| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | OFF DAY | OFF DAY | N/A |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 5-3 | @ DSL Mets1, 10:30 a.m. |
Rochester Red Wings (47-69, T5th, 23½ GB, Northeast Div. AAA East)
The Rochester Red Wings finished the regular season in a tie for 5th place in the AAA East Northeast Division with the Syracuse Mets. This week, they’re on the road in Worcester to play the (ugh) WooSox as part of the does-this-make-any-sense-beyond-five-more-home-games-for-everybody “Final Stretch.”
DSL Nationals 5 DSL Mets1 3
• Cedeno 5IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 6K, HR, HBP
• Agostini (W, 4-2) 2IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 4K, WP
• J. Fernandez 3-3, 2R, SB
• S. Castro 3-3, R, 2B, CS, 2RBI
• E. Ramirez 1-2, 2R, HR, RBI
The D-Mets1 got three in the 1st but were shut down the rest of the way, as the D-Nats offense dug itself out (how novel) for a 5-3 win, the fourth straight for Washington’s foreign-rookie affiliate. 19-y.o. Jose Cedeno let in all three D-Mets1 runs on a three-run HR and three hits total over five innings. He walked one and struck out six. 17-y.o. Gabriel Agostini finished the game with two scoreless frames, giving up two hits and a walk, and fanning four. 17-y.o. Jenier Fernandez and 18-y.o. Sebastian Castro both went 3-for-3 and combined for three runs scored, including the go-ahead and insurance runs ahead of 17-y.o. Armando Cruz’s double in the 6th.
ODDS AND ENDS
We’re in a weird place as the season winds down, extended at AAA for some reason and going into October because they started so late in the D.R.
Instrux? Who knows.
The AFL? Bits and pieces, but nothing official. I’m not sure it’s really news that MLB is requiring vaccinations for players after requiring the same from coaches, managers, trainers, etc. for the postseason. That probably won’t affect too many candidates, but might exclude some scouts and other front-office personnel.
Finally, it may shock you to learn that Washington was NOT the worst organization by winning percentage among the full-season teams (St. Louis), nor were the Harrisburg Senators—yeah, I missed that the Fredericksburg Nationals passed them this past weekend—the worst full-season team (Palm Beach Cardinals, 37-80, though dishonorable a mention goes to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers for a -275 run differential).