Category Archives: Prospects

The trade that brought Drew Millas to the Nats could pay dividends!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Alex Hill

During the last week of July 2021, the Washington Nationals went through a franchise altering trade deadline that meant parting ways with Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, and five other key pieces of the team. Included in the trade … Continue reading →

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Re-ranking the Washington Nationals Top-15 prospects and how the analysts grade the farm system!

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

After the official signings of the international prospects, the Washington Nationals added ten players to their farm system. Those ten players, two from Cuba, seven from the Dominican Republic, and one from Panama, will join the Nats at their Dominican Academy … Continue reading →

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The Washington Nationals 2022 Prospect Watchlist

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Alex Hill

While the top prospects get most of the page time for all teams, today we are going to look at some of the players on our watch list who could step up into the top prospects’ spotlight in the Washington … Continue reading →

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The Nats’ player development hires and restructure is complete!

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals made it official with their 2022 Minor League Player Development staff in an announcement today. The team’s President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo and Director of Player Development De Jon Watson made the joint announcement.

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The signing of Cristhian Vaquero is official!

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals had an unofficial agreement with Cristhian Vaquero in place for well over a year. And finally the waiting is over as the Nats made this signing official and added another top prospect to their farm system. Vaquero will … Continue reading →

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The International Signings have the Nats in a great position to sign Cristian Vaquero. But what about Anthony Gutierrez?

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We are just about two weeks from the official start to the international signing period on January 15, 2022. According to Baseball America, Cristian Vaquero will receive the largest signing bonus in this class and head to the Washington Nationals. … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 6

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

This is the final installment of reviewing the 2021 Washington Nationals roster. The players listed here alphabetically go from “St” to “Z”. The two longest tenured Nats players are on this part of the list: Stephen Strasburg and Ryan Zimmerman. … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 5

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

As we are almost done with the player evaluations, we have some interesting names on this list as we move further into the players with last names beginning with “R” and into the “S” names. This list contains many Washington … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 4

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

Andres Machado, RHP: Machado was another pitcher that the Nats called up after not being active for years. He last pitched with the Royals in 2017. Overall, he provided pretty good results as he demonstrated an ability to get outs … Continue reading →

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2021 Nationals Player Grades Part 3

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Marc Goldstein

Ryne Harper, RHP: Harper is one of the strangest pitchers in the entire league. His strikeout rate was as low as ever in his career. However, his FIP (a stat that measures how well a pitcher is doing at preventing … Continue reading →

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