Rutledge may be pressed back into the starting role. 2023 photo via 3rdmanin.com We’re two weeks into the season … and the Nats are already running out of pitching. With the latest moves, here’s the status of our 40-man SPs: MLB Rotation: Gore, Williams, Irvin, Parker*, Lord SPs on DL: Grey, Herz, Cavalli, Soroka 40-man SPs in minors: Ogasawara, Lara, At … [Read more...] about How do the Nats already have a Pitching shortage?
Full Season 2025 Opening Day Rotation Discussion
Andry Lara in AAA now, a long ways from whatever this field was. Photo via mlb.com Now that we’re a full turn through the rotations of all the full season squads, I thought i’d kick off the monthly series of rotation reviews with an “Opening day” rotation review, comparing it to how we ended last year and talking about who’s where, who’s surprisingly up or down where i … [Read more...] about Full Season 2025 Opening Day Rotation Discussion
Eight Weeks into Spring Season 1-1 Candidate Check In
Doyle pushing for 1-1. Photo via his Twitter account. Here’s our fourth check-in on the 1-1 candidates. We’ve started to get some more draft content from the typical sources now that we’re through “Prospect Season” and past opening day. The consensus on this draft so far from pundits seems to be this: there’s no clear-cut #1 overall pick, but the draft itself is … [Read more...] about Eight Weeks into Spring Season 1-1 Candidate Check In
Quick Reactions to Four Full Season Rosters
Andrew Alvarez got the opening day start for AAA Rochester. Photo via Fred Nats Today on April 1st, we got the three remaining full-season rosters for our affiliates. This is not an April Fools Prank Here’s quick links to the data (though Luke Erickson has already done a great job of distilling the information for us at this post for AAA and this post for the other … [Read more...] about Quick Reactions to Four Full Season Rosters
Opening Day Starter Trivia for 2025 plus Observations on the state of Starting Pitching
Richmond Native Verlander remains the career leader of Opening day starts. Photo unk via rumorsandrants.com Now that the 2025 Opening Day is past us, and I’ve updated the XLS for this year’s starters and done some housecleaning of now-retired starters, here’s some Opening day starter trivia for you. Here’s a link to the Opening day starter xls, which is also updated … [Read more...] about Opening Day Starter Trivia for 2025 plus Observations on the state of Starting Pitching