Good, Bad, Interesting — Vol. 5
SYRACUSE CHIEFS 16-25, 6th place I.L. North, 7½ games behind
| Good | Matt den Dekker .286BA (11-for-38) over last 10G |
| Bad | Rich Hill 12BB, 4HBP in 17IP |
| Interesting | Six (6) of 25 on current roster drafted by Washington |
HARRISBURG SENATORS 18-22, 3rd place E.L. West, 5½ games behind
| Good | Richard Bleier 3-0, 2.77 ERA, 0.89 WHIP in May (4GS) |
| Bad | Matt Skole .194BA, 44K in 37G |
| Interesting | 13-11 at home, 5-11 on the road |
POTOMAC NATIONALS 18-23, 2nd place C.L. North, 4½ games behind
| Good | Brandon Miller .311/.415/.622, 4HR, 8BB, 8RBI in May (15G) |
| Bad | Justin Thomas 5.06 ERA, 1.59 WHIP in seven appearances |
| Interesting | Team SB rate 79.1% (38-for-48) |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 21-20, 4th place Sally North, 6 games behind
| Good | Phillips Valdez 3-1, 0.82 ERA in May (4GS) |
| Bad | Brennan Middleton .441 OPS in 19G |
| Interesting | 245 batting K’s — fewest in the Sally League |
Food for thought. How bad the offense is in the farm system. Ok, Turner and Difo are with the Nats buy other than that…. Both should be in the minors as they are waisting their time with the Nats other than learning the guys and experience the life in the majors but really they should be playing everyday rather than sitting on the bench. If Taylor is going to be our CF next year, he needs to improve big time. Too many strikeouts.
There is nobody in SYR who can hit; HAR is not that much better other than Ramsey which I do not know why they dropped him to HAR earlier this year to make up room for older guys who can’t hit in SYR. Severino is ok but still learning to hit.
Then we go to HiA with Ward and couple of others. It may take a while to find out whether they can make it up.
Lots of pitchers in the system but not much offense drafted. Of course Turner is coming so that will help but one of these days Werth will have to be replaced…