Good, Bad, Interesting — Vol. 5
Our semi-weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.
SYRACUSE CHIEFS 34-63, 6th place I.L. North, 28½ games behind
| Good | Spencer Kieboom .297/.366/.405 in 21G Austin Adams 13.02K/9IP |
| Bad | Emmanuel Burriss .488 OPS, 7E in 36G Austin Adams 7.11 BB/9IP |
| Interesting | Leading after 8 innings, 24-3; Trailing: 1-44 |
HARRISBURG SENATORS 40-57, 5th place E.L. West, 11½ games behind
| Good | Corban Joseph .291/.355/.455 in July (15G) Wirkin Estevez 3-1, 3.15/3.84/1.40 in 6GS |
| Bad | 793 Team Batting K, 2nd most in E.L. 636 Team pitching K, 2nd fewest in E.L. |
| Interesting | Darian Sandford 14SB, 8th most in E.L. despite having played just 29G (H/T Sens PR) |
POTOMAC NATIONALS 8-18, 5th place C.L. North, 9 games behind (41-55 overall)
| Good | Edwin Lora .324 in last 10G Taylor Guilbeau 2-2, 3.07 ERA, 1.24 WHIP in 7GS |
| Bad | Taylor Gushue .217/.260/.348 in 18G since All-Star Break Ten team holds – fewest in the Carolina League |
| Interesting | 14-45 record when their opponent scores first; 27-10 when they score first |
HAGERSTOWN SUNS 14-12 2nd place Sally North, ½ game behind (52-43 overall)
| Good | Jake Noll .294/.341/.565, 6HR, 16 RBI since All-Star break (23G) Hayden Howard 1-0, 1.37 ERA, 1.06 WHIP in last 10G |
| Bad | Angelo La Bruna .482 OPS McKenzie Mills 11HBP in 97⅔ IP |
| Interesting | 26CS on defense – fewest in the Sally Lg |
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS 11-20, 6th Place, Pinckney Division, New York-Penn League, 8 games behind
| Good | Oliver Ortiz .309/.370/.505, 4HR, 17RBI in 23G Ben Braymer 1-0, 2.38/3.17/1.37, 31K in 22⅔IP (5GS) |
| Bad | Joshual Ramirez 12E in 18G 30 pitchers used so far |
| Interesting | 2nd most errors committed, 2nd most runners CS (53% CS rate) |
GCL NATIONALS 12-8, 1st Place, Eastern Division, .009 W% ahead
| Good | Ricardo Mendez .294/.400/.490, HR, 9RBI in 16G Tomas Alastre 1-0, 1.29ERA, 0.86 WHIP in 14IP |
| Bad | Edwin Ventura .416 OPS in 14G Malvin Pena 0-1, 5.73 ERA, 2HR allowed in 11IP |
| Interesting | 17-y.o. Yasel Antuna 10E, .735 OPS in 18G |
DSL NATIONALS 16-25, T7th Place, South Division, 14 games behind
| Good | 18-y.o. Cesar Porte .775 OPS in 23G 18-y.o. Niomar Gomez 0-2, 3.45 ERA, 1.15 WHIP in 31⅓ IP (7GS) |
| Bad | 19-y.o. Bryan Bencosme 14E in 36G 18-y.o. Edwin Michel 2.82 WHIP in 11IP (25H, 6BB) |
| Interesting | 18-y.o. Luis Aquino 19SB in 36G 17-y.o. Alfonso Hernandez 34K in 31⅓ IP |
Bencosme could develop into nice corner bat
Love Lora.
Luke you could do a good, bad, intahvesting ( Johnson from Laugh- In) just on lefty pitchers
Spencer is our backup catcher next year??
GCL NATIONALS good or interesting leading team ERA and WHIP 2.07 and 1.07