Nationals Arm Race

Nats 1st round pick in 2022 is prep OF Elijah Green. Photo via perfectgame Draft resources: MLB Draft Tracker: Fangraphs draft boardPerfect Game: Baseball America Draft Tracker: 1st round: Elijah Green. After a curveball at the top of the top of the draft (Texas taking Kumar Rocker at #3), the Nats found themselves in a fantastic position: all the main players … [Read more...] about 2022 Nats Draft Day One

So, on a calm before the storm Saturday afternoon the baseball world was shook by the news that the Nationals, officially, have Juan Soto on the trading block. He rejected a 15yr/$440M deal, the third and (maybe?) last deal this ownership group plans on offering, and is now entertaining offers. The team’s First offer to Soto of 13yrs/$330M was a joke for several … [Read more...] about What the Soto news really means

Here’s the Mocks that have appeared in early July, leading up to the draft. The first couple of Mock draft posts seemed to indicate a pretty clear pattern; the entire industry knows that the Nats are “on” Kevin Parada. Lets see if we start to see any evolution in that sense. the top 6-7 in this draft are Druw Jones and Jackson Holliday (who definitely are not getting to … [Read more...] about 2022 Draft Coverage. July Mocks/Boards leading up to Draft

Soto in, who else? Photo via nj.com This week, ahead of the 2022 Home run Derby, we’re starting to get leaks of the various participants. We got word that 2-time defending champ Pete Alonso is back to defend his Home run Derby title. We heard that the league is putting in retiring future Hall of famer Albert Pujols, and our own Juan Soto (who isn’t the all-or-nothing HR … [Read more...] about Who *really* should be in the HR Derby, 2022 edition

I looked back at my posts recently … and less and less do I even bother to write about the Nats themselves. In the bad years, i’d post much more frequently and with frustration about the big league team, the decisions made, etc. But I feel like I fell into a trap of sports-writing (if that’s what i’m doing here), where its easier/more interesting to write critical stuff than … [Read more...] about Observations from the Big club