Nationals Arm Race

Law is the first pundit to put House as our #1 prospect. By the time he’s done, House may end up eclipsing our current record holder for most #1 listings (Lucas Giolito). Photo via primetimesportstalk.com February is definitely prospect month, and one of the leading analysts out there is The Athletic’s Keith Law. On Monday 2/7/22 he released his system ranks, and then on … [Read more...] about Keith Law’s Prospect Rankings released

Yasel Antuna continues to be a darling of the BA rankings. Photo via CurlyW blog One of the biggest prospect evaluation shops has dropped its big publication; lets do a reaction to Baseball America’s handbook release and its ranking of our top 40 (!) prospects. I can’t recall the last time they extended out past 30, so bravo to them for doing a deep dive into a shallow … [Read more...] about Baseball America Handbook top 40 Reaction

Brady House continues to be one of our “big 3” prospects. Photo via primetimesportstalk.com Thanks to Luke Erickson, who pointed out this new prospect ranking shop ProspectsLive.com that I wasn’t aware of. They released their Nats top 30 prospect list last week, the bulk of it behind a paywall. Their lead evaluator for the Nats seems to be Brandon Smith, so lets take a … [Read more...] about ProspectsLive.com Nats top 30

Henry all the way up to #4 on this list. Photo via mlb.com With the absence of MLB news (we’re not to mid Feb yet, so no chance we’ll have a new CBA), there still is some analysis to be had. We’re getting into the meat of the Prospect ranking season, and that means more lists being released. Today, we have Prospects1500.com and their writer Colin Coulahan with perhaps … [Read more...] about Prospects1500 Nats top 50 List released

This year begins the next 10 year cycle of arguing about the HoF merits of PED players. Photo via NYPost Its that time of year. Its time to put our two cents in on the Hall of Fame ballot. Past versions of this post: by ballot class: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011. The 2022 class is a transitional one, where we’ll (finally) age off a … [Read more...] about 2022 Class Hall of Fame Post