Nationals Farm Authority

This posting is really niche and might not be of much interest to most, so be forewarned.

The news about Dan Killian leaving Kentucky for a community college got me wondering the status of the other unsigned Nationals picks. With the help of Baseball America (BBA), PG Crosschecker (PGCC), and Google, I did some digging on every unsigned Nationals player since their arrival in Washington in 2005.

2005 

Player	POS	From	Year	Rd	Where in 2008
Jensen, Brett	RHP	COL	2005	23	signed by DET in 2006
Peley, Josue	SS	HS	2005	25	signed by PIT in 2006
Thennis, Doug	3B	JUCO	2005	26	Texas Tech Univ (sr)
Pace, Hunter	OF	HS	2005	28	Univ of Arizona (jr)
Barnes, Patrick	OF	JUCO	2005	29	UNKNOWN
Pruitt, Brian	LHP	HS	2005	30	Stetson Univ (jr)
Conner, Clayton	3B	HS	2005	31	signed by AZ in 2006
Schuh, Daniel	OF	HS	2005	32	SE Missouri State Univ (jr)
Thibodeaux, Jordan	LHP	JUCO	2005	34	Lamar Univ (jr)
Averitt, Matthew	RHP	JUCO	2005	35	NE State (OK) Univ (sr)
McMillan, Brett	1B	COL	2005	36	signed by WAS in 2006
Hamilton, Brandon	OF	HS	2005	37	signed by DET in 2007
Jones, Marcus	OF	HS	2005	38	North Carolina St Univ (jr)
McCarter, Jacob	RHP	JUCO	2005	39	Univ of Oklahoma (sr)
Williams, Anthony	OF	HS	2005	40	UNKNOWN
Moore, Tyler	1B	HS	2005	41	Mississippi State Univ (jr)
Treadaway, Paul	RHP	CC	2005	42	2007 SE Louisiana Univerity
Barnes, Scott	LHP	HS	2005	43	St. John’s Univ (jr)
Hensley, Steven	RHP	HS	2005	44	Elon Univ (jr)
Shawler, Anthony	RHP	HS	2005	45	Old Dominion Univ (jr)
Lopez, Ibrahim	OF	CC	2005	46	Shorter Coll (sr)
Feliz, Luis	OF	HS	2005	47	Rutgers Univ (jr)
Cherry, William	OF	HS	2005	48	Florida Southern Coll (jr)
Brown, Terrence	RHP	HS	2005	49	North Carolina (football)
Leonhardt, Robert	RHP	JUCO	2005	50	signed by HOU in 2007

Six of the players listed were subsequently drafted and signed by a major league team (including Brett McMillan who was re-drafted and then signed by the Nationals in 2006).

Of the unsigned players, there are five guys who we might hear mentioned as the 2008 draft rolls around.

• Steven Hensley was ranked as the 73rd best junior and 83rd best collegian entering the 2008 season
• PGCC has Marcus Jones ranked as their #90 junior (and #101 overall collegian) entering the 2008 season
• Scott Barnes is BBA’s #44 junior, PGCC’s #95 junior, and PGCC’s #106 overall collegian
• PGCC has Anthony Shawler as the #117 collegian
• PGCC has William Cherry the #178 collegian according to PGCC

I was unable to find where Patrick Barnes or Anthony Williams are currently playing.

2006

Player	POS	From	Year	Rd	Where in 2008
Black, Sean	RHP	HS	2006	2	Seton Hall Univ (soph)
Brown, Sam	RHP	HS	2006	7	North Carolina St (soph)
Rosas, Joey	LHP	JUCO	2006	9	Univ of Tennessee (jr)
Salmon, Marcus	RHP	HS	2006	10	Miami-Dade CC (soph)
Dickerson, Dustin	1B	HS	2006	15	Baylor Univ (soph)
Dyson, Sam	RHP	HS	2006	19	South Carolina (RS frosh)
Beverly, Forrest	LHP	COL	2006	23	Undrafted
Birmingham, Jim	LHP	HS	2006	25	Coastal Carolina (soph)
Robbins, Michael	LHP	CC	2006	28	UNKNOWN
Davis, Khristopher	OF	HS	2006	29	Cal-State Fullerton (soph)
Reynolds, Burt	SS	HS	2006	30	2007 Okaloosa-Walton CC
Moore, Tyler	1B	CC	2006	33	Mississippi State Univ (jr)
Kinzer, Taylor	OF	HS	2006	34	Purdue Univ (football)
Richardson, D’Vontrey	OF	HS	2006	35	2007 Florida State (soph)
Hudson, Austin	RHP	HS	2006	37	Central Florida (soph)
Von Tersch, Zach	RHP	HS	2006	38	Georgia Tech Univ (soph)
Doyle, Andrew	RHP	HS	2006	39	Saginaw Valley St (soph)
Pearce, Nick	RHP	HS	2006	40	2007 Univ of Maryland
Martinez, Javier	RHP	COL	2006	42	signed with SF in 2007
Jenkins, Chad	LHP	HS	2006	44	Coastal Carolina (soph)
Kramer, Adam	RHP	JUCO	2006	45	2006 New Mexico JuCo
Brugman, Jayson	SS	CC	2006	46	Central Missouri (jr)
Rodriguez, Josh	CA	HS	2006	47	S. Mountain CC (soph)
Page, Kyle	OF	CC	2006	48	2006 Broward CC
Holloway, Jarred	LHP	HS	2006	49	St Petersburg JuCo (soph)
Pannell, Jonathan	RHP	COL	2006	50	signed with SF in 2007

Javier Martinez and Jonathan Pannell were both subsequently drafted and signed by the San Francisco Giants in the 2007 draft.

I ran into some more difficulty in finding all of the unsigned players here. SS Burt Reynolds played the 2007 season at Okaloosa-Walton CC but I did not see his name on the 2008 roster. OF D’Vontrey Richardson played for Florida State’s baseball team in 2007 but appears to have shifted to his football career with the Seminoles where he is reportedly competing for the backup QB spot for the 2008 season (another football connection is 34th round selection Taylor Kinzer who is playing football at Purdue).  Local guy, RHP Nick Pearce pitched for the Terps in 2007 but is not listed on their 2008 roster. And OF Kyle Page (son of former Nationals hitting coach Mitchell Page) has not appeared on a roster since 2006 at Broward Community College. Also, LHP Michael Robbins is nowhere to be found.

As this was the year the Nationals made a conscious effort to target the high ceiling players, there are far more players who are likely to be top targets in the 2009 draft, though there is one player whose name we could hear called this year.  Jarred Holloway was ranked as the 21st best junior college prospect entering the 2008 season. Now the names for 2009 …

BBA

• South Carolina RHP Sam Brown - #22 sophomore
• Baylor 1B Dustin Dickerson - #32 sophomore
• Seton Hall RHP Sean Black - #38 sophomore
• Georgia Tech RHP Zach Von Tersch - #48 sophomore
• South Carolina RHP Sam Dyson - #44 freshman (he was redshirted in 2007)

PGCC

• Von Tersch - #18 sophomore 
• Black - #24 sophomore
• Dickerson - #27 sophomore
• Cal State Fullerton OF Khris Davis - #44 sophomore
• Central Florida RHP Austin Hudson - #69 sophomore
• Dyson - #35 freshman

2007

Player	POS	From	Year	Rd	Where in 2008
Carroll, Sawyer	1B	COL	2007	18	Univ of Kentucky (sr)
Cook, Dan	3B/OF	COL	2007	20	Florida Atlantic Univ (sr)
Duncan, Dave	LHP	COL	2007	23	Georgia Tech Univ (jr)
Berroa, Chris	OF	HS	2007	25	Chipola (AZ) CC (fr)
Clark, Kelvin	OF	HS	2007	26	Lake City (FL) CC (fr)
Pitts, Zack	RHP	COL	2007	30	Louisville Univ (sr)
Stewart, Dave	OF	HS	2007	31	Univ of Nebraska (fr)
Killian, Dan	CA	HS	2007	32	Kellogg (MI) CC (fr)
Kasparek, Kenn	RHP	COL	2007	34	Univ of Texas (jr)
Floyd, Alex	OF	CC	2007	35	Hillsborough CC (soph)
Nazario, Iden	OF/LHP	HS	2007	41	Univ of Miami (FL) (fr)
Martinez, Michael	LHP	HS	2007	43	?Florida State? (fr)
Cisterna, Ryan	CA	CC	2007	46	Univ of Arkansas (jr)
Walters, Jeff	RHP	JUCO	2007	47	St Petersburg JuCo (soph)

The only name that I haven’t been able to confirm is Michael Martinez. I saw a reference to him as part of the Florida State recruiting class but do not see him listed on their 2008 roster.

The Nationals drafted several collegians who are likely to be among the names called early in the 2008 draft. Among them are …

• Kentucky 1B Sawyer Carroll wgo PGCC has as their 14th best senior and #188 overall collegian
• Florida Atlantic 3B/OF Dan Cook who BBA has as their 44th best senior. PGCC has him as their 19th best senior and #216 overall collegian
• Georgia Tech LHP Dave Duncan was drafted as a draft-eligible sophomore in 2007 and is now PGCC #54 college junior and #57 overall collegian
• Louisville RHP Zack Pitts is BBA’s #10 senior and PGCC’s #9 senior (#147 overall collegian)
• Texas RHP Kenn Kasparek is PGCC’s #91 junior (#102 overall collegian)

From the Juco/CC ranks …

• Chipola (AZ) CC OF Chris Berroa is the #104 ranked JuCo prospect according to PGCC
• Lake City (FL) CC OF Kelvin Clark is #85
• St Petersburg (FL) JuCo RHP Jeff Walters is #10
• and CA Dan Killian is likely to join the list in the top 25 once the list is re-evaluated

Looking forward to the 2010 draft, here are the names to watch …

• Nebraska OF Dave Stewart - BBA #47 freshman & PGCC #61 freshman
• Miami (FL) OF/LHP Iden Nazario - PGCC #85 freshman

All of the information above is apropos to nothing with regards to the Nationals. I see it more of an exercise of tracking how well the Nationals scouting is beyond the players they sign.