Since I certainly offered quite a few words on Edwin Jackson, Daniel Hudson, and Adam Dunn back around the 2010 trade deadline here at Federal Baseball, it's only fair to give many of you an update with about 2,100 words now that Rizzo has signed his "White Whale."

Complete organizational chart, from the upstairs offices all the way down to the last open bench spot in Single A, and it includes salary, arbitration, and option details in a single handy chart. From the mlb daily dish

Nats dodge a bullet. Had they outbid the kitties on this reported deal it would have been a lot of wasted money at the end of the deal.

For DC sports fans living in the Baltimore area, it can be hard. Will things ever change.

Minor league ball is doing a poll. If you could have Yu Darvish or Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper for the next ten years, who would you pick?

Sorry I haven't been "bringing the heat" around here like I used to, but I'm still bringing it elsewhere. Re-signing Gio should be an excellent deal in terms of surplus value for the Nats that frees up payroll to be allocated elsewhere. The link will give you (some of you who are newer might not know how long it will be, but....) my take on the signing as well as some comps on what we should have expected a guy like Gio to make over the next 5-7 years.

Click the link to check out my mock draft complete with in-depth assessments of each pick and each player drafted. I have the Nationals drafting college pitcher Michael Wacha. Feedback is much appreciated!

Taiwanese Major League Chien-Ming Wang departed for the United States Thursday (Jan. 12) to prepare for the start of spring training with the Washington Nationals. Prior to his departure from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the MLB star wished everybody a happy Chinese New Year.

Jeff Reese and I took a look at the Nats system over at Bullpen Banter. We each posted a top 15 list and some thoughts on the system as a whole and individual prospects in particular. Thanks for reading.