Nationals Arm Race

Maybe Tetreault is someone we should be keeping more of an eye on as a potential MLB call-up? Photo Federal Baseball So, spurred on by an email from a fan, I did some “scouting the stat line” today and came up with the following observations (stats are as of yesterday if quoted; all stats available at milb.com, or if you’d like use my handy “Cheat Sheet” of websites here … [Read more...] about Random Thoughts on the Minors Today

The FotF hangs em up, and becomes the face of the 2021 Nats to Oblivion class. Photo via WashingtonTimes.com Note: this is a recurring post, and large chunks of the older material is recycled.  I’ve updated the research for older players as needed.  I have not done this post for several years … but I always enjoy doing this research.  I was spurred into updating it this year … [Read more...] about From Nats to Oblivion; updating for the 2019, 2020, and 2021 seasons

Brady House is certainly NOT too old for his level. Photo via primetimesportstalk.com One of the key points in evaluating minor league prospects (or any amateur prospect really) is the consideration of their age in relation to their level. We constantly see added on to the evaluation of a player’s stellar performance at a certain level the caveat of, ” … but he’s old for … [Read more...] about Too Old for the level Revisited

I have not done a Baseball Movie themed post in years. I’ve thought about it … since we’ve had a couple of random baseball movies released since the origins of this blog 10+ years ago and i’ve seen some baseball-movie themed blog posts here and there, but never pulled the trigger. But today, lo and behold, in my inbox from MLB was a link to vote in a crowd-sourced baseball … [Read more...] about Best Baseball movie of all time?

Cade Cavalli not yet ready for the big-dance. Photo via Lookout Landing blog Every year i’m excited to start tracking our minor league pitching, and rotations in particular … and a month in, here’s some quick, random, small sample sized, perhaps not fully backed by statistics or sabremetrics thoughts on our rotations of the four minor league full season affiliates. And … [Read more...] about Quick thoughts on the MLB and MiLB rotations one month in