Love this image, one of the more famous shots from the last 75 years of the sport. Filed away in the general category of, “providing a solution to a problem that didn’t exist before yesterday,” for reasons inexplicable yesterday the MLB commissioner announced that all players who are on the “permanently ineligible” list will exit said list upon death, and thus be eligible for … [Read more...] about Obligatory post about Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and the reversal of lifetime bans
One Month Temperature check on the Nats top Prospects
House pushing for a promotion. Photo via primetimesportstalk.com Before we get too far away from May 1st … Here’s a one-month check in on our 20 prospects plus other notables in the system. I published my Nats Prospect Rankings back in March, and the xls is here online. I have not updated it since, though we have had some movement (Crews graduated, Reifert returned, … [Read more...] about One Month Temperature check on the Nats top Prospects
Twelve Week Check-in with 1-1 Candidates for 2025 Draft
Could Eli Willits really go top? Photo via USA Baseball Here’s our sixth check-in on the 1-1 candidates. Important Draft related news and notes that have published since our last posting (Note: since i’m doing these every 2-week posts and linking to mocks as they happen, i’m going to abandon my typical annual “Mock draft collection” post. Or maybe i’ll throw it up right … [Read more...] about Twelve Week Check-in with 1-1 Candidates for 2025 Draft
Nats Rotation End of April 2025 check-in
Cavalli doing rehab starts and could be back soon. Photo via Lookout Landing blog We’re a month into the 2025 full seasons, believe it or not, so its time to bring back last year’s monthly check-in on the rotations, from the MLB to DSL (once they start). I really enjoyed doing this last year, so I thought i’d bring it back. I already did a starter post to talk about the … [Read more...] about Nats Rotation End of April 2025 check-in
MLB Pipeline drops updated ranks and interesting Draft nuggets
I’m not sure how I feel about drafting a kid whose Twitter profile picture is this. Photo via Ethan Holliday’s X/Twitter account The big news of today is the MLB Pipeline crew updating its Draft Ranks for the 2025 draft for the first time in months, with significant movement both within the top 10 and throughout. The updated board is here. You can see some of the … [Read more...] about MLB Pipeline drops updated ranks and interesting Draft nuggets