SIGNED
• RHP Allen Webster
RELEASED
• LHP Nick Raquet
Webster has spent parts of five seasons in the majors with the Red Sox… wait for it… the Diamondbacks, and the Cubs. Injuries have limited the 30-y.o. to just 35 innings the past two seasons. Raquet was a 3rd Rd. pick in the 2017 Draft out of the College of William and Mary but hit his ceiling at High-A (37GS, 4.32 ERA, 1.43 WHIP), and fared very poorly in the 2019 AFL (9G, 2GS, 11⅔ IP, 14H, 13R, 11ER, 9BB, 12K).
Word on the street is that the minor-league games began yesterday, with the Nats playing the Marlins to a 1-0 win. Some of the unofficial highlights, courtesy of Mr. Dennis Dunlap (I believe he is Alex’s father):
• Romero – 2IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 2K – ended the 2nd inning by picking off the runner at 1st base.
• Cate – 2IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K – the shutout was preserved in the 4th by a strong throw from Bautista in CF to Pineda to nail a Marlins runner at the plate.
• Irvin – 2IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 4K – 2 clean innings
• Wells – 1IP, 0R, 1H, 2K – the inning ended on a caught stealing by Dunlap
• Maldonado – 1IP, 0R, 0H, 1K – clean inning
• Teel – 1IP, 0R, 0H, 1K – clean inning
• Banks – BB, stolen base
• Bichette – infield single, run
• Mendoza – 2B to the LCF gap, RBI
• Dunlap – 1B
• Emiliani – 1B
The big boys will in Jupiter this afternoon before heading back to West Palm Beach tomorrow.