Nationals Arm Race

Finnegan faces a non-tender decision that could cost the team neraly $10M. Photo via wikipedia The next stop on the off-season transaction bus is the “Non Tender Deadline,” by where players under club control (whether it be pre-arbitration or arbitration-eligible) need to be offered contracts (tendered) by 11/22/24 or else they officially get cut-loose and become free … [Read more...] about Do we have any Non-Tender candidates for 2024?

Robert Hassell Joins the team. Here’s a complete history of my predicted Rule-5 additions (with links to each prediction piece), along with the Actual players the team protected (with links as well), to show my (lack of) predictive powers. It’s updated for 2024 and has narratives about each class and how the players turned out later on with updates for the last year of … [Read more...] about Rule-5 Protection History and Player Performance (updated for 2024)

Hassell should be a lock to protect. Photo via nbcsports It’s that time of year. Its “Rule-5 time!” We do it every year. Its our annual deep dive into our older prospects to see who the team may be thinking about protecting. Here’s links to past years posts on this topic: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010. And here’s a … [Read more...] about 2024 Rule-5 Player Analysis and Prediction