Nationals Arm Race

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

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

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