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Tuesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Won, 1-0 vs. Rochester,
6:35 p.m.		 Cole (2-1, 5.09) vs.
Darnell (0-3, 3.00)
Harrisburg Won, 5-4 vs. Hartford,
6:30 p.m.		 Lopez (0-3, 4.91) vs.
Marquez (2-1, 1.71)
Potomac Winning, 4-2
(Suspended, Top 5th)		 @ Lynchburg,
5:30 p.m.		 Fedde (1-2, 4.91) vs.
Sheffield (2-1, 3.33)
Hagerstown Lost, 5-4;
Won, 4-1		 OFF DAY N/A


Syracuse 1 Rochester 0
• Espino (W, 1-2) 7IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
• Gott (H, 3) 1IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Martin (SV, 4) 1IP, 1H, 0R, BB, K
• Skole 2-3, RBI
• Severino 2-3

Three Syracuse pitchers combined on a seven-hit, 1-0 shutout of Rochester. Paolo Espino started and went the first seven innings, giving up just four hits, no walks, and striking out five. Trevor Gott worked around two singles in the 8th for the hold. Rafael Martin put on the lead runner and issued an intentional walk but neither runner made it past second as he earned his fourth save. Matt Skole and Pedro Severino both went 2-for-3 with Skole driving in Trea Turner for the game’s only run.
Roster move: C Nick Rickles reassigned to XST.

Harrisburg 5 Hartford 4
• Mapes (W, 4-1) 6IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K, HBP; 2-2, 2R, 2B, SAC
• Glover 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Bautista 3-4, R, SB
• Bostick 2-4, 2RBI
• Dykstra 2-4, R, 2B

The Sens rallied from a 3-1 deficit and held off a late charge by the Yard Goats to take the series opener, 5-4. Tyler Mapes contributed to his own cause with a sacrifice, a single, and a double while scoring twice. On the mound, he turned in a quality start of three runs allowed on four hits and two walks over six innnings and earned his fourth win. Rafael Bautista led the hit column with three singles and his 12th stolen base while Christopher Bostick, Shawn Pleffner, and Cutter Dykstra each had two hits in Harrisburg’s 12-hit parade.

Potomac 4 Lynchburg 2 – SUSP.
• Estevez 4IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, HBP
• Mejia 2-2, 2B, 2RBI
• Marmolejos 1-3, R, HR, RBI

Rain interrupted play in the top of the 5th, in which Potomac was leading Lynchburg, 4-2. They’ll try to complete it tonight with a seven-inning game afterwards.

Rome 5 Hagerstown 4 – GAME ONE
• J. Rodriguez (L, 2-2) 5IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 3K
• Rivera 2IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 0K
• Robles 2-4, R
• Schrock 1-3, BB, 2RBI

Rome broke through in the top of the 5th with three runs to take a 5-2 lead. Hagerstown rallied for two in the bottom of the 7th but fell one run short to lose the opener, 5-4. Jefry Rodriguez gave up all five Braves runs on six hits and three walks and struck out three but lost for the second time. Mariano Rivera III followed with two scoreless innings. Victor Robles led the Suns hit column with a 2-for-4 game while Max Schrock drove in two while reaching base twice on a single and a walk.

Hagerstown 4 Rome 1 – GAME TWO
• Baez 4IP, 2H, R, ER, 5BB, 3K
• Pantoja (W, 3-0) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Gutierrez 2-3, 2B
• Robles 1-3, R, HR, 2RBI

Victor Robles’s two-run shot in the last of the 5th put the game away as the Suns split the doubleheader with a 4-1 win in the second game. Joan Baez wobbled through four innings with five walks but escaped with only one run and two hits given up. Jorge Pantoja won for the third time in five appearances with two scoreless innings of relief while Tommy Peterson pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for his third save. Kelvin Gutierrez and Jeff Gardner both reached base twice as Hagerstown collected seven hits and two walks total for the game.

16 Commments

  1. Rivera’s ERA: 0.60. He’s rebounding very well from a rocky half-season at Auburn. I keep hoping that they’ll give him another look as a starter at some point. I thought he might back-fill Glover at Potomac, but they brought in Spann from XST. His time will come, though.

    Of course Glover has yet to give up a run all year while striking out 20 in 12.2 IP.

    Robles’ OPS: 1.043. He turns 19 in two weeks.

    1. Rivera’s 6/7 K/BB in 15 TP ratio is problematic. He has got to get his strikeout rate up if he hopes to compare with even Tommy Peterson.

  2. Glover really is doing some impressive things. if he was an SP, he’d be getting written up all over the place. Pardon my ignorance/laziness on his background, but as a lower pick, is he showing higher velo or a new pitch?

    Robles just keeps trucking along. Schrock too. Nice to see. I assume Franco is heading to Auburn when that season opens? Soto probably stays in GCL or XST?

    I was finding myself allowing some enthusiasm for Jefry R to creep back in. Glad that he helped me keep it in check

    1. Glover only had one year of JUCO (as a starter) and one at OK ST (as a reliever). He had a 4.91 ERA as a starter but struck out 66 in 58.2 IP. As a reliever, he struck out 28 in 23.2 IP with a 1.90 ERA, but he only saved 5 in 23 appearances, so he wasn’t the sole closer. Byron Kerr mentioned that Glover had a TJ, presumably out of high school. Anyway, he was good, and his calling card was the high 90s heater, but there wasn’t anything that was highly exceptional. I have no idea what the Nats’ system has done with him, but whatever it is, it’s working!

      Kerr mentioned in the spring the possibility of converting Glover to a starter, which presumably means that he has a couple of decent pitches to go with the fastball. But it looks like they have decided that he could move up a lot faster as a reliever, plus they’ve been successful thus far with the Andrew Lee conversion to starter.

      Perhaps Luke got to see him a few times in person at Potomac and can comment more on what he throws.

  3. Glover was clocked at 99 MPH over the weekend. He is throwing gas.

    Not sure I would mess with success, would be tempted to keep him in bullpen.

  4. It is interesting to compare the trajectory of Glover and Ryan Brinley. Glover was a very respected prospect in Oklahoma baseball. Not the biggest hotbed for prospects, but hey, Drew Ward was scouted in Oklahoma as well.

    Brinley, on the other hand, was a low round draft pick from a Texas college, and was coming off a statistically terrible year. He certainly way outperformed expectations. Even then, no one noticed him here or anywhere else last falll. And this spring, he joined Glover and Stevenson as three of the only Nats draftees to start at high A. Well, he too, has been spotless in the bullpen and has featured impeccable control along the way.

    The Nats draft of 2015 is one of the great stories of the decade for the organization, without exaggeration, on par with the 2013 GCL Nats. The returns are still developing. With no expectations before this year, we have begun to witness very promising early returns for Ian Sagdal, Jorge Pantoija, Tommy Peterson, and Mick van Vossen. We were already very happy with Lee, Glover, Schrock, Stevenson, Rivera, Brinley, Crownower, and have reason to wait with anticipation for Borne, Dulin, Hearn, Perkins, Kerian, Watson, and Wiseman, and have not yet heard from DiNatale, Pirro, and Mooney. It is by comparison an unbelievable organizational haul and transformative to organizational health. Whomever was responsible has to be retained and rewarded with more staffing resources, period.

    As for Glover, this is all about the 2017 landscape. In a post-Papelbon world, Innings 7-8-9 remain anyone’s guess. Rivero and Treinen are the favored lot right now, but Kelley is on a three year deal. and then there are a number of promising arms, Gott, Barrett, Solis, and others. Glover is one, and so is Abel De Los Santos, whom I run down but who is back on the fast track and one rung ahead. I am one of the few who remain on the Rafael Martin bandwagon, simply because he is a high percentage closer who can strike out major league hitters, whatever the velocity he has, because his slider is so exceptional. And there are other seeming also rans that one cannot count out, such as Mark Grace and Bryan Harper, and of course, Rey Lopez.

    1. I have speculated that Glover’s rapid emergence and the trade for Gott have played into the Nats’ decision to give Lopez a longer leash as a starter. I have no evidence on that, just a guess.

      The Nats seem to have mined A LOT of quality arms in the 2015 draft. What they didn’t get was much power at the plate, unless Wiseman can find his mojo and turn into some version of Rasmus.

      1. In time, Schrock may prove to be the power bat. But Nats know what they have in the lower minors and in the Dominican. Franco has pop and others are still growing.

    2. Gil time for some expose writing
      Could we raise the name Urbina with Glover gas?

      I read an old BA obituary today
      RIP Clyde Mashore and Kevin Collins .

      1. Or maybe John Wettland, when the games mattered…do you remember the old bullpen entry music from the big O(rifice)?

    3. Gil. We have not seen the end of June
      2015 draft with bullpek hopes.
      Moody

  5. Taylor Hill and Petit in Wrigley
    Or maybe Max on short rest ??
    Four game series are tough especially day games
    In chicago

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