Category Archives: Prospects

James Wood moves to the top of Baseball America as their new №1

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Andrew Lang

The Washington Nationals just promoted James Wood on Monday to make his MLB debut, and this morning he was named as Baseball America‘s №1 prospect in all of baseball. Of course Wood will keep his prospect ranking while playing for … Continue reading →

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Road Trip To Fredericksburg

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Mike Condray

A road trip to Fredericksburg on Wednesday to see Travis Sykora’s debut in Single-A started off with a lot of promise for the future. Sykora just celebrated his 20th birthday this week, and at one-time last year was on some … Continue reading →

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James Wood, now or later?

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In one game yesterday, James Wood matched Eddie Rosario‘s hit total for the season, and then Wood beat his home run total in his final at-bat before the rains cut Thursday’s game short in the 8th inning. Wood was a … Continue reading →

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Final thoughts from the Nats’ Grapefruit League

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Spring Training camp opened on Valentine’s Day and closed 39 days later with a mix of optimism and pessimism. When you embrace the reality that the Washington Nationals are still in a rebuild, you will understand that this team still … Continue reading →

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SPRING BREAKOUT exhibition game today!

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals and New York Mets Spring Breakout showcase game starts at 3:10 PM EDT with a big league game following in a doubleheader. The “Spring Breakout” game, which is a new concept this year, fields rosters of team’s … Continue reading →

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“Hope Row” is around the corner from Bumpy Road

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Leave it to Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez to nickname a block of lockers, belonging to his top prospects, as “Hope Row”. This is the same man who waxed poetic after his World Series win that, “Bumpy roads lead to … Continue reading →

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The Spring BREAKOUT rosters revealed!

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Get ready for four-days of top prospect baseball when all teams will showcase top prospect games with the inaugural SPRING BREAKOUT held from March 14-17 at Grapefruit and Cactus league stadiums starting a week from today and through that weekend. … Continue reading →

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Yes or No on James Wood, and top prospect news

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have the best outfield prospects in all of baseball with Dylan Crews and James Wood who Baseball Prospectus ranked at №5 and №7 respectively of baseball’s best prospects. Add in Robert Hassell III, Jacob Young, and a … Continue reading →

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Extend Everyone! Really?

Posted on February 27, 2024 by DonH

In a recent comment thread about extensions, specifically the idea of extended Josiah Gray, one of the comments was that you can’t extend everybody. But no one had suggested extending everyone. The idea of extending everyone is somewhat amusing and … Continue reading →

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Spring Training storylines for the Nats’ Minor Leaguers

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Of course you have minor league players in Spring Training trying to make the big league roster — or at the very least — impress the coaches like Joey Meneses did in 2022. While Meneses did not make the Opening … Continue reading →

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