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Opening Day!

The enthusiasm is to be tempered by the forecast of rain at all four games today, as the Chiefs, Senators, and Suns open at home, while the P-Nats visit Wilmington.

Team Today’s Game Pitching Matchup (’16 Stats at Level)
Syracuse vs. Rochester,
2:05 p.m.		 TBD vs. Berrios (10-5, 2.51)
Harrisburg vs. Altoona,
7:00 p.m.		 TBD vs. TBD
Potomac @ Wilmington,
6:35 p.m.		 Reyes (4-8, 5.60) vs.
Griffin (5-10, 6.23)
Hagerstown vs. Asheville,
6:05 p.m.		 Watson (1-1, 4.80) vs.
Julio (4-6, 4.05 @ SS-A)

Now for the annual reminder: These pitchers are not necessarily the team’s #1 starter. They are, within a spot or so, how the Nationals would like the starters to align from Low-A to MLB in the event of promotions or injuries.

The Hagerstown rotation will reportedly be Carlos Acevado, McKenzie Mills, Weston Davis and Carlos Pena. In Syracuse, Taylor Hill starts it off, followed by (for now) Joe Ross*, Jacob Turner, Austin Voth, and A.J. Cole.
* Personally, I’m picturing the Lerners, fretting today’s “Big Nats” game will get postponed, and Mike Rizzo, worrying that it won’t.

In between, it’s a bit of a guessing game. Potomac’s first listed starter is Luis Reyes, and it’s probably a good bet that Matt Crownover, Joan Baez, and Jefry Rodriguez are among the top four, but after that? Like a biker bar or a vegan co-op, it gets hairy: Hector Silvestre, Taylor Guilbeau, Grant Borne, and Dakota Bacus are all candidates. And probably in that order.

Phillips Valdez and Erick Fedde are locks as top two guns for Harrisburg. Austen Williams may not be the No. 3 starter but he’s yet to appear in relief, which leaves a similar musical chairs between Greg Ross, Jaron Long, John Simms, and Gabriel Arias (assuming, which is foolish, that Tyler Mapes is actually hurt) for the last two spots.

Finally, a little housekeeping… I’m hearing that some of you are having problems with seeing the comments. I’ll be honest: I don’t what I can do, but if this happens to you, let me know via email (since you can’t tell me in the comments, duh). At the very least, I can report it to my hosting provider and see what they can do.

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  1. Wait, what? It is possible that people are not able to see my comments? What if I happen to actually write something worth reading?

  2. Luke. Vegan co-op? Lol
    Now that Shawn Pleffner is not around for sens but Soto and Lisson- what is the time table for Marmelos ??
    Nice ARC article in MASN , biker bar
    Luke !

    1. I’ve heard whispers that the Orange is legitimately hurt and might not be back until June.

  3. Just saw an updated forecast that said the rain in the DC area is expected to end around 5:15. So the big club will have a decent chance to play, but the total amount and wet grounds makes the “little Nats” games iffy at best.

  4. Hi Luke,
    I mentioned this to you once before and you thought it might be my browser. But I didn’t have problems anywhere else.
    For me all comments eventually come up, mine and everyone else’s. But that might be almost a day later sometimes.
    At least that’s what happening up here in Canada.

    1. It usually is when I’ve researched it, which makes it very frustrating to me because I don’t like giving the advice of clear your cookies, clear your cache, etc. But it appears that you can either do that or switch browsers or devices.

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