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OT: Nats, Wiz, O's, Ravens, Terps, Navy, Gtown, Mystics, Golf, Summer 2022

Thought this WaPo quote is spot on on what need to be changed with the Nationals drafting/development.

But he is right to suggest that Rizzo’s approach has changed, even if those changes are imperceptible from the outside. For years, Rizzo puffed out his chest on draft days and took great pride in his team’s drafting history.

But after some early-round misses when they could least afford them, Rizzo and the Nationals overhauled his treasured draft operation and dislodged longtime confidants such as Kris Kline in favor of fresh eyes from other successful organizations.

And, tacitly acknowledging a dearth of homegrown starting pitching since the days of Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann, he allowed his staff to hire new personnel in minor league pitching development and brought on Sean Doolittle as a major league consultant. Doolittle became so invaluable that they made his role full-time, and people around the organization describe him as transformative. Whatever the reason, the Nationals watched several young starters take major steps forward in 2024.

“Is it hard to admit you need change? Change is never easy, but it’s necessary,” Rizzo said. “You have to adapt and overcome, and I think as the landscape changes, your personnel has to change, so we did.”
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Wizards have to draft Flagg if they lose the lottery and miss out on him it's a disaster. They're already putrid bad and drafting Ron Harper or Ace Bailey wont' change that.

Spare me the talk about them having a good young roster. Sarr is okay and Bilal is fine but do you expect them to jump from horrificly bad to a .500 team with them next year? Will the rebuild go on for the 40th straight year?
 
Terps got shredded by Florida in the tournament last night.

Silver lining? MD might have lost to eventual tournament champions.
 
Ridley Simon said:
It’s not about Willard for me. It’s about the University prioritizing hoops, to a degree more than they are today.
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I mean maybe he's right in his complaints, but airing them in public just before a sweet 16 game is kinda lame and selfish. UMD needs to step up if they want to play in the Big10 and be legit competitive. NIL has changed everything and some teams need to adjust. MD hoops hasn't, like, at all.
 
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Have fun in Philly and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Had loved what he did this year up until last week. He's right UMD needs to start acting like a blue-blood if they want to get back to that level -- but it starts with him not making an ass out of the program right before their biggest game in years
 
Was there in person, it looked like the refs got a phone call at halftime or something because man did that officiating flip on a dime. They were shooting threes over 50% of the time and had fouls called on ~40-45% of their shot attempts in the second half. Meanwhile Maryland was getting hacked all over the place, just like in the first half, but suddenly, no calls. And that flagrant was... woof.
 
Early for the 2025 MLB mock drafts with college early in the season and HS just starting up but here is one that is relatively recent.

  1. Washington Nationals: Jamie Arnold – LHP – Florida State
  2. Los Angeles Angels: Ethan Holliday – SS – Stillwater HS (Oklahoma)
  3. Seattle Mariners: Jace LaViolette – OF – Texas A&M
  4. Colorado Rockies: Tyler Bremner – RHP – UC Santa Barbara
  5. St. Louis Cardinals: Seth Hernandez – RHP – Corona HS (California)
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2025 MLB Mock Draft: Final Mock Before Opening Day - Bleacher Nation

Running through our final 2025 MLB mock draft before Opening Day arrives.
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