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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Matchup
Fresno Lost, 10-5 vs. Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Fedde (1st AAA start of ’19) vs. Luzardo (0-0, 5.40)
Harrisburg Lost, 9-3 @ Erie, 7:05 p.m. Tetreault (2-3, 3.92) vs. Manning (6-4, 2.53)
Potomac Won, 6-3 @ Carolina, 7:00 p.m. Raquet (5-7, 4.81) vs. N. Hernandez (7-5, 5.09)
Hagerstown Lost, 7-3 vs. Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Peguero (2-6, 2.62) vs. R. Wilson (3-2, 4.23)
Auburn Won, 5-2 vs. Williamsport, 7:00 p.m. Troop (0-0, 0.00) vs. Sutera (0-1, 1.29)
GCL Nationals Lost, 3-2 OFF DAY  

Las Vegas 10 Fresno 5
• Braymer 4⅔ IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 3K, 2HR, PO at 1B
• Bourque 2⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 5K, 2-0 IR-S
• Bacus (BS, 1; L, 4-2) ⅓ IP, 4H, 6R, 6ER, 2BB, 1K, HR, WP
• Marmolejos 2-3, R, 2B, 2RBI, BB
• Hernandez 2-3, R, BB
• Reynolds 2-4, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI

The Aviators let loose on the Grizzlies for seven runs in the 8th to turn a 5-3 deficit into a 10-5 win. Ben Braymer wobbled through four and 2/3rds innings, walking five and giving up three runs on six hits, including two solo HRs. He struck out three in his AAA debut. The loss went to one of Fresno’s two All-Star representatives Dakota Bacus, who retired just one of seven batters faced for the blown-save-loss. Matt Reynolds homered and doubled while José “Orange” Marmolejos and the other Grizzlies All-Star Yadiel Hernandez both went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
Roster moves: C/RHP Matt Reistetter placed in the 7-day I.L.; LHP Ben Braymer reassigned from Harrisburg.

Akron 9 Harrisburg 3
• M. Sanchez 5IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 4K, 2HR
• Dragmire (L, 0-1) 2IP, 4H, 4R, 1ER, BB, 0K
• A. Sanchez 2-4
• Sagdal 2-3, R, BB

Harrisburg briefly led this one, 3-1 before Akron chipped away with single runs to take a 4-3 lead then put the game away with three in the 7th, two in the 9th to take the series finale, 9-3. Mario Sanchez was knocked for three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four in a no-decision. Brady Dragmire suffered the loss with four runs let in on four this over two innings. Chuck Taylor accounted for the three Sens runs with a three-run HR while Adrián and Ian Sagdal led the hit column with two hits apiece.

Potomac 6 Wilmington 3
• Johnston (W, 8-7) 7IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, 0BB, 8K, HR
• German (SV, 3) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Freeman 2-3, BB, CS, 2E
• Reetz 2-4, R, 2B, HR, 4RBI
• Corredor 2-4, R, 2B

After a shaky first two innings, Kyle Johnston shook off Mr. Hyde and went Dr. Jekyll on the Blue Rocks in a 6-3 P-Nats win. Johnston gave up two in the 1st on former Washington farmhand Blake Perkins’s seventh HR in 184 games at High-A and one run in the 2nd before settling down to throw five scoreless to notch his eighth win and ninth quality start. Jhonatan German was nearly perfect, working around the third of three Potomac errors in the 8th to earn his third save. Jakson Reetz remains hot in the month of June (1.161 OPS) drove in four and racked up
six total bases with a double and his 4th (all this month) HR to lead the P-Nats attack.

Hickory 7 Hagerstown 3
• Guillen 4IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 5K, 2HR
• Day 3IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 4K, HBP
• Howell (L, 0-1) 1IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 1K
• Daily 1-3, SF, 2RBI
• Marinconz 1-2, R, BB, SAC

A 3-3 tie went bye-bye in the 8th as Hickory broke out for four runs and completed the three-game sweep with a 7-3 win over Hagerstown. Angel Guillen made the spot start and was hooked for three runs on four hits (two HR) and two walks over four innings while striking out five. After three scoreless from Chandler Day, Jacob Howell threw in-game BP for four runs on five hits in the 8th to lose his first game of the year. The Suns managed to squeeze three runs from five hits and five walks without any Hickory errors. Cole Daily drove in two with a sacrifice fly in the 2nd and a single in the 7th while Cody Wilson his fifth HR in the 3rd.

Auburn 5 Williamsport 2
• Strom (W, 1-0) 5IP, 4H, R, ER, 0BB, 4K, HR
• Galindez (H, 1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Yanofsky (SV, 1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Bautista 3-4, 2HR, 3RBI
• W. Perez 3-4, R, 2B
• Randa 2-4, R, 2B

Rafael Bautista homered twice and drove in three to power the Doubledays past the Crosscutters, 5-2. Leif Strom turned in five innings of one-run ball on four hits, no walks, and four K’s to earn the “W.” Nelson Galindez put up two goose eggs for the hold while Tyler Yanofsky worked around a hit in the 9th for a save in his pro debut. Wilmer Perez led the non-rehab batters with two singles and a double, followed by Jake Randa and Adalberto Carrillo, who both had a single and a double.

GCL Marlins 3 GCL Nationals 2
• Yean 5IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K
• B. Peña (L, 0-1) 2IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 2K
• Hurtado 2-4, R, 2K
• Martina 2-3, R
Roster moves: 16-y.o. OF Oliver Francois reassigned to the DSL.

10 Commments

  1. Wait, Carter Kieboom isn’t an all-star? It’s not just that he’s deserving, it’s that these leagues also usually want legit prospects playing in their all-star games. As much as we in the Nats Prospects community appreciate what Hernandez and Bacus have done, good luck finding them even mentioned on a prospect list. (But then Suero and Grace were rarely if ever mentioned, either.)

  2. Rough night for Bacus. As frustrated as I’m sure he is not to get the call to the major leagues, of course he has to know performances like that one really hurt his chances of ever getting there. A lot of pressure.

  3. Let’s talk about Ben Braymer. An 18th round pick out of Auburn, his rise has been very consistent since being drafted. Every year he has moved up a level mid-season since starting.
    That trajectory tells us he’ll be ready for the big club by next summer. Pitching in the PCL will toughen up any pitcher.

    Looking forward to see what Tetreault and Raquet can do today.

  4. Not a bad night for Braymer, other than the walks. Much farther down the food chain, I’m pleased to see the results from Day, Strom, and Galindez, all of whom I have some hope for, even though the latter two are later picks who may be longer shots. Looks like Kyle Johnston did his good/bad act all in the same game. He’s certainly panning out better thus far than the higher-picked Raquet.

  5. There are 16 teams in the PCL. Among those teams the median ERA is 5.37, 11 teams have an ERA of 5+. Fresno has an ERA of 5.72, and there are 5 teams with worse ERAs. Really hard to know how good or bad PCL pitchers are.

    In that context, Braymer’s start 4.2 innings 3 runs is on par with a typical PCL start.

  6. Nats signed both 3rd rounder 3B/1B Drew Mendoza ($800K — $180K over slot) and RP Matt Cronin ($464K – at slot). Nats have signed all of their picks taken in the first 10 rounds. It appears that 14th round LHP Lucas Knowles is the only pick that the Nats have not signed in the first 25 rounds. Knowles is the only pick in the first 25 rounds that MLB Draft Tracker that is not listed as signed.

    That said, the Nats are exceeded their allocated bonus pool. Not sure by how much or the implications.

    1. Glad to hear. I hope someone can explain the penalties for going over the allotment. I thought the punishments were pretty severe.

    2. Interesting. That puts us at $284k OVER slot. Apparently the CBA allows us to go around 5% over our allotment without too serious consequences. And $284k is right around that mark so it seems we avoided the worst of it but I am a bit surprised by some of these figures…

      I’m pretty sure the $300k bonus to Randa might be the highest bonus ever given to a post-top-10 pick in the new CBA.

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