This report covers games from Friday, May 10th through Thursday, May 16th.

Most Damaging: Prince Fielder, 4.48 HRD, #13 in 2013, #268 Overall

Most Average Home Run (HRD closest to 0.00): Mike Moustakas, 0.00 HRD

Least Damaging: Adrian Beltre, -5.81 HRD

Highest Perception Score: Pablo Sandoval, 158 HRP, -0.60 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Raul Ibanez, -51 HRP, -3.17 HRD

Fastest off the Bat: Albert Pujols, 116.1 mph, 4.23 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Adrian Beltre, 91.2 mph, -5.81 HRD

Most Towering: Todd Helton, 142 feet, 0.61 HRD

Most Line Drive: Adam Jones, 43 feet, -3.16 HRD

Closest to straight center: Lucas Duda, 90.0 Degree Exit Angle, 0.93 HRD 

Walk-off: Evan Longoria, 5/11/13, 4.11 HRD and Andrew McCutchen, 5/14/13, -0.78 HRD

First Career Home Run: Derek Dietrich, 1.49 HRD; Avisail Garcia, 0.40 HRD; Donald Lutz, -1.40 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Friday, May 3rd through Thursday, May 9th.

Most Damaging: David Wright, 5.33 HRD – #3 in 2013, #78 overall

Most Average Home Run (HRD closest to 0.00): Guillermo Quiroz, 0.01 HRD

Least Damaging: Mark DeRosa, -4.72 HRD

Highest Perception Score: David Ross, 206 HRP, 2.67 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Dustin Pedroia, -58 HRP, -3.75 HRD

Fastest off the Bat: David Wright, 115.5 mph, 5.33 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Victor Martinez, 92.6 mph, -4.45 HRD

Most Towering: Asdrubal Cabrera, 141 feet, -2.88 HRD

Most Line Drive: Adam Lind, 50 feet, 1.02 HRD

Closest to straight center: Michael Cuddyer, 90.2 Degree Exit Angle, 1.46 HRD and Mark DeRosa, 90.2 Degree Exit Angle, 0.91 HRD

Walk-off: Buster Posey, 5/3/13, 0.69 HRD, Guillermo Quiroz, 5/4/13, 0.01 HRD, Shin-Soo Choo 5/7/13, 0.53 HRD

First Career Home Run: Aaron Hicks, 0.72 HRD; Marcell Ozuna, -1.90 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Friday, April 26th through Thursday, May 2nd.

Most Damaging: Mark Trumbo, 6.83 - #1 in 2013, #8 overall

Least Damaging: Adrian Gonzalez, -4.17

Highest Perception Score*: Mark Trumbo, 225 HRP, 6.83 HRD

Lowest Perception Score: Dioner Navarro, -58 HRP, -1.47 HRD

*This is a new invention this week where I attempt to rank home runs based on how far it “looks like” it went. I will explain it at a greater depth on Monday at Beyond the Box Score.

Fastest off the Bat: Mark Trumbo, 120.1 mph, 6.83 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Brennan Boesch, 94.6 mph, -3.23 HRD

Most Towering: Josh Willingham, 143 feet, -0.91 HRD

Most Line Drive: Domonic Brown, 47 feet, 0.58 HRD

Closest to straight center: Howie Kendrick, 89.9 Degree Exit Angle, -0.20 HRD

Walk-off: Brandon Moss, 4/29/13, -2.69 HRD

First Career Home Run: Joe Mahoney, 1.71 HRD; Nolan Arenado, 1.08 HRD; Jedd Gyorko, -1.64 HRD; Hector Gimenez, -1.79 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Friday, April 19th through Thursday, April 25th.

*I changed Home Run Damage to calculate using the Standard Distance instead of the True Distance. You can read about the difference between the two in the Home Run Tracker glossary.

Most Damaging: John Buck, 4.14 - #9 in 2013, #449 overall

Least Damaging: Matt Holliday, -5.48

Fastest off the Bat: Bryce Harper, 117.1 mph, 4.00 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Fernando Martinez, 92.3 mph, -4.73 HRD

Most Towering: Chris Carter, 144 feet, 0.40 HRD

Most Line Drive: Matt Carpenter, 51 feet, 1.31 HRD

Closest to straight center: Alex Gordon, 90.1 degree exit angle, 3.14 HRD

Walk-off: Mark Trumbo, 4/21/13, 1.55 HRD, Howie Kendrick, 4/23/13, 0.72 HRD, and Jordany Valdespin, 4/24/13, -2.90 HRD

First Career Home Run: Wade Miley, 1.43 HRD, Leonys Martin, 1.24 HRD, and Oswaldo Arcia, 0.02 HRD.

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Friday, April 12th through Thursday, April 18th.

Most Damaging: Anthony Rizzo, 5.72 – #1 in 2013, #47 overall

Least Damaging: Will Venable, -5.02

Fastest off the Bat: Kyle Blanks, 117.4 mph, 4.62 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Will Venable, 92.1 mph, -5.02 HRD

Most Towering: David DeJesus, 141 feet, 0.18 HRD

Most Line Drive: Brandon Crawford, 49 feet, -1.01 HRD

Closest to straight center: Yan Gomes, 89.9 degree exit angle, 0.75 HRD

Walk-off: Josh Donaldson, 4/12/13, -3.82 HRD and Matt Wieters, 4/18/13, -1.95 HRD

First Career Home Run: Eric Stults, -0.20 HRD, Didi Gregorius, -0.32 HRD, and Nate Freiman, -0.87 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Friday, April 5th through Thursday, April 11th.

Most Damaging: Mike Napoli, 5.22 – #2 in 2013, #101 overall

Least Damaging: Coco Crisp, -4.88

Fastest off the Bat: Mike Napoli, 115.7 mph, 5.22 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Coco Crisp, 91.6 mph, -4.88 HRD

Most Towering: Alex Avila, 141 feet, -2.51 HRD

Most Line Drive: Will Middlebrooks, 48 feet, 0.97 HRD

Closest to straight center: Travis Hafner, 90.0 degree exit angle, 0.39 HRD

Walk-off: Justin Upton, 4/6/13, 0.66 HRD and Dayan Viciedo, 4/7/13, -0.10 HRD

First Career Home Run: Eduardo Escobar, 0.51 HRD and Jean Segura, 0.12 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

This report covers games from Sunday, March 31st through Thursday, April 4th.

Most Damaging: Justin Upton, 4.98 – #1 in 2013, #131 overall

Least Damaging: Brett Gardner, -4.31

Fastest off the Bat: Justin Upton, 117.3 mph, 4.98 HRD

Slowest off the Bat: Brett Gardner, 93.5 mph, -4.31 HRD

Most Towering: J.P. Arencibia, 145 feet, -0.99 HRD

Most Line Drive: Edwin Encarnacion, 46 feet, 0.12 HRD

Closest to straight center: Chase Utley, 89.9 degree exit angle, 0.36 HRD

Walk-off: Matt Joyce (doesn’t appear on ESPN Home Run Tracker website)

First Career Home Run: Clayton Kershaw, 0.28 HRD and Evan Gattis, -1.41 HRD

Data from ESPN Home Run Tracker

I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.

Five lists was published much earlier in the offseason before the Nationals acquired A.J. Cole. To account for this, I took his average ranking from the other lists and inserted him into the list that missed him. All other prospects behind him were bumped down one ranking.

You can also view the 2012 Washington Nationals prospect list.

Lists

Baseball America

Baseball Prospect Nation

Baseball Prospectus

Bullpen Banter

Fangraphs

Keith Law (ESPN Insider)

Minor League Ball (John Sickels)

Major League Baseball (Jonathan Mayo)

MLB Prospect Portal

Prospect 361

The List

The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. A positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.

Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Washington Nationals prospect rankings in one place.

2012 Prospects Not on 2013 List

Graduated:
Bryce Harper, #1
Steve Lombardozzi, #7
Tyler Moore, #13

Traded:
Alex Meyer, #3 – to the Minnesota Twins for Denard Span
Dave Freitas, #19 – to the Oakland Athletics for Kurt Suzuk

Dropped Off:
Josh Smoker, #18
Taylor Hill, #20
Wirkin Estevez, #24
Kevin Keyes, #26
Cole Kimball, #28
Justin Bloxom, #30

Rule 5 Pick:
Jeff Kobernus, #20 – Will return to the system from the Detroit Tigers

I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.

You can also view the 2012 Kansas City Royals prospect list.

Lists

Baseball America

Baseball Instinct

Baseball Prospect Nation

Baseball Prospectus

Bullpen Banter

Fangraphs

Keith Law (ESPN Insider)

Minor League Ball (John Sickels)

Major League Baseball (Jonathan Mayo)

MLB Prospect Portal

Razzball

Prospect 361

The List

The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. A positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.

Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Kansas City Royals prospect rankings in one place.

2012 Prospects Not on 2013 List

Graduated:
Kelvin Herrera, #8
Will Smith, #24

Traded:
Wil Myers, #1 – to the Tampa Bay Rays in the James Shields trade
Mike Montgomery, #3 - to the Tampa Bay Rays in the James Shields trade
Jake Odorizzi, #4 - to the Tampa Bay Rays in the James Shields trade
Jeremy Jeffress, #17 – to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash
Kevin Chapman, #24 – to the Houston Astros in the Humberto Quintero trade

Placed on Waivers:
Clint Robinson, #28

Dropped Off:
Noel Arguelles, #16
Edwin Carl, #20
Tim Melville, #24
Mike Antonio, #27
Greg Billo, #30

I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.

You can also view the 2012 Cincinnati Reds prospect list.

Lists

Baseball America

Baseball Prospect Nation

Baseball Prospectus

Bullpen Banter

Fangraphs

Keith Law (ESPN Insider)

Minor League Ball (John Sickels)

Major League Baseball (Jonathan Mayo)

MLB Prospect Portal

Razzball

Prospect 361

The List

The “Change” column describes how the prospect’s status changed from 2012. A positive number means the prospect moved up in the list, while a negative number means he moved down. A prospect’s name is green if he is new to the organization this year.

Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the 2013 Cincinnati Reds prospect rankings in one place.

2012 Prospects Not on 2013 List

Graduated:
Devin Mesoraco, #1
Zack Cozart, #5
Todd Frazier, #7
Juan Francisco, #22

Traded:
Didi Gregorius, #6 – to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Shin-Soo Choo trade
J.C. Sulbaran, #11 – to the Kansas City Royals in the Jonathan Broxton trade
Donnie Joseph, #17 - to the Kansas City Royals in the Jonathan Broxton trade

Dropped Off:

Juan Perez, #19
Junior Arias, #24
Kyle McMyne, #25
Tim Crabbe, #27
Brodie Greene, #30
Denis  Phipps, #33