Its College Baseball post-season time, something we’ve followed in this space for years. Here’s a quick guide to the CWS 2023 post season. First off, some resources for you. Your final top 25 heading into the post-season according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll. All three have Wake Forest #1 overall, a great feat for the smallest school … [Read more...] about 2023 CWS Regionals Recap
End of May Check-in On Rotations
We did an end of April check-in on the rotations; how about and end-of May one too? Important links for this analysis: Big Board: the big board shows the rotations, plus the starters and the roles of the relievers as best as I can figure. Furthermore, the rotations are in the correct “order” and synced across the system.Nats MLB stats: at baseball-reference.comAAA … [Read more...] about End of May Check-in On Rotations
First Look: Jake Irvin
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 3: Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jake Irvin (74) pitches during his major league debut against the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) An injury to their 5th starter Kuhl and a rain-induced double header gave an opportunity for the Nats to bring up one of their starter prospects, and so … [Read more...] about First Look: Jake Irvin
April end of Month check-in on the Rotations
Jake Bennett might be the best looking starter prospect in the system right now. Photo from OSU Nearly every year I get excited when we see who the rotations are at the various full-season levels, and then every year i … run out of time to check back in. I used to do “rotation review ” posts after every pass through the rotations, giving good/bad/holding serve … [Read more...] about April end of Month check-in on the Rotations
Spring Training 2023 NRI Disposition
Before I clear out the “NRI color coding” on the Big Board, I thought i’d write out a bit about the 2023 spring training competitions and the fact that yet again a slew of Non Roster Invites (NRIs) have made the team. Here’s past posts on the same topic by year: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015. So, who were the NRIs this year? By … [Read more...] about Spring Training 2023 NRI Disposition