Nationals Arm Race

Crews; does he start in High-A or AA in 2024? Photo via his twitter. So, heading into the 2023 draft, a slew of the Nats’ top prospect talents were outfielders. Look at any prospect ranking list for our system and you’ll see top 10 players like Wood, Hassell, Green, Vaquero, etc. I was on board early pining for Skenes as our pick at 1-2 instead of Crews, thinking that, … [Read more...] about What are the Nats going to do with all these OFs?

Now that the draft is over, and it seems like we’ve signed everyone we’re going to sign… lets pivot to the trade deadline, which is racing up to us now (6pm, August 1st). A rebuilding team like the Nats, who havn’t been playing *that* bad but who have zero chance of getting into the playoffs, are going to be sellers at the deadline. Now, we’ve spent the last two seasons … [Read more...] about 2023 Trade Deadline Outlook

So, the participants for the 2023 Home run Derby have been named. We get: White Sox OF Luis Robert Jr. Mets 1B Pete Alonso Dodgers OF/INF Mookie Betts Rangers OF Adolis García Rays OF Randy Arozarena Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Mariners OF Julio Rodríguez Orioles C Adley Rutschman So, who SHOULD we have in the derby? Lets look at this a … [Read more...] about 2023 HR Derby – Who is in and who should be