Good, Bad, Interesting — Vol. 18
Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE CHIEFS 60-74, T4th place I.L. North, 15 games behind (eliminated)
| Good | A.J. Cole 4-0, 0.84 ERA, 0.77 WHIP in August (5GS) |
| Bad | Jason Martinson 177K in 121G |
| Interesting | 158 transactions thus far this season |
HARRISBURG SENATORS 63-69, 5th place E.L. West, 11½ games behind (tragic # = 4)
| Good | Isaac Ballou .338/.400/.632, 4HR, 15RBI in August (20G) |
| Bad | 90HR allowed, 3rd worst in the E.L. |
| Interesting | John Simms five quality starts out of six games started (H/T Sens PR) |
POTOMAC NATIONALS 27-33, 3rd place C.L. North Division, 8½ games behind (60-70 overall; tragic # = 1)
| Good | Tyler Mapes 1-1, 2.75 ERA, 0.97 WHIP in August (5 appearances, 2 GS) |
| Bad | 46HR – 8th in eight-team Car. Lg. |
| Interesting | Leads Car. Lg in pitching strikeouts (most), batting strikeouts (fewest) |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 29-31, 5th place Sally League North Divison, 13 games behind (64-64 overall; eliminated)
| Good | Andrew Stevenson .318/.375/.424 in August (24G) |
| Bad | 31 passed balls – most in Sally Lg. |
| Interesting | 18 different starting pitchers |
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS 29-35, 4th place Pinckney Division, N.Y.-Penn League, 12 games behind (tragic # = 5 for WC)
| Good | Matthew Crownover 1-0, 2.22 ERA, 0.82 WHIP in August (5GS) |
| Bad | Melvin Rodriguez .163/.268/.245 in August (16G) |
| Interesting | Leads NYPL in SLG (.367), 13th in BB drawn |
Editor’s note: The final GBI will be published after the close of the regular season.
Spike Lives!
Great to see Cole finishing with a flourish as he will likely be either a guy who gets a better chance to start in a new system or could be called upon to start if roark or Ross don’t prove to be as solid as their best efforts. Hope he gets a fair chance to compete for the rotation next spring.
Martinson going for 200Ks in a minor league season. That’s hard to do.
We’ll have to call it the annual Ian Desmond Award.