by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Forensicane for TalkNats
The strength of the future team for the Washington Nationals appears to be in their outfield. But certainly some could argue an infield of Brady House, CJ Abrams, Luis Garcia, and T.J. White could be very good too with Armando Cruz in the mix. Today, MLB Pipeline published their list of the Top-10 outfield prospects in all of baseball with some honorable mentions, and the Nats were all over the rankings. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
There was a time in Washington Nationals’ history that batters seemed to have no plan (approach) when they got into the batter’s box. They were young in 2008, and teachers need good students to be successful. There seemed to be an evolution change where Nats’ hitters seemed to be smart about their approach in the batter’s box and had a plan. Years of wisdom helps too in the game of baseball. Now with a young team, and system, you hope that these key essentials are being taught at the lowest levels of the Nats’ system. Continue reading
Enormous amounts of Nats swag
On Thursday afternoon, Deuces, WTP and I visited the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy to deliver the goodies we were able to collect at the end of 2022 as described in a previous post — The Kids Do Love It – Donate Your Unused RCR Points. This was a collaborative effort of TalkNats and two Facebook groups (Nationals RCR Codes and Diehard Nationals Fans), and almost certainly others who saw the tweeted and re-tweeted links to the effort. Remarkably, we ended up with 83,862 RCR points, including over 20,000 points from someone who emailed me on New Years Eve and wanted to know if there was still time to donate. (The answer was “yes, absolutely!”). Thank you to everyone who contributed. In addition, we appreciate the folks who made direct donations of swag they had already obtained for their points. These will go to good use as well.
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
When Ghost has writer’s block, it is time for a DPW (Desinated Pinch Writer).
This will be short and sweet. Here are three positive Hope Fors that you can comment on. Continue reading
Photo via Daylen Lile’s Twitter
In the second round of the 2021 draft, the Nationals selected Daylen Lile, an outfielder with a smooth left-handed swing. Lile was the 80th-ranked draft prospect in his class and earned a reputation as one of the best pure hitters coming out of high school. A month later, he was getting his first taste of professional baseball in rookie ball. Lile, the Nationals’ 16th-ranked prospect, ended the season with a .219 batting average and .613 OPS in 19 games. Continue reading
Photo by Luiggi Chavez for TalkNats
Here (pictured above) are 11 of the 14 new Washington Nationals prospects signed officially today as part of this International Free Agency class as reported by Anthony Puesán and @NationalsSource Continue reading
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