Minnesota Twins vs Washington Nationals
                          Nats Park, 6:45 PM

Joe Ryan (RHP, 2-3, 53 IP, 3.57 ERA / 3.13 FIP)
Patrick Corbin (LHP, 1-4, 48.1 IP, 5.59 ERA / 4.14 FIP)

Twins
1. Manuel Margot (RF)
2. Ryan Jeffers (DH)
3. Carlos Correa (SS)
4. Jose Miranda (3B)
5. Byron Buxton (CF)
6. Willi Castro (LF)
7. Kyle Farmer (2B)
8. Carlos Santana (1B)
9. Christian Vazquez (C)

Nationals
1. CJ Abrams (SS)
2. Eddie Rosario (RF)
3. Jesse Winker (LF)
4. Joey Meneses (DH)
5. Luis Garcia (2B)
6. Nick Senzel (3B)
7. Joey Gallo (1B)
8. Keibert Ruiz (C)
9. Jacob Young (CF)

Absolutely do nothing with Parker.   Rizzo needs to trade Williams ASAP

Baseball America with GLOWING praise for Wood.

https://x.com/baseballamerica/status/1793009870410486193?s=46&t=Q_qc3R_qyMHAAFvlywNqzQ

Longenhagen has Crews #10 on his updated top 100 for Fangraphs. He believes Crews has problems with heat and cannot pull hard inside stuff.

Dylan Crews, CF, Washington Nationals

Here we have another upper-echelon prospect whose pre-existing swing issues have been exposed and are going to force an adjustment. I wrote in Crews’ Top 100 blurb from the offseason that he’s often late against fastballs and really only able to pull softer stuff on the inner third with any kind of power. This has been an issue in the early portion of 2024, as he’s striking out nearly 30% of the time while getting to enough of his power to be productive anyway. He and the Nationals need to find a way for him to cover the inner half of the zone.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-top-100-prospects-update/

Update from Longenhagen. Wood now #3, behind Holliday and Langford.

James Wood, OF, Washington Nationals

Wood, who entered the season as our fifth overall prospect, has cut his strikeout rate significantly early this year. Entering the season, it had been up around 30% since he was traded to Washington, but it’s a rock solid 19.1% so far in 2024, and Wood is getting to so much power that he has an OPS over 1.000 as of this writing. Wood’s wrists are remarkably quick and he has uncommon bat control for a hitter his size. For such a huge guy, the holes in his swing are relatively small, mostly up around his hands right now. It’s likely that big league velocity will sneak past him more often (the average Triple-A fastball is 91-92 mph so far in 2024), but the ceiling on Wood’s power is as big as anyone in the minors and he’s increasing collective confidence in his ability to get to it. His ranking on the preseason Top 100 was already very aggressive, but Wood’s grade has been boosted.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-top-100-prospects-update/