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Ryan Zimmerman To DL, Anthony Rendon To Make MLB Debut

Per the team’s official twitter account, the Nationals have just announced that Ryan Zimmerman will go to the DL with a hamstring injury, and that top prospect Anthony Rendon is being recalled from…Read More

District on Deck’s #1 Nationals Prospect: Anthony Rendon

In a fittingly ironic finish, injured prospect 3B Anthony Rendon is our top prospect and our least controversial choice. Three of the four voters put him as the best prospect in the system, and the fourth…Read More

District on Deck’s #2 Nationals Prospect: Lucas Giolito

Our penultimate prospect is righthanded pitcher Lucas Giolito. Giolito’s promise is undeniable, but as is his risk, which our votes reflected. One voter placed him as the top prospect in the system…Read More

District on Deck’s #3 Nationals Prospect: Brian Goodwin

As we approach the end of the rankings, we reach #3 our prospect: centerfielder Brian Goodwin, who is the highest rated outfielder in the system. He was ranked as the second-best prospect in the system…Read More

District on Deck’s #4 Nationals Prospect: A.J. Cole

Another prospect with no health questions, righthanded pitcher A.J. Cole has been highly thought of ever since he was drafted.  He was fourth on two lists, third on another, but eighth on the fourth,…Read More

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District on Deck’s #5 Nationals Prospect: Matt Skole

As we approach the top of the rankings, our beloved injured prospects are becoming a bit rarer. Slugging…Read More

District on Deck’s #6 Nationals Prospect: Christian Garcia

I hope reading yesterday’s post on a non-injured prospect didn’t make you feel too uncomfortable.…Read More

District on Deck’s #7 Nationals Prospect: Eury Perez

In what is a very rare occurrence on this list, our next prospect does not have significant injury questions!…Read More

District on Deck’s #9 Nationals Prospect: Matt Purke

Continuing with our District on Deck writer-generated prospect rankings,we have another controversial…Read More

Prospects Experts Take A Look At The Nationals Farm System

This is the best and the worst time to be a baseball fan. It’s pretty bad because the big buzz…Read More

Tidbits on an Off Day – Past, Present, Future

  With the Nationals enjoying an off day in beautiful San Diego, while we freeze here in the DC…Read More

Down on the Farm: Jeff Kobernus

From time to time here at District on Deck, we like to take a trip down to the farm to check in on some…Read More

Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects

This morning Baseball America formally released their 2012 Top 100 Prospects list. They are the last…Read More

Baseball Prospectus’ Top 101 Prospects

Each year there seems to be more and more sites that publish their own top prospect rankings. But, generally…Read More

More Prospect Thoughts From Keith Law

ESPN’s Keith Law has continued pumping out the top prospect posts, with two additions worth reading…Read More

Keith Law is Not a Fan of Washington’s Farm System

Yesterday morning, ESPN’s Keith Law released his Top 100 Prospects list, serving as an accompaniment…Read More

Recapping DoD’s First Annual Top Prospect List

We’ve recently completed our very first annual Top Prospect list here at DoD. It was a valuable…Read More

District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #1 Bryce Harper

Name: Bryce Harper Date of Birth: October 16, 1992 Bats/Throws: Left/Right Height: 6’3″ Weight:…Read More

District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #2 Anthony Rendon

Name: Anthony Rendon Date of Birth: June 6, 1990 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Height: 6’0″ Weight:…Read More

District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #5 Brian Goodwin

Name: Brian Goodwin Date of Birth: November 2, 1990 Bats/Throws: Left/Left Height: 6’1″ Weight:…Read More