Stehly continues to hang in there. I can’t even find a Nats picture of him. Photo via UTexas Here’s Part 2 of My end of 2025 look at our system; the prospects ranked 61-125. Thanks for the feedback on the first 60 (Part 1 was here) … I’ve highlighted a few players that I may have too low (Glasser,Bazzell, Vaquero) and/or too high (Schnell, Lao) and that’ll help make this … [Read more...] about Nats Top 125 Prospects at the end of the 2025 Season – Part 2
Nats Top 125 Prospects at the end of the 2025 Season – Part 1
Your #1 Nationals prospect, Eli Willits. Photo via MLBpipeline/Getty Images It occurred to me … you know when the right time to do prospect evaluation is? It isn’t in March or April ahead of the next season, its right now. Well, at least until we see off-season churn, add new signings in January, add prospects in trade, etc. But for now, we’ve just finished the last of … [Read more...] about Nats Top 125 Prospects at the end of the 2025 Season – Part 1
2025 AFL Rosters announced
Jake Bennett the leading prospect to head into the AFL this year. Photo from OSU The 2025 minor league seasons may not entirely be over, but the Arizona Fall League rosters have been released, so let’s take a quick peek at who in the Nationals system has been sent. Typically, the Nats send a hodgepodge of players who fit into one of three categories: Pitchers who … [Read more...] about 2025 AFL Rosters announced
Sept 1 Check-in with our top Prospects
Andrew Alvarez gets the call, bravo. Photo via Nats Here’s the five month check-in with all our top 20 (and some) prospects. This mostly does an August focus on the prospects being mentioned, but sometimes mentions season-long stats, which are as of 9/1/25 as best as possible. This is our prospects as I ranked them prior to the season: If i was to re-rank prospects today … [Read more...] about Sept 1 Check-in with our top Prospects
Fun Thought Exercise on Minor League Expansion impact of MLB Expansion
Happy Labor Day weekend! We’ve touched on Expansion a couple times in the past few weeks in this space, and in the comments we’ve talked about a couple of interesting “what-ifs” related to the side effects of Expansion, namely: What happens if we put MLB teams into existing AAA markets? How would two new MLB teams build out their affiliate farm systems? I’ve given … [Read more...] about Fun Thought Exercise on Minor League Expansion impact of MLB Expansion