Tuesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | OFF DAY | vs. Syracuse, 7:05 p.m. | Verrett (3-5, 5.44) vs. Adleman (0-0, 5.63) |
| Harrisburg | OFF DAY | @ Akron, 6:35 p.m. | Troop (4-1, 2.91) vs. Gaddis () |
| Wilmington | OFF DAY | vs. Aberdeen, 6:35 p.m. | Theophile (0-1, 4.50) vs. Pinto (2-3, 4.95) |
| Fredericksburg | OFF DAY | @ Salem, 7:05 p.m. | A. Lara (1-4, 6.04) vs. Bastardo (1-1, 4.29) |
| FCL Nationals | Lost, 2-0 | @ FCL Marlins, 12 p.m. | |
| DSL Nationals | OFF DAY | vs. DSL Colorado, 11 a.m. |
Rochester Red Wings (37-29, 2nd place, ½ GB, I.L. East)
The Red Wings dropped four of six to the RailRiders to fall into 2nd place last week. With more injuries and ineffectiveness in D.C., there could be a lot more fluctuation and frustration to come, not to mention roster moves.
Harrisburg Senators (28-35, 5th place, 9GB, E.L. Southwest)
Harrisburg also won just two games last week and has to be looking ahead to the reset that comes with the second half, which starts on June 28. In the meantime, the Senators hit the road for two weeks, starting with six against the RubberDucks (their only visit to Akron) and then six against Altoona (the second of three visits this season).
Wilmington Blue Rocks (32-30, 2nd place, 10½ GB, Sally Lg. North)
The Blue Rocks split their eight-game series against the Cyclones to remain two games over .500. That could be in jeopardy as the IronBirds come to Frawley for three before shifting to Aberdeen for three on Friday, which also begins the second half.
Fredericksburg Nationals (32-31, 4th place, C.L. North)
Fredericksburg won just two of six against Myrtle Beach to drop into 4th place, two games out with three to go. Realistically, the FredNats will need to win the next three against the 3rd-place Red Sox and have both the 1st-place Mudcats and the 2nd-place Hillcats lose two of the next three. Given that Lynchburg is playing 6th-place Delmarva and Carolina is playing 5th-place Down East, this seems unlikely. In the event of a tie, the FredNats would hold the tie-breakers with all three teams ahead of them.
The Carolina League Pitcher of the Week Award goes to RHRP Marc Davis, who tossed five scoreless innings of relief last week.
FCL Marlins 2 FCL Nationals 0 (7 inn.)
• Aldonis (L, 0-1) 5IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 5K
• K. Rodriguez 2IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Torres 2-2, 2B, PO @ 1B
• A. Cruz 1-3
Lightning ended this one early as the F-Marlins shut out the F-Nats, 2-0, on five hits. Pablo Aldonis went the first five and gave up both F-Marlins runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out five. Kevin Rodriguez put up two goose eggs in relief, giving up three hits, no walks, and fanning two. Ray Torres singled and doubled while Armando Cruz, Angel Gerardo, and Rosimar Quintana each had a single to round out the F-Nats’ five-hit offense.
DSL Nats – OFF DAY
It’s another game against D-Colorado today, as it turns out I had missed the game today on the wonderfully designed DSL site, which still has no team-specific pages aside from rosters.
Yup DSL page has some issues
It’s insane that a billion dollar industry like MLB can’t produce a basic, reliable website for anything Rookie ball related.
Will, it’s even worse. MLB is an $11 billion dollar industry.
Add another jump hop Jeter play by Garcia Eghads
In Dieterich, Frizzell, and Coutts we have players who are 23 & 24 and rotating at 1B/DH in Florida. They are hitting but should not be there, blocking actual kids who need reps.
well Frizzell has yet to play and they do have an 8th round pick invested in him. but your point is well taken on Dieterich and Coutts. two free agents who under-performed last year
Frizzell has been one who I’ve been eager to see. He has been listed as “active” all year has yet to play, so presumably is dinged. The other guys are getting one more look in a pretty thin system. With the draft now a month later, the half-season talent pool is barely filled out.
More broadly across the system, we’ve officially reached summer with surprisingly few promotions thus far. A number of the breakout performances have been by unheralded players, particularly among the pitchers.
Frizzell as in fizzled out in FCL??
Had to look it up, Frizzell had a $179,800 signing bonus. Dietrich and Coutts probably got $25.00 each and are too old to be in Florida.
They’re not the only issue. The average age of a batter in the FCL is 19.6. 21 separate batters have hit this season for the FCL Nats, only TWO of them were under the average age of 19.6: Armando Cruz, 18, and Roismar Quintana, 19.4! The other 19 are all well above the average age, including Paul Witt, 24, Junior Martina, 24, Braian Fernandez, 23, and Ray Torres, 22. The average age of FCL Nats hitters is 21.9, which is significantly higher than the next oldest, the FCL Yankees at 21.5. The FCL Pirates are 18.9.
Fortunately, the pitching is better (sensing a trend?), and the Nats arms are below the average age of 20.9, with an average age of 20.6 (5th lowest of 16 teams). Still, there’s a few elder statesmen here too: AJ Candelario, 24, Eris Filpo, 24, both minor league free agents, and Juan Abreu, 22.