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Tuesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Syracuse Lost, 4-1;
Won, 3-2
(8 inn.)		 vs. Rochester,
6:35 p.m.		 Voth (4-4, 4.06) vs.
Littell (1-3, 3.05)
Harrisburg Lost, 4-0 @ Altoona,
5:00 p.m.		 Long (1-5, 4.03) and
Williams (2-1, 1.49) vs.
Hearn (2-5, 3.63) and TBD
Potomac Lost, 5-1 @ Down East,
7:00 p.m.		 Raquet (A+ Debut) vs.
Rowland (1st A+ start of ’18)
Hagerstown Won, 5-0 @ Delmarva,
7:05 p.m.		 Tetreault (1-6, 5.37) vs.
Peluffo (0-3, 10.59)
Auburn Won, 4-0;
Won, 3-2		 vs. West Virginia,
6:30 p.m.		 M. Peña (1-0, 0.90) vs.
Manasa (1-1, 3.57)
GCL Nationals Won, 5-1 @ GCL Cardinals,
12:00 p.m.		  

Rochester 4 Syracuse 1 – GAME ONE
• Valdez (L, 2-4) 6⅓ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 5K, HR, BK, HBP
• Read 0-3

Syracuse 3 Rochester 2 (8 inn.) – GAME TWO
• Suero 2IP, 0H, 0R
• Read 1-3, BB
• Marmolejos 0-3
Roster moves: RHP Austin Adams placed on 3-Day TIL; RHP Jefry Rodriguez optioned from Washington.

Altoona 4 Harrisburg 0
• Darnell (L, 3-4) 5IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 2K
• Fleck 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Kieboom 1-3, K
• Noll, Walker 0-2, BB

Altoona’s Mitch Keller dominated Harrisburg for eight innings as he and Montana DuRupau combined on a one-hit, 4-0 shutout. Logan Darnell lost for the fourth time while allowing the first three Curve runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out two. Carter Kieboom’s one-out single in the 1st and walks by Jake Noll and Adam Walker were the only baserunners for the Senators. Roster moves: RHP Ronald Pena promoted from Potomac; RHP Jeff Ames released.

Down East 5 Potomac 1
• Crownover (L, 3-6) 6⅓ IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 6K, HR, HBP
• Mills ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 1-0 IR-S
• Mejia 1-3, R, BB
• Basto 1-3

The P-Nats struck in the first and took the rest of the night off as the Wood Ducks rallied for three in the 7th and two in the 8th to take the series opener, 5-1. Matthew Crownover pitched into the 7th for the first time this season and gave up the first three Down East runs on an Earl Weaver special. He gave up five hits and two walks total while setting down six on strikes in his sixth loss. Bryan Mejia was the only Potomac batter to reach base twice as they struck out 12 times and managed just five singles. Roster moves: RHPs Jeremy Hellickson, Brandon Kintzler rehab assignments ended; OF Telmito Agustin placed on 7-Day DL; RHP Matt DeRosier promoted from Hagerstown; RHP Sterling Sharp reassigned from Harrisburg; OF Nick Basto assigned from Washington (MLFA).

Hagerstown 5 Delmarva 0
• Johnston (W, 1-2) 6IP, 5H, 0R, 0BB, 4K, 2HBP
• Ja. Johnson 2IP, 0H, 0R, BB, K
• Garcia 2-3, 2R, 2B
• Scudder 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI
• Flores 1-3, BB

Three Hagerstown pitchers combined on a six-hit, 5-0 shutout of Delmarva. Kyle Johnston went the first six innings and gave up the first five hits, walked none, hit two batters and struck out four in his first win. Carlos Acevedo gave up the last hit in his single inning pitched while Jared Johnson threw two scoreless innings to seal the deal. Luis Garcia singled, doubled, and scored two runs while Jake Scudder drove in three while going 2-for-4 with a HR to lead the Suns offense. Roster move: RHP Rodney Theophile (18-y.o. IFA, signed last December) reassigned from the GCL.

Auburn 4 West Virginia 0 – GAME ONE
• F. Peguero 5IP, 3H, 0R, 3BB, 1K
• Bartow (W, 1-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Blash 2-3, R, RBI
• Pineda 2-3, R, 2B, 2RBI

The Doubledays exploded for four runs in the bottom of the 6th while the two Frankies combined on a three-hit shutout in the first of two. Peguero got the start and tossed five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while setting down one on strikes. Bartow was perfect for two innings to pick up his first professional win since leaving the Univ. of Miami. Jamori Blash, Israel Pineda, and Jason Martinson each went 2-for-3 to pace the Auburn attack.

Auburn 3 West Virginia 2 – GAME TWO
• Tapani 2IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 0K
• German (W, 1-0) 2IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 2K
• Carrillo 1-2, R, BB
• Blash 1-3, R, RBI

Auburn completed the sweep and ran their win streak to three with a 3-2 win vs. West Virginia in the nightcap. Ryan Tapani got the start and the boot after two runs let in on three hits and two walks over two innings. He struck out none. Jhonatan German picked up the win in relief with two scoreless innings, one walk issued, and two whiffs. Jamori Blash drove in another run and went 1-for-3 with a run scored while Adalberto Carrilo singled and walked to lead the Doubleday offense. Roster moves: SS Kyle Marinconz, RHP Andrew Karp reassigned from the GCL.

GCL Nationals 5 GCL Mets 1
• Strom 2IP, 4H, 0R, BB, 3K
• Milacki (W, 1-0) 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• J. Peguero (S, 1)3IP, 3H, R, ER, 0BB, 1K, 2HBP
• J. Morales 2-4, R, 2K
• Dunlap 2-4, R, BB, RBI
• Sanfler 2-5, R, 2K

The G-Nats broke out for four in the 3rd and held on for a 5-1 win over the G-Mets. Leif Strom made his second start and was peppered for four hits over two innings while issuing a walk and striking out three. The win went to Bobby Milacki, who allowed one hit and no walks over three scoreless innings. Jairon Peguero got the three-inning save with one run let in on three hits, no walks, and one whiff. He also hit two batters. Caldioli Sanfler, Alex Dunlap, and Jose Morales each had two singles to account for six of the eight G-Nats hits. Roster moves: C Onix Vega (20th Rd., Broward College), OF Jonathan Quintana (31st, Barry Univ.) assigned from Washington.

24 Commments

  1. It’s actually “Theophile,” with two h’s. He’s 18 years old (turning 19 in Sept.), from Nicaragua, and an eye-catching 6-5, 230. The Nats signed him for $20K. And they’re skipping him all the way to Hags with no pro experience. Wow.

    1. This is a crazy story. Hopefully we can learn more about him soon.

      I love that Johnny DiPuglia isn’t just signing kids from the DR and Venezuela but is signing kids from Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia. Shows they are really scouting very thoroughly in the region. Next we need some prospects from Curacao/Aruba and Brazil!

      1. The economic / social downturn
        In some of these countries especially Venezuela might be spurring some of these kids to get out of dodge
        Luke, what is the status of the excess talent on IF/ OF depth charts
        Parked on big board XST/TBD?
        Brailin Mesa OF, Cesar Porte and Adrian Liriano IF?? Nats fans are not used to this excess baggage in lower chain .

      2. July 3 intl signing period nearby
        Anybody hear what Johnny D and crew might be scooping up??

      1. We are still awaiting the first Nats/ Orioles trade in clubs history but Orioles did sign a former DSL Nat OF Edwin Ventura .

  2. For someone younger, Luis Garcia just turned 18 in May, which would have made him one of the younger draftees if he had been drafted out of HS this year. Instead, he’s now hitting .289 at Hags after a very challenging April. He isn’t walking much, but his K rate is only 15%. Yes, there are the 16 errors, but they don’t seem to be coming as frequently as they were. It will be interesting to see if he gets the push to Potomac this year, or if they want him to have a full season in Hagerstown. Antuna is still struggling, but Garcia isn’t and seems to be separating himself from that comparison, at least for now.

    1. I wonder how hot Nick Choruby has to get to earn a bump up to Potomac in case Wiseman was bumped up to Harrisburg since DJ DL has been longer than some of the other mystery DLings.
      What up with Trey Turner the RH reliever out of Mizzou State??

  3. so let me get this straight, Sharp earns his promotion giving Potomac a half a season of solid starts and making the All Star team, gets promoted, then in his first AA start goes 7 innings and gives up 1 hit … and then gets sent back to High-A??

    Why? so we can continue to give starts to a 29-yr old MLFA with an ERA in the mid 5s in Darnell? So we can have Long continue to throw AA starts for the FIFTH consecutive season? So we can see what McGowin can do (despite the fact that he was a full time AAA starter in 2016 in the PCL and has also been in AA for 5 years??).

    I don’t get it. Are we developing players or are we serving as a retirement home for org guys?

    1. So with you here.

      I mean, WTF? What more does the kid need to do?

      Also, Onix Vega is a great name. It’s the kind of name you’d give on a reservation if you want to sound cool but don’t want the person to know your real name. “Vega. Onix Vega.”

      Let’s hope he can hit.

    2. Wondered the same thing. Sending Sharp back to A after a flawless AA debut was a head scratcher.

      Also, noticed that Telmito Agustin is back on the DL after a week of rehab at Auburn. Hope it’s not a long term issue. Hard to have a better start at Potomac than he had.

      1. He pulled up lame on a groundout last week so he could be out two weeks or the rest of the summer:-(

        1. If not a finger then a lingeriing leg injury. Time to move Wiseman up to Harrisburg .
          There is always another Nick Basto type for Potomac . Scudder, Esthay or 02 not ready for a bump
          Unless Keister could use Freeman on POTNATS

      2. Augustin finger must not be right.
        Look at Matt Adams. I am getting over a fracture in finger myself but I don’t have to swing Louisville slugger 34 ounce for a living

    3. I bet Sharp never got off the Sens tour bus. He is still a Sen now with AJ Bo taking his Potomac roster spot.
      Good for Ronald Pena reaching Burg
      Pen .

  4. Give all of this two weeks. There has got to be simple baseball card roster shuffling here.

    If Theophile goes right to A, that’s shocking on the order of Soto shocking. That has to be procedural, as do the other moves like Sharp, etc.

    1. He was a Top 30 IFA in 2016 and was assigned to the GCL for Opening Day so it’s possible he’s debuting here. Of course the last time a move like this was made, the guy got traded…

    2. Wednesday Lisson lineup vs Panamanian RHP includes Senior,
      Benincosme , Quintana , Peroni (C)
      And big Chisholm in the clean up spot
      Good pitcher blacking DSL this morning for Cards de blue

  5. The Connell situation is peculiar but clearly by design. He has played three partial games with increasing numbers of innings, and today got a stolen base. He has been running the bases, but has been replaced each time.

    Perhaps it’s an injury that does not relate to his legs or feet. The good news is he is in there and right now, starting every day.

    Vega in means Dunlap will soon enough be moving on up.

    Still waiting to see which other “lost” draftee jumps into the boat once Shaddy signs, and if Denaburg signs, if they can get him witht the extra coin to make that extra play.

    The SC draftees are a curious story, for at least one of them it appears to be a personal issue keeping him home. Those things happen.

    Some very interesting early performers in the rookie leagues and DieSL. Makes one wonder what the organizational depth chart will look like in early August for the home stretch.

    Agustin to the DL. Aargh. was one to watch. Perhaps he is not ready – hopefully not a reinjury. Was a shooting star under the radar of most until he was felled earlier, but the signing of a middling MLFA to play OF at Potomac at this stage, post-draft, says a lot.

    1. Gil, Shaddy may not play much this summer after the long CWS and regionals gauntlet . He is the one bat I look forward seeing tossed into a lower affiliate lineup. Maybe Like Noll who could hit 2-7 hole ??
      I have not watched Razorbacks on video or espn
      Yes Hurtago and Fernandez playing a game of DSL- I can top you on that .

    2. And another former White Sox farmhand to boot on the heels
      Of Hunter Jones and De Aza this winter

    3. Cane. You speak about the possible
      Extra Buffalo nickels saved on last minute signees. What about that Travis Shaw comped kid heading to
      Louisville ?? Make up for Jeff Gardner hitting the Hags ceiling . No offense , Jeff.

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