If Sykora isn’t the Nats minor league POTY i don’t know who it could possibly be. Photo MASN Here’s the End of August 2024 check-ins on all our rotations, from MLB to DSL. Each team section analysis will have the same items: current rotation, changes in the last month, observations, next guy to get promoted (if its in the minors), next guy to get cut, and then a few … [Read more...] about End of August 2024 Rotation check-ins
Crews Has Arrived
He’ll be wearing this uniform for good. Photo via Crews’ instagram page. With a bit of advance fanfare (news leaked on Friday 8/23/24 for his 8/26/24 call-up), the cornerstone of the Nats rebuild Dylan Crews has been called up. He’ll take his place in an outfield that started the year Winker/Rosario/Thomas and which is set to end it with the all-prospect, all-under 24, … [Read more...] about Crews Has Arrived
Ohtani achieves 40-40 status … in August
Ohtani hits his 40th of the season in grand style; a walk off grand slam against Tampa. Photo via Tampa Bay times Shohei Ohtani added another achievement to his already lore-level career: he hit a walk-off grand slam for his 40th HR of the season to officially reach 40-40 status. 40-40 has only been done five other times in the history of the sport: Jose Canseco, who … [Read more...] about Ohtani achieves 40-40 status … in August
Four top 10 round picks failed to sign in 2024 – a rarity
Tyler Bell is the highest profile player from the 2024 draft to turn down big money for a chance later at even bigger money. Photo BA. Ever since we entered the draft pool bonus era, players not signing who were drafted in the top 10 have been a rarity. Oddly in 2024, with the draft signing deadline having just passed on 7/31/24, we saw four players not sign. This post … [Read more...] about Four top 10 round picks failed to sign in 2024 – a rarity
MLBPipeline Mid-season top 30 Update
Jarlin Susana gets a well-deserved bump up in teh rankings. Photo Washington Post The boys at MLBPipeline (Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo, et al) have done a mid-season reshuffling of all 30 teams’ prospect lists, and the Nats system looks demonstrably different in the wake of the draft, trades, and over/under performance of some players. This is a discussion of where the … [Read more...] about MLBPipeline Mid-season top 30 Update