up an automated system for MVP voting. I should trade mark it. Lets see how my system works for 2022. And with today’s announcement of the Top 3 finalists for each award, I thought i’d post my official MVP predictor piece for 2022. This list of steps allows you to quickly pick the top 8-10 MVP vote getters in each … [Read more...] about 2022 Patented NAR MVP Predictor

This is a Tank. This is also what Washington did this season. Photo credit: some German newspaper; does it really matter? (quick personal note: apologies for the radio silence here. I have not posted since September 9th, more than 6 weeks ago. Not that there was a ton to post about; when the team emptied its coffers of all remaining players with any trade value, it … [Read more...] about 2023 Draft Order … not finalized

Today, the MLB competition committee voted in three rule changes to go into effect in 2023. One is minor, but two are significant, major changes that will alter the sport. Here’s a couple other opinion pieces on them, from the Athletic and Baseball America, but below i’ll put in my two cents. Larger Bases, Pitch Clocks, and Shift Bans are going in. Lets talk about them … [Read more...] about Changes are a-coming for 2023

Cade Cavalli gets the call Photo via Lookout Landing blog So, the big news of the week is the call-up of top pitching prospect Cade Cavalli. The timing (and change in service time rules) means he’ll still be 2023 Rookie eligible and doesn’t burn enough time to blow a year of service time. Is this premature? Probably not. Cavalli started out a little slow this year in … [Read more...] about Its Cavalli Time!

So, when both Luis Garcia and Yadiel Hernandez went down with injuries … the Nats active 26-man roster sports exactly ONE originally drafted/signed player (that being Victor Robles). That’s pretty amazing. Check out the big board, where all of our rosters are tracked in one place. Now, in all fairness the roster does contain several players acquired as prospects in … [Read more...] about Fun Observations with Current Rosters