Honestly, I thought we were gonna get screwed. Tonight’s draft lottery ended up giving us the #2 overall pick, out of a best case of #1 overall and worst case of #7 overall. Final results: 1. Pirates (T-1)2. Nationals (T-1)3. Tigers (6)4. Rangers (7)5. Twins (13)6. A’s (T-1)7. Reds (4)8. Royals (5)9. Rockies (8)10. Marlins (9)11. Angels (10)12. D-backs (11)13. Cubs … [Read more...] about Nats get #2 pick in Lottery!
Baseball America 2023 Short List Released
Rutledge continues to impress scouts with h is 4.90 ERA in low-A. photo via 3rdmanin.com Hat tip to Luke Erickson and Nationalsprospects.com, because I had no idea that Baseball America had released its organizational top 10 list yesterday. This is incredibly irritating to me as a Baseball America subscriber; I somehow failed to get an email notification of this event, … [Read more...] about Baseball America 2023 Short List Released
The Seth Romero Saga comes to an end
Romero finally wears out his welcome with this team. Photo via milb.com Lost in the busy week of transactions last week was my inevitable reaction post to the Romero release. Here it is. Well, it finally happened. Former 1st round pick Seth Romero finally ran out of rope with the Nationals organization. The team summarily released him yesterday (well, ok put him on … [Read more...] about The Seth Romero Saga comes to an end
Prospects361 Nats top 15 list dropped
Robert Hassell III is our new #1 overall prospect. Photo via NBC Sports Washington Happy Thanksgiving to all! Yesterday we got our first Prospect list of the new season. Prospects361 is always an “early list,” and came out right around this time last year. I capture every prospect list, and have for years, and keep them in an XLS i periodically upload to the Big … [Read more...] about Prospects361 Nats top 15 list dropped
Rule-5 Draft Targets for Nats
For more than a decade, the Nats have basically sat out the Rule-5 draft. In fact, the Nats have not taken a player in the Rule-5 draft since 2010. This is a good thing; it means the team has been good, has expected to compete, and has not had a “spare” roster spot they could tank on to hide a kid for a year. Click here for complete Rule-5 draft (players drafted by us and … [Read more...] about Rule-5 Draft Targets for Nats