Good, Bad, Interesting – Vol. 10
Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE CHIEFS 36-37, 5th place I.L. North, 8½ games behind
| Good | Carlos Rivero .323/.375/.446 in June |
| Bad | Mitch Atkins 6.65ERA, 1.62WHIP in June |
| Interesting | 433 Team Pitching Ks = 14th in I.L., 215 BB’s, 4th |
HARRISBURG SENATORS 36-35, 2nd place E.L. West, 8½ games behind
| Good | Kevin Pucetas 3-1, 2.42ERA, 0.89WHIP in first four starts |
| Bad | Danny Rosenbaum 2-2, 5.94ERA, 1.77WHIP in last six starts |
| Interesting | 34HRs is 8th in 10-team E.L. |
POTOMAC NATIONALS 1-0, T1st place C.L. North Division, ½ game ahead (31-39, 1st half)
| Good | Randolph Oduber .298/.328/.404 in June |
| Bad | Matt Swynenberg 1.95WHIP since CG on April 29 (65H, 13BB, 5HR in 40IP) |
| Interesting | 108 doubles is 7th in 8-team C.L. (leader is 153) |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 0-1, T5th place Sally League North Divison, 1 games behind (42-27, 1st half)
| Good | Brian Goodwin .345/.441/.483, 7SB in June |
| Bad | Kylin Turnbull 0-1, 5.48ERA in June |
| Interesting | 64HRs T1st in Sally League |
DSL NATIONALS 12-5, T1st Place Boca Chica South Division, 2 games ahead
| Good | 19 y.o. Elisaul Gomez 3.38ERA, .224OBA in six appearances |
| Bad | 20 y.o. Philips Valdez 6.75ERA, .324OBA in four appearances |
| Interesting | 17 y.o. Armando Echinique .353/.389/.412 in 7G |
Think we can expect Goodwin in Potomac soon? Or even Harrisburg?
No. Best hope I can give is that Skole will get pushed up to Potomac if/when Rendon returns, because as we saw with Purke, just because he began the year there isn’t a guarantee he’ll return there.
Honorable mention should go to Jimmy Van Ostrand hitting .389 over his last 10 games with a .611 slugging per cent age.
Just so folks know, my m.o. is to try to spread the love (and the blame) around as much as I can. If a given “Good” is a hitter in Week 1, then I look for a pitcher the following week; likewise for “bad.” And if you haven’t noticed, GBI seems to have a bit of a curse (Goods go Bad, Bads go Good), which is how the superstitious refer to “reversion to the mean” 😉