Nationals Arm Race

Arnold seems like a lock at this point for the top 5; would the Nats pluck him for 1-1? Photo via FSU sports page Here’s our seventh check-in on the 1-1 candidates this spring. We’re at the end of week 14 of the college season, which is also the end of the regular season for the major conferences. Next week is conference tournaments, then we get the field of 64 and … [Read more...] about Fourteen week Check-in with 1-1 Draft Candidates

Love this image, one of the more famous shots from the last 75 years of the sport. Filed away in the general category of, “providing a solution to a problem that didn’t exist before yesterday,” for reasons inexplicable yesterday the MLB commissioner announced that all players who are on the “permanently ineligible” list will exit said list upon death, and thus be eligible for … [Read more...] about Obligatory post about Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and the reversal of lifetime bans

House pushing for a promotion. Photo via primetimesportstalk.com Before we get too far away from May 1st … Here’s a one-month check in on our 20 prospects plus other notables in the system. I published my Nats Prospect Rankings back in March, and the xls is here online. I have not updated it since, though we have had some movement (Crews graduated, Reifert returned, … [Read more...] about One Month Temperature check on the Nats top Prospects

Could Eli Willits really go top? Photo via USA Baseball Here’s our sixth check-in on the 1-1 candidates. Important Draft related news and notes that have published since our last posting (Note: since i’m doing these every 2-week posts and linking to mocks as they happen, i’m going to abandon my typical annual “Mock draft collection” post. Or maybe i’ll throw it up right … [Read more...] about Twelve Week Check-in with 1-1 Candidates for 2025 Draft