{"id":13650,"date":"2017-04-13T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13650"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:17:02","slug":"nats-prospects-where-to-see-them-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=13650","title":{"rendered":"Nats Prospects: Where to see them in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Robles<\/a>

Robles is #1 on every list … and he’s finally within driving distance! Photo via milb.com<\/p><\/div>\n

(2016’s version of this post<\/a>,\u00a02015’s version of this post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Now that we’re basically through Prospect Ranking season<\/a>, and now that the four full season rosters have been announced, here’s a fun little look at where all our “top” prospects are assigned to start out 2017. \u00a0By “Top prospects” I basically mean anyone who has gotten more recent prospect rankings (so for example, Taylor Hill in Syracuse is not listed). \u00a0Even an “honorable mention” in Sickel’s lists, which go nearly 40 deep. \u00a0I have it organized not by general ranking, but by the level.<\/p>\n

Also, Here’s a link to every Nats prospect ranking list<\/a> I know of dating to 2004\u00a0along with their respective starting locations going back 3 years (the below table only has this year’s and last for comparison purposes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Last Name<\/th>First Name<\/th>Position<\/th>2017 Starting Level<\/th>2016 Starting Level<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Glover<\/td>Koda<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>MLB<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marmolejos<\/td>Jose<\/td>1B<\/td>MLB D\/L<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cole<\/td>A.J.<\/td>RHP<\/td>AAA<\/td>AAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voth<\/td>Austin<\/td>RHP<\/td>AAA<\/td>AAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Severino<\/td>Pedro<\/td>C<\/td>AAA<\/td>AAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bautista<\/td>Rafael<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>AAA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodwin<\/td>Brian<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>AAA<\/td>AAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skole<\/td>Matt<\/td>1B\/3B<\/td>AAA<\/td>AAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fedde<\/td>Erick<\/td>RHP<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevenson<\/td>Andrew<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ward<\/td>Drew<\/td>3B<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abreu<\/td>Osvaldo<\/td>SS<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Read<\/td>Raudy<\/td>C<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams<\/td>Austen<\/td>RHP<\/td>AA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johansen<\/td>Jake<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simms<\/td>John<\/td>RHP<\/td>AA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cordero<\/td>Jimmy<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>AA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Self<\/td>Derek<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>AA<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perez<\/td>Stephen<\/td>SS<\/td>AA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kieboom<\/td>Spencer<\/td>C<\/td>AA<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robles<\/td>Victor<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gutierrez<\/td>Kelvin<\/td>3B<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baez<\/td>Joan<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wiseman<\/td>Rhett<\/td>OF (corner)<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agustin<\/td>Telmito<\/td>OF<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lora<\/td>Edwin<\/td>SS<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crownover<\/td>Matthew<\/td>LHP (Starter<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sagdal<\/td>Ian<\/td>Util<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davidson<\/td>Austin<\/td>Inf<\/td>High-A<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reyes<\/td>Luis<\/td>RHP<\/td>High-A<\/td>High A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rodriguez<\/td>Jefry<\/td>RHP<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bacus<\/td>Dakoda<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>High-A<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rivera Jr.<\/td>Mariano<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>High-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soto<\/td>Juan<\/td>OF (corner)<\/td>Low-A<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kieboom<\/td>Carter<\/td>SS<\/td>Low-A<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neuse<\/td>Sheldon<\/td>3B<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franco<\/td>Anderson<\/td>3B<\/td>Low-A<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perkins<\/td>Blake<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reetz<\/td>Jakson<\/td>C<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watson<\/td>Tyler<\/td>LHP<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Banks<\/td>Nick<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnson<\/td>Daniel<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Noll<\/td>Jake<\/td>2B<\/td>Low-A<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barrera<\/td>Tres<\/td>C<\/td>Low-A<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garcia<\/td>Luis<\/td>SS<\/td>XST<\/td>DSL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luzardo<\/td>Jesus<\/td>LHP (Starter<\/td>XST<\/td>XST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Antuna<\/td>Yasel<\/td>SS<\/td>XST<\/td>DSL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upshaw<\/td>Armond<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>XST<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lee<\/td>Andrew<\/td>LHP (reliever)<\/td>XST<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pimentel<\/td>Davinson<\/td>C<\/td>XST<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fuentes<\/td>Steven<\/td>RHP<\/td>XST<\/td>Short A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dickey<\/td>Robbie<\/td>RHP<\/td>XST<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mota<\/td>Israel<\/td>OF<\/td>XST<\/td>GCL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gunter<\/td>Cody<\/td>3B (now a RPH)<\/td>XST<\/td>Low A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ballou<\/td>Isaac<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>XST<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benincasa<\/td>Robert<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>XST<\/td>AA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanchez<\/td>Jose<\/td>?<\/td>DSL?<\/td>DSL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Thoughts by Level:<\/p>\n

MLB:\u00a0Koda Glover<\/strong>‘s amazing 2016 rise from High-A to the majors is well documented. \u00a0Now it looks like \u00a0he may get closing chances sooner than later. \u00a0For procedural reasons\u00a0Jose Marmolejos<\/strong> has to be on the major league D\/L, but you’d have to think he goes to AA when he’s off of it. \u00a0His injury, in case you were wondering, is a “Left Forearm Strain” and he should be eligible to come off the 60-day D\/L on or about April 24th.<\/p>\n

AAA: Of the 6 “prospects” in AAA … 5 of them were there last year. \u00a0Only\u00a0Rafael Bautista<\/strong> is making “progress” into the upper-most level of our minors. \u00a0All six are on the 40-man and all 6 should get call-ups at some point this year (even if its 9\/1 for someone like Bautista). \u00a0We’ve talked these guys to death really; no real surprises on this list.<\/p>\n

AA: Lots of guys on the AA roster who have gotten mentions in the past. \u00a0About half of them are Nats draftees making expected progress from High-A -> AA (Fedde, Stevenson, Ward, Abreu, Read<\/strong>). \u00a0There’s 5 guys who are seemingly stalled at AA for the moment: Williams, Simms, Cordero, Perez<\/strong> and Kieboom<\/strong> all started last year at AA. \u00a0 And then there’s the two oddities in terms of assignments: Johansen<\/strong> (as previously discussed) and Self<\/strong> (who is now in AA for the fourth season).<\/p>\n

High-A: 10 of the 13 guys here are making year-over-year expected progress from Low-A. \u00a0Two more (Davidson<\/strong> and Reyes<\/strong>) are repeating the level, and then there’s Bacus<\/strong>, who started last year in AA and seems to be moving backwards.<\/p>\n

Low-A: 6 guys making expected Short->Low-A jumps, another 4 making the more impressive GCL->Low-A jump. \u00a0Only\u00a0Reetz<\/strong> languishing here, repeating Low-A and looking more and more like a draft disappointment. \u00a0And its reflected in his system rankings; upon his drafting he was back of the top 10 … now he’s 18-20 range, if ranked at all.<\/p>\n

XST: contains the expected mix of guys coming off injury and youngsters who were in either the GCL or the DSL last year and were not really ever candidates for Hagerstown. \u00a0Some of these guys likely get assigned to full-season squads as injuries occur, others will slot into short-season squads in a couple of months. \u00a0Biggest names here are Luis Garcia, Jesus Luzardo, Yasel Antuna<\/strong>, and Jose Sanchez<\/strong> (who might still be in the DSL as a 2016 IFA signee).<\/p>\n

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