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 |