Wednesday’s News & Notes

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1. I am always out of town when mother natures showers gives fans another MU DH.
   Potomac awaiting for a couple bats to come up to reenforce in a month or two …

   1. Wheel of fortune week for Grizzlies in Reno

      1. Espino settled down for a PCL QS. 3 ER in PCL altititude good. Better than Sanchez or Sharp same day

   2. Paulo Espino should throw @ Reno catcher who bunted to break up the hitless game ??

   3. I am just saying this. Borne gets bewitched by Salem the same day Taylor Hearn gets promoted to Aaa Texas .. I mole MLB Texas.
      Raquet how long does he stay in 1-3 IP role ?
      Harrison / Lara / Antuna takes the ABs away from whom on Potomac ??

   4. Vlad Jr up. Feels like yesterday I drove ten hours round trip to swatch his daddy @ 19 in Akron frustrate the Indians… he almost hit for the cycle.

2. Not to bury the lede: Harrisburg is now 16-2. Wow.

3. The Sens did pull that one out of their posterior as the defense committed 4 errors. Fedde was dealing and only a couple of the hits he gave up were hit hard. Sens now 16-2.

   1. 2019 Senators = 1927 Yankees

4. Interesting start by Fedde, with 11 K’s and no walks, but also with 8 hits surrendered. Another strong start from Tetreault at Potomac. He could get the first ticket to Harrisburg, as he seems to be moving into legit “prospect” status. There was a lot of positive buzz about Irvin coming out of the spring, but he’s been a bit up and down thus far.

   KJ Harrison now hitting a cool .449.

   1. Texas always needs starting pitching depth. Maybe the best guy in Fresno could be dealt / sold for cash to open slot for Crowe or Fedde

   2. I watched KJ at OSU for three years. He might surprise. Good player.

5. Inspired by Tetreault’s performance, I rounded up some of the best-performing pitching prospects between Harrisburg, Potomac, and Hagerstown last night on TalkNats, and it was…a lot. This is a really exciting time for Nats prospect hounds.

   1. That list, for anyone curious…

      Wil Crowe (AA, starter): 1.17 ERA, 0.78 WHIP
      Sterling Sharp (AA, starter): 3.71 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
      Ben Braymer (AA, starter): 2.12 ERA, 0.82 WHIP
      Jacob Condra-Bogan (AA, reliever): 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP
      Taylor Guilbeau (AA, reliever): 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
      Joan Baez (AA, reliever): 1.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP
      James Bourque (AA, reliever): 1.04 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
      Jackson Tetreault (A+, starter): 1.23 ERA, 0.91 WHIP
      Steven Fuentes (A+, reliever): 0.90 ERA, 0.80 WHIP
      Carson Teel (A-A+, reliever): 1.13 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
      Tim Cate (A, starter): 1.27 ERA, 0.94 WHIP
      Jhonatan German (A, reliever): 0.87 ERA, 0.77 WHIP
      Aaron Fletcher (A, reliever): 1.80 ERA, 0.60 WHIP

      It’s still just about three weeks in, so these sample sizes are small, and offense will likely get going as hitters adjust to their new levels and the weather gets warmer. But some interesting names to watch here, including several advanced college arms who could move quickly (as Teel already has).

      1. Thanks Sao!

         If the Potomac offense is so anemic they could use a shot on the arm with Harrison and maybe Lara.

         1. Don’t forget a healthy Big Tuna

   2. Sao. Only 22, This kid Tetreault is the real deal. In his 2017 Draft year, short season, of the 32 pitchers taken in the first 2 rounds, 27 played that season. Tetreault’s ERA as a starter was lower than 20 of those multi/million dollar bonus babies signed! The bargain of the draft at $300K. He then went on to lead Hagerstown the next season in Ks with 118 in 111 innings earning the promotion to Potomac. Tetreault Trained this past off season at the National’s, Ball Park of the Palm Beaches, put on 15 lbs of muscle. He told me when I saw him there, “I feel fantastic”. By his 2019 stats, it looks like it’s paying off in a big way!

6. Yes, that’s a good list, and a much more encouraging one than it felt like when we were trying to come up with 10 worthy names for the Top Arms list back in Nov./Dec. It’s a little shorter on starters than would be ideal, but there are also some guys like Fletcher and Stoeckinger (1.04 ERA, 0.92 WHIP) who could be stretched out. And of course it doesn’t include the #1 picks from the last two drafts, or a bunch of slightly aging guys who are also doing well (Mills, Mapes, Barrett and Sanchez at AA, A. Lee at A+). Reliever Frankie Bartow at Potomac looks like a legit relief prospect (0.84 ERA, 1.03 WHIP). Irvin and Adon are a couple of supposed higher-ceiling starters at Hagerstown whose stats aren’t eye-popping but aren’t bad. Our friend Forencicane reported seeing Alex Troop throwing in FLA, so he should reemerge at some point, as should Brigham Hill.

   1. Eyes on German / Guillen tandem in Hags.
      Let’s see if Tommy Peterson can return to form to join McKinney in Potomac as Big Gabe Heals on the sideline .
      Then thee is Brinley on the road back

7. Sanchez and Sharp stuff did not dance in matinees

   1. Today wasn’t a great day in Natsworld at all. Nick Raquet got stomped again too. He looks like Jake Johansen 2.0.

      At least Carter Kieboom had a good one today, and Drew Ward was good too.

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