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

Continuing with our District on Deck writer-generated prospect rankings,we have another controversial choice. Lefthanded pitcher Matt Purke placed tenth on two lists, seventh on another, and not at all…Read More

Matt Purke Makes Season Debut

Shoulder trouble is likely the main cause behind why Matt Purke fell as far as he did in last June’s MLB Draft (to the 3rd Round, #96 overall), but the Washington Nationals were glad to be able to…Read More

Nats Notes: Team Prospect Rankings & Rule 5 Updates

With Spring Training entering its second week and teams starting to make their first rounds of cuts, most of the top prospect lists have already been published. We published ours back in December. Of…Read More

Rendon, Purke Among Washington’s First Cuts

Following Monday afternoon’s game, an 8-4 victory against the Cardinals, the Washington Nationals cut nine players from their Spring roster. This trims the number of players in camp to 45, including…Read More

Matt Purke Shines As Nationals Defeat Georgetown

Early Friday afternoon, the Washington Nationals kicked off their Spring schedule with an exhibition game against the Georgetown Hoyas. While it was merely an exhibition, it was the first actual live game…Read More

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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

Questions Heading Into 2012: Pitching Edition, Part 2

Each year teams report to Spring Training with high hopes and expectations for the upcoming season. We…Read More

Baseball Prospectus’ Top 20 Nationals Prospect Rankings

Earlier this week, Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus – easily one of the more authoritative…Read More

Prince Fielder’s Impact on Washington’s Future Payroll Obligations

Over at his Nats Insider blog, Mark Zuckerman (who’s quickly become one of my favorite Nationals…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: #7 Matt Purke

Name: Matt Purke Date of Birth: July 17, 1990 Bats/Throws: Left/Left Height: 6’4″ Weight:…Read More

Baseball America’s Top 10 Nationals Prospects

Admittedly I’m overdue in writing this post, but sometimes things are better late than never. Baseball…Read More

Nationals Prospects Shine in Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League’s regular season ended on Nov. 17th, and with it, the entire 2011 minor league…Read More

FanGraphs’ Top 15 Nationals Prospects

The crew at FanGraphs have started to publish their organization top prospects lists – which are…Read More

7 Nationals Currently Playing in AFL

The 2011 Arizona Fall League season is just about at its midway point, so it seems like a good time to…Read More