Nationals Stadium in the off-season. Photo via Federal Baseball Hello all. Coming to you live from Wintergreen Ski Resort, where my son races on the team and we spend every weekend when there’s snow on the ground. I realized it’s been quite a while since I posted anything here. My last post said “Happy Thanksgiving” on it. That’s not really for lack of wanting to … [Read more...] about Happy New Year and Nothing to Report
Prospects361 Top 10 Nats Prospects for 2024
How long Before House gets to the majors? Photo via primetimesportstalk.com Happy Thanksgiving! The second early publisher of prospect top 10s is Prospects361, written by Rich Wilson, with a definite fantasy focus. I believe he ranks deeper than 10, but you can only see 10 without a premium account. Pre-2024 Prospect Lists and Analysis: Baseball America’s short … [Read more...] about Prospects361 Top 10 Nats Prospects for 2024
Rule-5 Protection Prediction history updated for 2023
Rutledge could be one of our best ever Rule5 protections. 2023 photo via 3rdmanin.com Here’s a complete history of my predicted Rule-5 additions (with links to each prediction piece), along with the Actual players the team protected (with links as well), to show my (lack of) predictive powers. It’s updated for 2023 and has narratives about each class and how the players … [Read more...] about Rule-5 Protection Prediction history updated for 2023
2023 Non Tender Candidate Analysis
Robles gets to hang out one more year. Photo via nbcsports Hot on the tail of the Rule-5 analysis we have the tender deadline for arb-eligible players. Well, technically the entirety of the arb-eligible plus pre-arb players are up for non-tendering, but the priority this week is usually just dealing with the players who have arbitration cases coming up (we can simply … [Read more...] about 2023 Non Tender Candidate Analysis
2023 Rule-5 Discussion
DJ Herz is seemingly a lock to get protected. Photo via Wash Post We do it every year. Its our annual deep dive into our older prospects to see who the team may be thinking about protecting. Here’s links to past years posts on this topic: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. And here’s a summary of all these posts and my … [Read more...] about 2023 Rule-5 Discussion