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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Lost, 7-5 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
6:35 p.m.		 Edw. Jackson (0-0, 2.78) vs.
Ro. Herrera (AAA debut)
Harrisburg Won, 11-4 vs. Reading,
6:30 p.m.		 Crownover (0-2, 6.64) vs.
Leibrandt (6-2, 3.34)
Potomac Lost, 7-4 @ Myrtle Beach,
7:05 p.m.		 Sanburn (2-1, 3.81) vs.
Alzolay (6-1, 2.83)
Hagerstown Won, 8-3 @ Delmarva,
7:05 p.m.		 C. Pena (3-3, 5.85) vs.
Humpal (4-5, 4.15)
Auburn Won, 9-5 vs. Williamsport,
7:05 p.m.		 Turnbull (0-0, 0.00) vs.
Stewart (0-1, 2.25)

Buffalo 7 Syracuse 5
• Cole 4IP, 8H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, 0HR
• Fedde 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Suero (BS, 1; L, 1-1) 1⅓ IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 3K
• Stevenson 3-5, R, HR, 2RBI
• Solano 1-4, 2B, 2RBI
• Falu 1-3, R, BB, 3B, RBI

After a scoreless 8th, Wander Suero put on four straight baserunners before recording an out in the 9th as Syracuse’s four-game win streak was stampeded by Buffalo, 7-5. A.J. Cole got the start and was strafed for four runs on eight hits and two walks over four innings in his first appearance in two weeks. Erick Fedde followed with two scoreless innings of middle relief for his second straight clean outing. Andrew Stevenson extended his hit streak to a modest six games while connecting for his first AAA home run as he went 3-for-5 to lead the Chiefs’ attack. Roster move: RHP Austin Voth placed on the 7-Day DL.

Harrisburg 11 Portland 4
• Hill (W, 3-1) 6IP, 8H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 3K, HR(20)
• Orlan 1IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Perez 3-5, R, 2B
• Norfork 2-4, R
• Ward 2-5, 2R, HR, BB, 2RBI

The Sens broke out for three runs in the 4th and 6th innings as they took the series finale, 11-4 from the Sea Dogs. Taylor Hill gave up his customary HR—No. 20—and eight hits total for three runs over six innings as he won for the third time since his demotion. Drew Ward and Mario Lisson both homered while Stephen Perez went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored to lead Harrisburg’s 15-hit outburst.

Carolina 7 Potomac 4
• Reyes (L, 5-7) 5⅔ IP, 10H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 1K, HBP, WP, BK
• Rivera 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K, 1-0 IR-S
• Sagdal 2-3, 2B, BB
• Robles 2-5, R, 3B, RBI

Carolina scored early and often (again) as they got three in the 1st and one in the 2nd to take a 4-0 lead and cruised to a 7-4 win to take the series from Potomac, 3-1. Luis Reyes lost for the seventh time as he gave up five runs on ten hits and two walks over five and 2/3rds innings. Ian Sagdal singled, doubled, and walked while Victor Robles singled and tripled to lead the P-Nats offense.

Hagerstown 9 Greensboro 5
• Watson (W, 5-2) 6IP, 4H, R, ER, 0BB, 10K
• Held 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Johnson 3-5, 2R, 2HR, 3RBI
• Noll 3-4, R, 2-2B
• Banks 2-4, R, 2B, HR, 2RBI

Tyler Watson returned from a two-week layoff to record six strong innings and struck out a career-best 10 while the Suns burned the ‘Hoppers for five homers in a 9-5 win. Watson let in one run on four hits and no walks to win for the fifth time. Dan Johnson hit HR nos. 15 and 16 while Sheldon Neuse went deep for #8, Blake Perkins left the yard for #6, and Nick Banks deposited his third longball as part of a 14-hit parade by Hagerstown.

Auburn 9 Williamsport 5
• DeRosier (W, 1-1) 7IP, 5H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K, 2HBP
• Mota 2-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI
• A. Martinez 2-4, R, 3B, 2RBI
• Upshaw 2-4, 2R, 2B, BB, RBI

Matt DeRosier pitched a career-high seven innings while the bats came alive in a 9-5 Auburn win over Williamsport. DeRosier let in an unearned run on five hits, struck out three, and walked none to win his first NYPL game of 2017. Israel Mota, Andres Martinez, and Armond Upshaw each went 2-for-4 with a homer, triple, and double respectively as the Doubledays collected 10 hits total.

Editor’s Note
For those of you not on the Twitters, we’ve taken on an intern. While I’m not a fan of either the ESPN blowhard or the Bengals/Jets QB, the name “Boomer” just seemed to fit. He’s eight weeks old today and he’ll eventually take over some of Louisville’s duties as she approaches retirement.

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  1. Welcome to Boomer! Hope he manages to stick on for a full time gig.

    In other news, it was a good day for OF prospects. Stevenson is still raking.

    The same with Robles. I don’t know what more he has to prove in Potomac. He’s up to .305/.397/.545 on the season. That’s substantially better than the number he posted last year in Hagerstown that warranted a promotion. He’s now got 99 games and over 400 plate appearances. Suffice to say, he’s mastered A+.

    It’s also fortunate as he’s got a perfect replacement for him in Hagerstown. Daniel Johnson is in the top 10 HR leaders in the entire minor league system. He’s also got a Robles-esque .301/.369/.565 (they both have exactly the same number of walks: 18. Robles just has his 6th ‘tool’- HBP). Johnson isn’t also particularly young for Hagerstown, turning 22 in a couple weeks.

    Sheldon Neuse is also deserving of a promotion. He’s been getting regular games at SS with Kieboom injured. A SS who can hit .288/.347/.471, even with average defense is a reallly interesting prospect. I wonder if he can stick there… And with Edwin Lora scuffling and David Masters occupying 3B, there isn’t much keeping Neuse from getting lots of playing time in Potomac.

    It’s been an oddly quiet summer for promotions. Guys like Stevenson were promoted early, then a couple more players have been demoted (O. Ortiz, Agustin, DeRosier, etc.), but with regards to real prospects, there’s been barely any movement.

    1. Luke can comment on this more since he’s been watching Robles in person, but it seems like he’s kicked it into another gear since coming off the DL the last time and/or after he got benched for not running out a pop-up. I expect him to not only get promoted soon, but to be a prime AFL candidate as well.

      Glad to see Stevenson clicking. One would hope he’ll get the next look with the big club in CF, NOT Difo again. That was an adventure that never should have happened. Stevenson certainly should be tracking for a September call-up, although he’d have to be added to the 40-man.

      And wow, Dan the Man Johnson is doing some amazing things. He certainly should be Woodbridge-bound soon.

      1. Daniel Johnson just doubled
        Vs Delmarva. No HR? Sigh
        Caldioli Sanfler. 4 hits 2 doubles 4 RBIs. Way to go DSL kid!

  2. Oddly quiet indeed. It’s way past time.

    So Luke, this is the first time you’ve had 3 interns. Keep’em busy.

  3. Hello boomer or shall we say lefty ?
    The process takes awhile for the college draftees to sign then process through West Palm. Have I been typing Viera ?? Oops

  4. GCL roster. http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?cid=466&sid=milb

    No Antuna yet. The other four youngsters are there. It is strange seeing “2000” in the birthday column.

    No Justin Connell either. I thought he had signed. Perhaps it is a paperwork issue. I believe there were a couple of guys added late last year, so perhaps we will see Antuna and Connell on there before tomorrow.

    1. Million(s) dollar infield vs Mets in opener for GCL Nats
      Hey , Cramer! Switch hitter 1b
      Coppell Tx native .
      Cool GCL squad
      Let’s see how Weston Davis rehabs

  5. Quick update on signings thru the first 10 rounds (+ means overslot, – means under):
    1. Romero – unsigned (slot: $2.53m)
    2. Crowe – unsigned (slot: 0.946m)
    3. Raquet – signed (-$77,600, under slot)
    4. Freeman – unsigned (slot: $390k)
    5. Hill – unsigned (splot: $291k)
    6. Johnston – signed ($o, at slot)
    7. Tetreault – signed (+122,000)
    8. Brasher – signed (-140,000)
    9. Trooper – signed (+47,000)
    10. Turner -signed (-$31,000)

    4 of the top 5 haven’t signed yet, so there’s still lots of potential savings, but I’d bet we’ll be overslot on Romero, Crowe and Hill, and significantly underslot with Freeman.

    BA is also reporting we signed Connell (11th round) for $125k, and Jackson Stoeckinger (12th round) for $175k, representing another $100k overslot

    As it stands now, we are about $20k overslot, unless a bunch of the late round guys took tiny bonuses.

    1. My guess is they will try to save some money for Montes De Oca. He is definitely intriguing. I am not sure there is anyone else to go over slot for with Baker going to Cal. It will be very interesting to see if they can save on Romero.

      Did they change the rules? The way it was before, guys after the 10th round taking lower bonuses would not help.

      1. It seems that the ‘slot’ after the 10th round is somewhere around $125k. Anything over $125k then counts against the draft pool, so Connell would not draw away from the Nats’ $5.5m draft pool, but Stoeckinger would account for $50k of it. So I take back what I said above.

        We’re actually about $30k underslot (~$80k in savings from 1-10 – $50k for Stoeckinger).

      2. Could be wrong and well aware that Boras usually gets his way, but wouldn’t think that the Nats will need to go over-slot on Romero.

        What are his options? If he fails to sign, he has been booted from U of Houston. So, going back to college is not so easy.

        Romero will be forced to find another college that will take him. Dicey as most top programs may not want to touch him. Also, that’s a year of lost income and if Romero has anything else that goes wrong for him before the next year’s draft, he won’t come close to sniffing the first round again (Romero may have fallen out of the first round if the Nats had not taken him). Romero faces more risk than most draft picks if he fails to sign; think he has to take the Nats best offer.

    2. I just did the math using MLB.com’s bonus figures, and we are about $700 over slot. They have Cole Freeman as signed.

      I will be very surprised if they go over slot for Crowe. He is a soon to be 23-year old senior. He will sign for less. I would not go over for Romero myself. If he wants more than $2.5 million, he can go have fun pitching in independent ball. I would love to get both guys, but I certainly would not cry about getting more picks and slot money for what I believe is a better draft next year.

      My hope is they can sign everybody in the top ten plus Montes De Oca. He sounds like a real sleeper. He hits high 90s as a starter and is still building up his body. Valedictorian of his HS, and a semester away from graduating college with a Finance and Banking degree.

          1. Not sure how Freeman could’ve signed as LSU is still playing in the CWS. Among other things, would think that a signing would endanger his amateur status. Maybe, they have an agreement to sign after the CWS, but you would not think that would be reported yet in the MLB database.

          2. Pilchard: It is probably an error. That is good news. It likely means more money for the big three (I am counting Montes De Oca).

          3. Don’t worry! I’ve figured it out! Several sources, which I will link to at the bottom of the post, have the 134th pick listed as signing for 340K (exactly the same amount that MLB draft tracker has for Freeman) and have Freeman listed as unsigned.

            So whoever entered the signing bonus into MLB’s online draft tracker was off by one draft pick and accidentally entered the next pick’s signing info in for Freeman. So Will and Pilchard’s reasoning is probably sound and Freeman will sign for significantly under slot after the College World Series.

            Here are my sources: https://www.mlbdailydish.com/2017/6/15/15812484/2017-mlb-draft-signings-tracker and http://m.mlb.com/news/article/237042574/2017-draft-signing-and-bonus-tracker/

      2. I had also seen reports that Freeman has signed, but that can’t be right with his team still active in the CWS. He would be a senior signee, as would Hill, whose team is just done with the CWS.

        People haven’t mentioned Eric Senior much, but he had some monster power/speed stats at the JUCO level and is 6-3, so I hope they can get him signed.

        1. Yeah, it looks like the link I used had several errors.

          Senior does look great. In the video I saw it looked like wooden bats as well. He definitely has a great frame with potential to bulk up. Fingers crossed. 19-year old league MVP.

  6. Bob Carpenter I am sure would love to be announcing de Orcas name
    In a few years
    By the way I noticed Chief Chad Cordero is a volunteer coach for his
    Alma mater CSF!

    1. Do we see Phil Caufeld or Freeman
      On Hagerstown bench rotation later this summer ? Freeman might be played out in Omaha though .

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