Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE 43-54, 4th Place I.L. North, 13 games behind
| Good | Steve Lombardozzi .357/.396/.468, 5SB, 0E in 29G |
| Bad | Corey Brown .161/.217/.268 in July |
| Interesting | Defense — 2nd-best FPct. (.983), 3rd-fewest errors in I.L. |
HARRISBURG 56-41, 1st place E.L. West Division, 2½ games ahead
| Good | Shairon Martis 2.94 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 7QS in last 9GS |
| Bad | Bryce Harper .175/.250/.175, 9K in 12G |
| Interesting | Rafael Martin 2-1, 0.54 ERA, 0.84 WHIP |
POTOMAC 16-10, T1st place C.L. North Division (45-50 overall)
| Good | Francisco Soriano .306/.342/.667 in last 10G |
| Bad | Eury Perez .214/.290/.250, 2CS in last 10G |
| Interesting | Joe Testa 5-0, 1.11 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 2SV, 6 holds in 26G |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 15-12, T2nd place Sally North Division, 3 games behind (55-42 overall)
| Good | Robbie Ray 2-1, 2.12 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 66K in 63⅔ IP |
| Bad | Wade Moore .181/.286/.278 |
| Interesting | Matt Swynenburg 2.94 ERA, 1.19 WHIP in 52IP |
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS 18-16, 2nd place Pinckney Division, New York-Penn League, 1 game behind
| Good | Adrian Nieto .292/.375/.469, 4HR in 27G |
| Bad | Travis Henke 7.36 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, 3 Blown Saves |
| Interesting | Ben Grisz 1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP in 9G |
GCL NATIONALS 11-16, 4th place GCL East, 7½ games behind
| Good | Bobby Lucas 0.68 ERA, 17K in 13⅓ IP |
| Bad | Deion Williams .121/.171/.121, 10E in 18G |
| Interesting | That it took this long to release Matt Chico |
DSL NATIONALS 22-22, 5th place, Boca Chica South Division, 5½ games behind
| Good | Edgar Gonzalez (18 y.o.) .291/.371/.372 in 27G |
| Bad | Miguel Navarro (18 y.o.) 14.59 ERA, 2.51 WHIP in 6G |
| Interesting | Joel Barrientos (17 y.o.) 2.55 ERA, 1.02 WHIP in 11G |