Here’s our fifth check-in on the 1-1 candidates. Important Draft related news and notes that have published since our last posting: MLBPipeline staff did a mini “mock draft” on 4/10/25 talking just about top 10 picks, and there’s absolutely a shift in the discussion. Three of the top 5 college candidates we’ve been tracking aren’t even in their top 10 as they have … [Read more...] about Ten Week Check-in with 1-1 Candidates for 2025 Draft
How do the Nats already have a Pitching shortage?
Rutledge may be pressed back into the starting role. 2023 photo via 3rdmanin.com We’re two weeks into the season … and the Nats are already running out of pitching. With the latest moves, here’s the status of our 40-man SPs: MLB Rotation: Gore, Williams, Irvin, Parker*, Lord SPs on DL: Grey, Herz, Cavalli, Soroka 40-man SPs in minors: Ogasawara, Lara, At … [Read more...] about How do the Nats already have a Pitching shortage?
Full Season 2025 Opening Day Rotation Discussion
Andry Lara in AAA now, a long ways from whatever this field was. Photo via mlb.com Now that we’re a full turn through the rotations of all the full season squads, I thought i’d kick off the monthly series of rotation reviews with an “Opening day” rotation review, comparing it to how we ended last year and talking about who’s where, who’s surprisingly up or down where i … [Read more...] about Full Season 2025 Opening Day Rotation Discussion
Eight Weeks into Spring Season 1-1 Candidate Check In
Doyle pushing for 1-1. Photo via his Twitter account. Here’s our fourth check-in on the 1-1 candidates. We’ve started to get some more draft content from the typical sources now that we’re through “Prospect Season” and past opening day. The consensus on this draft so far from pundits seems to be this: there’s no clear-cut #1 overall pick, but the draft itself is … [Read more...] about Eight Weeks into Spring Season 1-1 Candidate Check In
Quick Reactions to Four Full Season Rosters
Andrew Alvarez got the opening day start for AAA Rochester. Photo via Fred Nats Today on April 1st, we got the three remaining full-season rosters for our affiliates. This is not an April Fools Prank Here’s quick links to the data (though Luke Erickson has already done a great job of distilling the information for us at this post for AAA and this post for the other … [Read more...] about Quick Reactions to Four Full Season Rosters