Nationals Arm Race

Vaquero is here, and here to stay. Photo via TalkNats.com In our continuing series of reviewing/reacting/criticizing Nats prospect lists as they’re released, today we got a big one. The MLBpipeline.com team (which includes senior prospect analysts Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo, and Sam Dykstra) has released their updated top 30 rankings for our system. Here’s the links to … [Read more...] about MLBPipeline Nats top 30 Prospects

After “losing” the last two CBA negotiations, the player’s union was in a tough spot. They’ve already let the proverbial camel’s nose into the tent (with respect to the salary cap), and they knew they couldn’t completely get rid of it, so they leveraged what they could to get what they could. Here’s some of the key parameters and thresholds the two sides agreed upon on … [Read more...] about New CBA Analysis

Well, this is a shocker to me. Out of nowhere, and with the two parties tens of millions of dollars apart on several key issues as of the last update … word just came out that they’ve suddenly agreed to a deal. We’ll do a more in-depth analysis of the terms later on … i wanted to get something out there today though to remind you that a) yes i’m still here b) yes I … [Read more...] about Its Over! New CBA agreed upon

Law is the first pundit to put House as our #1 prospect. By the time he’s done, House may end up eclipsing our current record holder for most #1 listings (Lucas Giolito). Photo via primetimesportstalk.com February is definitely prospect month, and one of the leading analysts out there is The Athletic’s Keith Law. On Monday 2/7/22 he released his system ranks, and then on … [Read more...] about Keith Law’s Prospect Rankings released

Yasel Antuna continues to be a darling of the BA rankings. Photo via CurlyW blog One of the biggest prospect evaluation shops has dropped its big publication; lets do a reaction to Baseball America’s handbook release and its ranking of our top 40 (!) prospects. I can’t recall the last time they extended out past 30, so bravo to them for doing a deep dive into a shallow … [Read more...] about Baseball America Handbook top 40 Reaction