One of the easier ways to tell when an organization is nearing the call up of a top prospect is by a similar move of calling up a lesser prospect who figures to stay with the club for some time.<\/p>\n
That’s exactly what the Washington Nationals did today. They called up prospect Drew Storen. While Storen projects as a possiable late inning reliever or a closer he’s certainly not Steven Strasburg.<\/p>\n
So why is this even news you ask?<\/p>\n
Well by caling up Storen the Nationals have started his service clock ahead of that of Strasburg. Ok…<\/p>\n
Well the top 17% of players who haven’t played three years become super two players in terms of arbitration so basically what the Nationals have done is exactly what I thought the Braves may try to do this year with Jason Heyward.<\/p>\n
In other words they did the same thing the Braves did by calling up Kris Medlen before they called up Tommy Hanson last season.<\/p>\n
These types of manuevers, like the Storen one, have become a clear sign of a top prospect about to be called up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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