Good, Bad, Interesting – Vol. 15
Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE CHIEFS 45-59, 6th place I.L. North, 11½ games behind
| Good | Mike Crotta 0HR in 43⅓ IP |
| Bad | Kelly Shoppach .179/.324/.179 in first nine games |
| Interesting | 271 batting BB dead last in I.L. |
HARRISBURG SENATORS 58-48, 1st place E.L. West, 3 games ahead
| Good | Matt Swynenberg 1-0, 0.87 ERA, 1.16 WHIP in July (5 appearances) |
| Bad | Jason Martinson .176BA, 16K in last 10 games |
| Interesting | Taylor Hill 1.82/3.40/1.16 in six AA starts |
POTOMAC NATIONALS 18-14, 1st place C.L. North, 4 games ahead (60-40 overall)
| Good | Billy Burns .364/.440/.489, 13SB in July |
| Bad | Matt Purke 0-3, 8.34/4.70/1.99 in first five A+ starts |
| Interesting | David Fischer 2-0, 2.08 ERA, 0.923 WHIP in July (6 appearances) |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 20-13, T1st place Sally North, .007 W% behind (58-42 overall)
| Good | Narciso Mesa .309/.397/.364 in 29G |
| Bad | Ian Dickson 6HR in 28⅔ IP (9 appearances) |
| Interesting | 37% CS rate by Suns catchers 2nd best in Sally League |
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS 12-25, 6th place Pinckney Division, New York-Penn League, 11½ games behind
| Good | L.J. Hollins 1.35/3.20/1.20 in 13 appearances |
| Bad | Cody Gunter 11E in 30G |
| Interesting | Back-to-back wins thus far: 0 |
GCL NATIONALS 24-5, 1st place East Division, Gulf Coast League, 9 games ahead
| Good | Drew Ward .330/.435/.440 in 27G |
| Bad | Travis Ott 8.31/6.20/1.85 in four appearances |
| Interesting | Team Pitching No. 1 in GCL for ERA, Runs Allowed, and WHIP |
DSL NATIONALS 21-17, 4th place Boca Chica South, 5&fra12; games behind
| Good | 18-y.o. Maximo Valerio 3-2, 1.39/2.78/0.93 in nine starts |
| Bad | 19-y.o. Dionicio Rosario .146/.212/.188 in July |
| Interesting | 18-y.o. Luis Reyes 8HBP in 36⅔ IP, 3.19 BB/9, 10.8 K/9 |
The Syracuse Chiefs being last in the IL in walks is very interesting. Why does this organization hate walks?
That is a very good question … sure seems like all the table-setters come up hating walks? The ghost of Cristian Guzman or something? Someone isn’t coaching the hitters all that well … oh wait he just got promoted to hitting coach for the parent club!
pretty tough grading on Ott teach, 3 out of 4 decent outings for the high schooler
Feeling in the organization is you can’t walk to the Major Leagues! Syracuse does have 2 hitters in the top ten in the IL Rahl and Perez.
Rahl is a ringer though … he’s a major league hitter disguised as an org guy.
Syracuse must have a great team when you can not play the number 6 hitter in the league.
Also an interesting organization that has a 2 year .300+ avg, .400+ obp that can’t crack the top 20 prospect list. I realize what the word “prospect” means but really?
That’s why Top XX lists are useless for nothing but generating arguments and pageviews.