Nationals Arm Race

hate to see him go, but you can’t argue with teh return. Photo via NYpost Well, it had to happen. This is the required “hot take” post on the trade return the Nats got in exchange for sending two months of Josh Bell plus 2 full years of Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres. Per mlbtraderumors, which is doing a good job following everyone’s tweeting and reporting: Padres … [Read more...] about Juan (and Josh) are gone

In my 2022 draft class review, I went through a rough guess as to how I thought the bonus calculations would go, and how many of our 20 picks would sign. Lets see how my predictions went, now that we’ve gotten all the bonus figures publicized for our 19 draftees. For a complete list of the 2022 draft classes, see the Draft Tracker and specifically the “2022 Draft Class” … [Read more...] about Nats 2022 Draft class Signing Bonus Analysis

Is he getting traded? Source NYPost Now that we’re past the draft, the next big date on the MLB calendar is the Trade Deadline. August 2nd is only a week away, but we’ve heard almost no trade news so far thanks to teams wrapping up draft signings. So, soon we’ll start to hear about trades. The Nats, of course, are now dead last in the majors, 3 games worse than the next … [Read more...] about Evaluating Nats Trade Candidates

Bennett is our 2nd rounder, photo courtesy of Sooner Sports Here’s my review of the 2022 Draft Class, with call backs to the various draft boards out there and some thoughts along the way about signability, likely bonus machinations, etc. By the way, the Draft Tracker is now updated. There are four tabs of interest for the 2022 draft: Main Draft Tracker tab: shows … [Read more...] about 2022 Nats Draft Class Review

Nats 1st round pick in 2022 is prep OF Elijah Green. Photo via perfectgame Draft resources: MLB Draft Tracker: Fangraphs draft boardPerfect Game: Baseball America Draft Tracker: 1st round: Elijah Green. After a curveball at the top of the top of the draft (Texas taking Kumar Rocker at #3), the Nats found themselves in a fantastic position: all the main players … [Read more...] about 2022 Nats Draft Day One