Nationals Arm Race

Reminder, here’s my set of CWS resources: Resources/links I use heavily during CWS time: D1baseball’s tournament central page, which has all the games in one place.Top 25 lists according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll. WarrenNolan’s RPI rankings Full Field of 64 at d1baseball.com Full field of 64 with some great data points at NCAA.com CWS … [Read more...] about CWS 2022: Super Regional recap and CWS Preview

Here’s the first collection of this year’s Mock Drafts.  We usually see the first crazy-early mock just after the 2021 draft (from Baseball America), then again after the end of the 2021 season when the draft order is more or less determined, then it really starts to heat up in April/May. I’ll keep adding to this list as Mocks come in; they’re generated all the way up to the … [Read more...] about 2022 Draft Coverage: Early Mock Drafts

Here’s a quick recap of the Regionals, which saw an astounding 9 of the 16 competitions head to the “extra” game. An exciting post-season so far for sure. These are ordered by the national seeds/regional matchups. So instead of doing them alphabetically or in order of national seed, they’re done 1-16, 8-9, etc. Resources/links I use heavily during CWS … [Read more...] about CWS Regionals Recap and Super-Regionals preview

So, apparently according to Nats brass, the amount of time a player needs in the minors to completely dominate a level before getting moved up is exactly … 2 months. Because on June 1st, a number of players who have clearly shown they’re too good for the level they’re currently in were moved up. Lets take a look at some of the more notable prospect moves over the last few … [Read more...] about June 1st Roster Shakeups

Voth runs out of chances with the Nats. Photo mlb.com official It finally happened. Nine pro seasons, all three options, starter roles and reliever roles, long man and middle relief roles … Austin Voth finally got cut from this pitching staff yesterday. His stat line this year: 18 IP, 34 hits, a whip north of 2, an ERA north of 10 … it was finally enough for even a … [Read more...] about Voth DFA; end of an era