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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 7-3 @ Buffalo, 4:05 p.m. Abbott (0-1, 6.75) vs. Allgeyer (2-2, 4.91)
Harrisburg Won, 5-4 OFF DAY N/A
Wilmington Lost, 6-4 OFF DAY N/A
Fredericksburg Won, 7-4 OFF DAY N/A

Rochester 7 Syracuse 3
• Verrett (W, 3-3) 5IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K, HR
• F. Perez 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Palacios 3-4, R, 2B(5), 2RBI, SB
• Barrera 1-4, R, HR(5), 2RBI
• Noll 1-3, 2R, BB

The Red Wings scored in four straight innings as they took their fourth straight from the Mets, 7-3, taking the series, 5-1. Logan Verrett evened up his won0loss record at 3-3 with five innings of two-run ball. He scattered seven hits (one HR), walked none, and struck out three. Josh Palacious singled twice and doubled in two to lead the Rochester attack.

Harrisburg 5 Altoona 4
• Reyes 4IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K,
• Peguero 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Schaller (BS, 1; W, 2-0) 2IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 1K
• Adrianza 1-2, R, HR, RBI
• Lindsly 1-2, 2B, RBI
• Alu 1-1, 2B, 2RBI

Harrisburg walked off again for a 5-4 win to close out the series. Starter Luis Reyes gave up two runs over four innings on a walk and five hits. Francys Peguero (2IP) and Alex Troop (1IP) combined for three scoreless before Reid Schaller coughed up two runs in the 8th to blow his first save. The Senators rallied to win it in the bottom of the 9th, with Wilson Garcia doubling with one out, K.J. Harrison drawing a two-out walk, and Jake Alu coming off the bench to double them both in. Schaller, who worked around a walk in the 9th, was awarded the win.
Roster moves: LHP Ike Schlabach promoted from Wilmington; RHP Andrew Lee placed on the Development List.

‘Aberdeen 6 Wilmington 4
• Cuevas (L, 1-6) 2⅔ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 6BB, 1K
• Ferrer 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Canning 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI
• Jo. Sánchez 1-2, R, 2B, 2BB

The IronBirds had their way with Michael Cuevas and the Blue Rocks as they took the game, 6-4, and the series, 5-1. Michael Cuevas was only a little less ineffective in his second start of the series, walking six and giving up two runs and three hits over two and 2/3rds for his sixth loss of the season. Wilmington had just six hits but three went for extra bases, including Israel Pineda’s 10th double and Gage Canning’s first HR.
Roster moves: LHP Jose A. Ferrer promoted from Fredericksburg.

Fredericksburg 7 Salem 4
• Strasburg (W, 1-1) 5IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 6K
• Schoff (SV, 1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Infante 3-4, 2R, 2HR, 4RBI
• Emiliani 2-4, 2R, 2HR, 3RBI
• House 1-4, R, 2B

Fredericksburg got five no-hit innings from Stephen Strasburg and four home runs for a 7-4 win to split the series with Salem. Strasburg needed just 58 pitches to get 15 outs—six by way of the K—while issuing one walk. Brendan Collins let in four runs over three innings to somehow qualify for a hold and enable Tyler Schoff to work the 9th and earn his first save of the season. Sammy Infante launched a pair of two-run homers and added a single while Leandro Emiliani drove in three with a two-run HR in the 6th and a solo shot in the 7th.

24 Commments

  1. So good to see the promotion carousel is getting started, and that Nats brass rightly identified the most deserving (Cronin and Ferrer, thought Schlabach is a good dark horse pick). Meanwhile, it’s a bit annoying the front office remains so interested in signing back MILB FAs, only to see them uniformly not live up to their hype. Alfredo Rodriguez’s demotion to AA was just the next example. I didn’t realize that Rodriguez signed with the Reds for $7mil! He with Fox and Yasel Antuna could form the worst, most expensive infield of all time. That’s $17m in bonuses among the 3 of them!

  2. Congrats to Ferrer, first twice-promoted guy of the season. (technically his assignment to low-A was a “promotion” from FCL on the big board).

    Anyway, 24/1 K/BB certainly merited promotion. 13 baserunners in 19 innings is the definition of dominant.

    1. Agree on Ferrer, a great story. Look forward to seeing more of him at High A.
      That leaves 3 players who should have been sent to Wilmington weeks ago still toiling at Fredericksburg.

    2. The loogie conga line moves up
      Interesting these six games between two clubs
      No wonder some batters get very comfortable with familiar pitchers and their habits
      The humidity must have been higher Sunday for Fred batters
      Yes the Reds threw around much PD money
      Off day for you Luke
      Not to mention the Iowa Cubs here in Des Moines
      Actually on the road
      Park is walking distance from hotel
      Looks like Fongs Pizza
      Yea Chinese dishes on crusts

    3. What a bummer to see Erik Fedde turn in a micheal Cuevas outing vs Mets .
      Last night sure seemed as though the Nats are capable of unseating the Orioles next summer for the number one seat in draft order .

      1. There is a lottery now. Even if they have the worst record, they could pick as low as 7th. I would love top two as that would get Dylan Crews or Chase Dollander. Both look like special players. IMO, they would go 1-2 this year if they were eligible.

        1. It truly is a terrible time for the Nats’ sake for the draft lottery to start, although it has been long-needed with all the tanking teams. Nevertheless, it is looking like the Nats are going to have back to back top-10 picks, following the House pick, who really was a top-10 talent. For all the overall terrible drafting in the Rizzo era, they did nail the top-10 picks with Stras, Harper, and Rendon. (Admittedly, the first two were no-brainers.)

  3. Seeing Josiah Gray’s up-and-down starts in DC got methinking about how all our new trade deadline acquisitions have fared, 11 months on. The list, in order of prospect rating, with a sort of subjective classification to success, bust or mixed:
    1. Josiah Gray – mixed – currently sporting a 5.08 ERA, which is far worse than what you’d expect from a top 20 prospect in his second big league season. But it’s not all bad, as he’s shown glimpses of what he could be. Just not consistent yet.
    2. Keibert Ruiz – success – has shown very good defense, but the bat hasn’t totally come around yet. He still only has 1 HR. But then again, he never really had any power. His .281 AVG is very useful.
    3. Aldo Ramirez – bust – got hit hard, then got injured to a mysterious ailment, and has yet to appear in 2022. With all these players, they’re still young, but Ramirez’ prospect status has certainly dropped considerably since acquisition.
    4. Gerardo Carrillo – bust – was really poor in AA before also getting injured with a mysterious ailment
    5. Drew Millas – mixed – had a solid 2021, but – sensing a trend here? – Millas got injured and missed the first month. He’s been okay in AA, and is one of the few players that the Nats were more developmentally aggressive with this season.
    6. Riley Adams – no idea what to make of him – the fact that he’s contributing in the majors is a positive, but he’s not doing a very good job at contributing (both offensively and defensively) which is a negative. I still don’t see how Adams is any different from Barrera or Read, who he’s since blocked, but that doesn’t really have anything to do with him.
    7. Mason Thompson – mixed/bust? – yet another long term injury. Before we acquired him he was injured a lot. And with us, he’s been injured a lot.
    8. Seth Shuman – success? – had a bumpy 2021, but has looked good in 2022, sporting a 2.51 ERA and 1.08 WHIP. Could test him in AA soon, given that he spent all of 2021 in A+.
    9. Jordy Barley – bust – he’s been awful, batting .151/.207/.206.
    10. Donovan Casey – no idea – he went from out-of-this-world, to downright awful in 2 months last season. He’s now somewhere in between, thought definitely leaning much closer to bust, batting .200/.268/.400. It looks like his high strikeout/low walk rate will never translate, and his momentary blip of good play in early 2021, was just that – momentary.
    11. Richard Guasch – bust/mixed – has looked overmatched in AA, but there’s some interesting peripheral stats (11.21 K/9) that might translate into an interesting reliever.

    Agree or disagree with any assessments?

    1. Gray is not your typical 2nd year player, I’d still consider him a rookie based on limited innings.

    2. Will, I agree with a lot of your ratings. With Guasch, it looks like his future is as a reliever.
      Carillo and Antuna both qualify as the worst use of a 40 man spot.
      As far as Aldo, the Nats knew he was injured when they traded for him and he hasn’t fully healed yet. His arm Is said to be electric.

    4. Do agree
      So many trades on a dump for rebuild always seem to be fringe returns even with multiple asset packages
      Back to the drawing board with amateur draft, intl signings and clever trade deadline deals especially with Josh Bell

      1. I am dying to know if they are in on a top guy for January 23 IFA class. Elian Soto is only getting 250K. I wonder if there will be a Vaquero type.

    5. Ruiz’s defense was said to be suspect at the time of the trade, but he has looked good to me. The bat is the thing with him, though. The power will come. He’s a catcher who looks capable of regularly hitting at or near .300. That’s pure gold.

      Gray is in his age-24 season (younger than Tetreault) and was a two-way player who is still learning how to be a refined pitcher. It may be a couple of seasons before he can really be accurately judged. The negative numbers that stand out with him are too many walks and too many homers. He actually leads Nat starters in K/9, WHIP, and H/9. He also has a crazy low ground ball rate of only 22.1%.

  4. Seems about right to me. You could have included Lane Thomas as well.

  5. Leaders
    (with the “spotlight” on Sammy Infante)

    OPS (70+ AB)
    1 Banks ROC 961 (IL)
    2 Meneses ROC 953
    3 Barrera ROC 948
    4 Garcia ROC 913
    5 DeLaRosa FRE 901
    6 Emiliani FRE 894
    7 Infante FRE 893 (12 HR! – plays 3B – turning 21 in June)
    8 VPena FRE 887
    9 Gushue HBG/ROC 886
    10 Meregildo WIL 841
    Special Mention: G Diaz FRE 826 (62 AB), Lindsly HBG 815 (68 AB)

    ERA (30+ IP)
    1 Theophile FRE 1.45
    2 Fuentes HBG 3.32
    3 Tetreault ROC 3.35
    4 Saenz FRE 3.45 (IL)
    5 E Lee HBG 3.60
    Special Mention: Shuman WIL 2.51 (28.2 IP), Troop 3.14 (28.2 IP)

    ERA (15-29 IP)
    #1, 3, 4 moved up.
    1 Cronin HBG/ROC 0.00
    2 Henry HBG 0.76
    3 Schlabach WIL 1.08 (just assigned to HBG)
    4 Ferrer FRE/WIL 1.35
    5 Sinclair FRE 1.72
    6 Irvin WIL 1.73
    7 Brzykcy WIL 1.93
    8 Yankosky WIL 1.99 (22.2 IP 0 BB!)
    9 Brill HBG 2.04
    10 Parker WIL 2.28

    1. I’ve been on the Tetreault hype train for a while this season. Interesting to see just how good he’s been compared to the rest of the system. I wonder how long Rizzo will be able to put up with the Nationals absolutely dreadful starting rotation, before he tries something someone new.

      1. We might see Tetreault on Wednesday. One of a few options the Nats have for that fill-in start.

        1. São good day call
          A wish for draft upcoming
          Don’t draft Stanford kids scanning the list of guys Expos / Nats drafted over decades
          Justin Wayne / Stan Spencer come to mind

        2. Maybe they call up that kid who started for Fburg? He did pretty well.

          It would be good to see Tetreault get a look. Considering several of the stiffs they have used this season, the bar for success is pretty low.

    2. Swinging Sammy making some smile
      Meanwhile A Cruz parked
      In the XST complex …

        1. Nattttt
          That question may be answered with the eventual House out growing the SS fit needing a flip to 3 b and Sammy or whomever eases into SS.?

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