Comments on: NFA Top Prospects - #14

By: Positively Half St. (5 more days)

Positively Half St. (5 more days) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:21:27 +0000

We sure seem to have a lot of pitchers that don’t project to be better than back of the rotation starters. I grant that this was about all you can hope for when you are aquiring someone for a few months of Marlon Anderson. I hope some of the guys in the top 13 project higher than that.

By: Positively Half St. (5 more days)

Positively Half St. (5 more days) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:46:06 +0000

Does Spring Training have much of a bearing on where prospects end up playing to start the year, or is that pretty well settled ahead of time? ST of course matters for high prospects trying to make the big league team, but I wasn’t sure if a kid could play himself up or down a level in February and March.

By: Bob Lowry

Bob Lowry — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:31:06 +0000

What is so encouraging about the list of draft prospects is that the Nationals are reaching a point at the major league level that only the best prospects will make the team. The players that were reviewed so far on this site may never see the light of day at the major league level but the remaining top 26 players include names that will make a difference. Time will tell which ones will and which ones won’t. If the Nats continue to pursue the strategy of signing the top prospects each season, I believe the results will be amazing.