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Tuesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester OFF DAY @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m. Rodriguez (1-0, 6.41) vs. TBD
Harrisburg OFF DAY vs. Bowie, 6:05 p.m. Carrillo (0-2, 5.63) vs. Jannis (0-2, 7.65)
Wilmington OFF DAY vs. Aberdeen. 7:05 p.m. E. Lee (2-3, 4.43) vs. Gillispie (4-8, 4.93)
Fredericksburg OFF DAY @ Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. TBD
FCL Nationals Won, 11-4 vs. FCL Astros, 10 a.m. (DH)
DSL Nationals Won, 6-4 @ DSL Phillies Red, 10:30 a.m.

Rochester Red Wings (43-61, 5th, 20½ GB, Northeast Div. AAA East)
One team’s losing streak is going to come to an end tonight as Rochester, loser of six straight and winless in eight, visits Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, loser of nine straight. The Red Wings’ tailspin has brought them within a game and a half of last place, with no more games left against the current cellar-dwellers, the Syracuse Mets.

Harrisburg Senators (41-66, 6th, 26GB, Southwest Div. AA Northeast)
The Senators return to City Isle for their final homestand to face the BaySox for seven games. Believe it or not, this is only the second series between these two teams, with Bowie taking one of five played way back in May.

Wilmington Blue Rocks (46-60, 4th, 17½ GB, North Division High-A East)
Wilmington also returns home for the last time in 2021, taking on Aberdeen for six (games 18-23). The Blue Rocks have won 8 of 17 games and can take the season series with four or more wins.

Fredericksburg Nationals (37-71, 4th, 29GB, North Division, Low-A East
The F-Nats are in a seven-game tailspin, with the last six at the hands of the first-place S-Sox. It doesn’t get much easier as they stay on the road for six more against the Shorebirds, a team that has beaten them 22 times in 30 games this season.

FCL Nationals 11 FCL Cardinals 4
• Sinclair 2IP, 3H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K, HBP, WP
• Hiraldo (W, 2-4) 5IP, 3H, R, ER, BB, 6K, WP
• Lile 2-3, 3R, 2B, 2BB, RBI
• House 2-4, 3R, BB
• Frizzell 2-5, 2B, 3RBI
• White 2-5, R, RBI, SB

The FCL Nationals pushed their win streak to four with an 11-4 smackdown of the FCL Cardinals. Jack Sinclair got the start and dug a 3-0 hole on three hits and two walks over two innings. Bernardo Hiraldo picked up his second win with five innings of one-run relief on three this and a walk while striking out six. Every starter in the lineup had a hit with five batters having two hits apiece, led by Daylen Lile with a single, double, and two walks.

DSL Nationals 6 DSL Philies Red 4
• Agostini 3IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 3K, HBP
• Cedeno (W, 4-0) 4IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 4K
• Montero (SV, 2) 2IP, 1H, 0R, BB, K
• J. Fernandez 3-4, 2R
• Cruz 3-5, 2B, 2RBI
• Batista 2-3, R, BB, RBI, SB

A five-run 2nd put the D-Nats in the driver’s seat early as they stopped a three-game slide with a 6-4 win over the D-Phillies Red. 17-y.o. Gabriel Agostini, who’s been kept on a short leash with his second three-inning stint after nine previous appearances of two innings or less, got the start and allowed no hits, two walks, and a Victor Robles. He struck out three. 19-y.o. Jose Cedeno got the win in relief with two runs over four innings while 19-y.o. Ronni Montero put up two goose eggs to earn the save. Jenier Fernandez and Armando Cruz, both 17, led the 12-hit attack with three singles each.

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  1. Of the 3 High Schoolers playing in Florida, Lile is doing what you would expect, showing good signs while struggling to adjust.
    Brady House & T.J. White, however, are just crushing it right now. It’s too bad the season is almost over for them as they are ready for Low A.
    Makes for an exciting 2022!

  2. Yes, but House has now gone four whole games without homering. What a bum! He does have five hits across those four games, though. Kidding aside, that’s very encouraging. There was some concern among scouts that he has been having some contact issues this spring, becoming all-or-nothing. Not a problem so far in FLA.

    Yes, very good to see House, Lile, and White all doing well. I also have high hopes for Frizzell, who is off to a good start after a monster season with Texas A&M. House, White, and Frizzell have the power potential that has been sorely lacking from this organization for years, with the exception of Soto’s brief time in the minors and the inflated numbers at Fresno.

  3. How good has Gabriel Agostini been?! He’s now up to 22.2 innings of scoreless baseball! And he just turned 17 in late July!

    Who was the last stand out IFA pitching prospect we’ve had? Reynaldo Lopez? 2014 was a loooong time ago.

      1. He’s up to 4 now, having doubled his tally yesterday, but it’s still fantastic. A 1.59 BB/9 would be in the top 5 best rate of any SP in the majors this season.

        Looks like he could be something special!

        1. What is funny is DiPuglia seemed much more excited about Rivas than him. It is funny how things work. Hopefully Rivas and Mirton Blanco come stateside and do well too.

          Blanco was 6’5″ and 180, but hitting 98 as a barely 17-year old. He had Tommy John though, but it is fun to dream on him getting bigger and syronger and being a nasty closer.

          1. Blanco on the sideline is a bummer but he learns about life through the struggle
            Jenier Fernandez playing multiple positions . Hmmmm.
            Artie Johnson in Laugh – In: in- tah – vesting

    2. Rey Lopez was one of the Nats’ “older” international signees, didn’t make his pro debut until age 18. The Nats had very good success with several “older” players during that period — Lopez, Suero, Difo, Marmolejos, and Severino to name a few. Their success with that approach seems to have dried up in recent years, though. It sure makes sense to keep looking, as we all know plenty of good-players-to-be who were not nearly the studs they would become when they were age 16. (That generally would be the sophomore year for U.S. teens — you know, the one where Michael Jordan couldn’t even make the hoops varsity.)

  4. Generally, just drafted HS bats struggle with the jump to pro-ball even at the FCL level. Realize that it’s early and there is a long way to go, but got to like the way Lile, White and particularly House have started out. Usually the last tool develop is power, but House slugging .758 is just beautiful to see.

    1. Is that actually the case? Or have we been so starved of ACTUAL high-quality HS bats for so long that we’ve only seen mostly mediocre/flawed hitters (like Drew Ward, Michael Taylor) for the past decade or two?

      Harper was in a different league, but he didn’t struggle at all. The 4 HS batters before House was picked this year are also hitting well so far.

      1. Just wait until next years draft with a higher pick slot for the quality blue chip kids .
        Second half of summer seeing progress in kids who sat last summer twittling their thumbs

        1. If Elijah Green falls to five and we get House and him back to back…

          There are a ton of really good prospects. It seems a lot like 2005, where you will have to work hard not to get a seriously great prospect.

      2. Harper technically was a college player. Even though he was at a JUCO, and high-school aged, he won the Golden Spikes Award as national college player of the year.

        Other than Kieboom, and Souza after a LONG development period, the Nats haven’t had great success with high school hitters. In the 2010s, Andrew Perkins was the highest picked/biggest flop. A lot of other guys progressed very slowly: Taylor, Ward, Destin Hood, Reetz. Of course they’ve had a number of college hitters picked in the top five rounds or so who have floundered as well. Renda, Kobernus, Hague, et al. Banks, Wiseman, Freeman, and Mendoza are all still trying to make it. Skole and at times Drew Ward are about the only ones who have hit for some semblance of power.

  5. Andry Lara is in Fburg. There should be time for a couple of starts.

    He would have been a HS senior and a draft pick in this past draft.

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