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Cole Henry unleasing another pitch, hoping he doesn’t incur another arm injury. Photo via mlb.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We’ll take a quick break from CWS to talk about prospect rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, believe it or not, the final major pundit in the prospect ranking space has finally dropped its “preseason ranking” list for the Nats. Kiley McDaniel<\/strong> and Fangraphs released their pre-season Nats top 31 list last week (its 31 instead of a more normal number because they drive the notable prospects by their internal “Future Value” rating, and the Nats happened to have exactly 31 guys meet the threshold; other teams had many more or far fewer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McDaniel’s list is … well, its different<\/a>. I’d say that more than half his rankings are what i’d describe as wild deviations from the rest of the industry. Lets get into it. Here’s his full list:<\/p>\n\n\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
Fangraphs Rank<\/th>Last Name<\/th>First Name<\/th>Position<\/th>Yr<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Wood<\/td>James<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>2021 2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>House<\/td>Brady<\/td>SS\/3B<\/td>2021 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Cavalli<\/td>Cade<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2020 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Vaquero<\/td>Cristian<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>2022 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Henry<\/td>Cole<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2020 2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Millas<\/td>Drew<\/td>C<\/td>2019 7th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Hassell III<\/td>Robert<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>2020 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Susana<\/td>Jarlin<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2022 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Baker<\/td>Darren<\/td>2B<\/td>2021 10th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Lile<\/td>Daylen<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>2021 2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Green<\/td>Elijah<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>2022 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Rutledge<\/td>Jackson<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2019 1st<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Bennett<\/td>Jake<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>2022 2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Irvin<\/td>Jake<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2018 4th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Cruz<\/td>Armando<\/td>SS<\/td>2021 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Acevedo<\/td>Andy<\/td>OF<\/td>2023 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Pineda<\/td>Israel<\/td>C<\/td>2016 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Shuman<\/td>Seth<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2019 6th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Ward<\/td>Thad<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2018 5th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Brzykcy<\/td>Zach<\/td>RHP (Reliever)<\/td>2020 NDFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>Alu<\/td>Jake<\/td>3B<\/td>2019 24th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>Lipscomb<\/td>Trey<\/td>3B<\/td>2022 3rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>White<\/td>T.J.<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>2021 5th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>Saenz<\/td>Dustin<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>2021 4th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>Willingham<\/td>Amos<\/td>RHP (reliever)<\/td>?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>Parker<\/td>Mitchell<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>2020 5th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>Cate<\/td>Tim<\/td>LHP (Starter)<\/td>2018 2nd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>Ferrer<\/td>Jose<\/td>LHP (Reliever)<\/td>2017 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>De La Rosa<\/td>Jeremy<\/td>OF (Corner)<\/td>2018 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>Ramirez<\/td>Aldo<\/td>RHP (Starter)<\/td>2018 IFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>Cox<\/td>Brenner<\/td>OF (CF)<\/td>2022 4th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n

So, commentary from the top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n