Good, Bad, Interesting — Vol. 6

Our semi-weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues.

SYRACUSE CHIEFS 45-74, 6th place I.L. North, 31½ games behind

Good	Neftali Soto .309/.359/.541 in 47G Esmil Rogers 1-1, 2.65 ERA, 1.06 WHIP in first 3GS (17IP)
Bad	Chad Huffman .418 OPS in 12G Kevin Jepsen 8.76 ERA, 1.86 WHIP in 10 appearances
Interesting	Next Chiefs loss or IronPigs win eliminates team from playoffs

HARRISBURG SENATORS 48-68, 6th place E.L. West, 12½ games behind

Good	Dan Gamache .356/.417/.575, 4HR, 15 RBI in 26G Brady Dragmire 2-1, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP in 13 appearances (24IP)
Bad	Drew Ward 111K in 100G Taylor Hill 24K in 71IP
Interesting	41-17 when scoring four or more runs (H/T Sens PR)

POTOMAC NATIONALS 20-26, 5th place C.L. North, 9 games behind (53-63 overall)

Good	Daniel Johnson .333/.373/.526, 3HR, 11RBI, 5SB in 18G since promotion Joan Baez one HR allowed in 56IP
Bad	Bryan Mejia 17E, 16BB in 96G 202 of 998 IP thrown by pitchers league-average age or younger (SSDY)
Interesting	Most sacrifice hits, fewest GIDPs in Carolina League

HAGERSTOWN SUNS 27-18, 1st place Sally North, .004 W% ahead (65-50 overall)

Good	Blake Perkins 56BB in 109G James Bourque 102⅔ IP in 2017 (113IP in 2014, 2016)
Bad	Blake Perkins 102K in 109H James Bourque 15WP
Interesting	Eight IBBs issued to Suns batters, most in Sally Lg. 57SB allowed, least in Sally Lg.

AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS 19-30, 5th Place, Pinckney Division, New York-Penn League, 11 games behind

Good	32HR, 3rd in the 14-team NYPL 21-y.o. Nick Raquet Watson 1-1, 1.88 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
Bad	Armond Upshaw .172/.343/.216, 43K in 40G David Smith 1-3, 8.27 ERA, 1.89 WHIP in nine appearances
Interesting	22/42 CS-SB attempts (52% CS), 71E (2nd most in NYPL)

GCL NATIONALS 23-16, 1st Place, Eastern Division, 1 game ahead

Good	Alex Dunlap .279/.439/.488, 3HR, 7BB in 16G Angel Guillen 2-0, 0.56 ERA, 0.75 WHIP in 16IP
Bad	Juan Pascal .485 OPS in 26G Nector Ramirez 3-1, 7.07 ERA, 1.93 WHIP in 14IP
Interesting	19-y.o. Nelson Galindez 2.61 ERA, 16BB, 14K in 20⅔ IP 20-y.o. Jose Cabello .396 OBP in 14G (splitting time with Dunlap)

DSL NATIONALS 24-35, 8th Place, South Division, 16 games behind

Good	19-y.o. Jesus Morales .298/.379/.374 in 48G 18-y.o. Alfonso Hernandez 1-1, 2.47 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 52K in 47⅓ IP
Bad	19-y.o. Brailin Mesa, .430 OPS (13G) 20-y.o. Gerald De La Cruz, 2.36 WHIP (18⅔ IP)
Interesting	19-y.o. Caldioli Sanfler, 32BB in 49G 18-y.o. Alejandro Vallejo 9HBP, 27BB, 37K in 30IP

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