Tuesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | OFF DAY | vs. Norfolk, 7:05 p.m. | Ponce de Leon (0-0, 3.38) vs. Harvey (2-1, 5.68) |
| Harrisburg | OFF DAY | vs. Reading, 6:30 p.m. | Herrera (4-6, 4.75) vs. Skirrow (4-7, 4.65) |
| Wilmington | OFF DAY | vs. Brooklyn, 6:35 p.m. | Parker (5-2, 2.40) vs. Rojas (5-3, 4.01) |
| Fredericksburg | OFF DAY | vs. Augusta, 7:05 p.m. | Caceres (4-6, 5.13) vs. Rodriguez (2-2, 3.12) |
| FCL Nationals | Lost, 4-3 | @ FCL Astros Orange, 12 p.m. | |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 3-1 | vs. DSL Miami, 11 a.m. |
Editor’s Note: The probables are all unofficial, as none of the press releases from Sunday or earlier specified today’s starters
Rochester Red Wings, 47-58, 9th place, 12GB, I.L. East
Rochester’s woes continued with another six-game sweep to extend their slide to 17 games – six by one run! This week, the Tides come to town to battle the Red Wings for 8th place.
Harrisburg Senators, 10-23, 6th place, 14½ GB, E.L. Southwest (40-62 overall)
The Senators haven’t had a losing streak as long as the Red Wings’ but they’ve just managed to spread out the futility a little more evenly. The current six-game slide is their third of that length. Should they lose tonight, that would be their second seven-game skid. This week, Reading visits for the first and only time this season.
Wilmington Blue Rocks, 17-19, 5th place, 4GB, Sally Lg. North (52-49 overall)
Wilmington returns home to play first-place Brooklyn with a chance to pull into a tie for the division lead if they can win five or take it with a six-game sweep. After this week, they’ll be on the road for three and a half series (another split with Aberdeen).
Fredericksburg Nationals, 24-11, 1st place, 6½ GA, C.L. North (57-44 overall)
The FredNats split against the second-place Wood Ducks, but only lost a ½ game in the standings. This week it’s the only visit by the Augusta GreenJackets, thanks to the Carolina League’s 2022 scheduling that creates such fun quirks like playing a divisional rival only once (Carolina) and one team not at all (Columbia).
FCL Mets 4 FCL Nationals 3
• Burdi 1⅔ IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 1K
• Filpo (L, 0-2) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K, HR
• Glavine 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Cruz 2-4, R,
• C. Wilson 2-4, CS
• Quintana 1-4, R, HR(5), 2RBI
The F-Nats rallied for three runs late but came up one run short, 4-3. Zach Burdi “worked on some stuff” for one turn through the lineup before giving way to Eris Flipo, who coughed up a two-run HR to lose for the second time in the FCL. Armando Cruz and Cody Wilson both singled twice while Roismar Quintana hit his team-leading 5th HR in his 38th game, which drove in two.
DSL Nationals 3 DSL Rockies 1
• Rivas 4⅓ IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K, 2WP
• Colon (W, 1-0) 2⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Carmona (SV, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Ju. Garcia 2-4, R, HR
• Vaquero 0-3, R, 2BB, 2SB
The D-Nats took advantage of two errors to score two unearned runs in the 3rd, which proved to be the difference in a 3-1 win over the D-Rockies. 18-y.o. Gustavo Rivas pitched into the 5th for the third time in seven starts, as let in the D-Rockies run on five hits and one walk over four and a 1/3rd innings. He struck out three. 17-y.o. Leodarlyn Colon picked up his first pro win with two and 2/3rds scoreless innings, allowing one hit, no walks, and fanning three. 19-y.o. Juan Garcia hit his 4th HR while 17-y.o. Cristhian Vaquero walked twice and stole two bases (nos. 12 & 13) to lead the D-Nats attack.
Roster moves: C Jeremy Bautista activated from the 60-day I.L.
I’m looking forward to seeing the 2022 picks filter into the FCL, because after Rosimar Quintana and Armando Cruz, there’s very little talent in the lineup.
If you squint, there’s a few players that are interesting, even if their performances haven’t been very impressive, but I’m being generous, given most of their relatively young ages.
Jose Colmenares, 19, catcher, sports a solid line of .242/.297/.485. But he’s barely played (only 12 out of the FCL Nats’ 43 games and none since July 16, and yet he’s still officially “active”…)
Jeisel Acosta, 19, also a catcher, sports a solid line of .286/.390/.371, also barely plays (12 games out of 43… sense a theme here??)
Angel Geraldo, 21, 3B, hitting .280/.355/.344. Fortunately, he has played a fair amount (30 G).
Eliesel Santana, 19, LF, hitting .250/.350/.346, and gotten increasingly more playing time as the season has gone on.
And that’s about it… there’s a bunch of guys who’ve already or will soon play themselves into a release (Wilfriedo Matos, Isan Castillo, Ivan Murzi, Daniel Marte, Yeuri Amparo, Ray Torres, Quade Tomlin, Cody Wilson, Landon Dieterich, Jaden Fein)
The pitching is a different story, there’s a lot fewer release canidates: Mirton Blanco and Eris Filpo, maybe Franklin Marquez and Johan Otanez. But it’s definitely the FCL Nats pitching staff that’s the reason they’re currently 28-15, because their bats have been pretty unexceptional.
I guess on the bright side, our ’22 draft was heavier on hitters (12) than pitchers (7), so maybe there won’t be too many difficult decisions to make to make space for them.
This is an indictment of the fact that the the Nats f.o. has been too cheap to have 2 FCL teams like others do.
Prospects need to play!
it appears that some teams that started out with two teams (NYY) have reversed course so maybe that’s not the solution. others who’s developmental track record is good (STL) only have one.
let’s remember the Nats have admitted they need to change how they do things. hopefully they continue to refine their practices
I just looked it up; there are far fewer 2 team clubs than last year.
Lost track of how many pink slips in last week or so including FCL today but one would guess ten guys .
33-34 can be reached easily
Daniel Johnson may just be a mentoring AA presence to end long campaign on City Isle ??
Indeed Mark L
Even the Orioles have two DL puppy clubs as the Giants do and others
A name to send good vibrations to is Bustamente lefty swinging catcher on paper . Bustamente bust out soon .
Hopefully Parker will write an impressive outing like a trusty Parker pen .
How many strike outs will Ponce De Leon punch out tonight ?? 6? 7?
We gave find small victories in this long rebuild
Bang boom zummm!
FCL lineup today pure 2022 draft and UFA
Oh Susana on the mound
Cool!
very cool indeed! Cox is 2-2 and Green just homered!
Mighty Casey struck out at the plate
I knew McGee would latch onto Nats one of these years
Taking a look at the drafts:
2021:
1 House A
2 Lile FCL
3 Boissiere A
4 Saenz Hi A
5 TJ White A
6 Kirian A
7 Young A
8 Frizzell A
9 Quintanilla FCL rehab
10 Baker AA
11 Davis A
12 Alvarez Hi A
14 Tolman FCL
15 Fein FCL
16 Sinclair Hi A
17 Collins A
18 Williams A
19 Threadgill A
Sadly House and Lile have been out with injuries. TJ White at age 18 has flashed. Young has 37 SB’s. Frizzell has been essentially limited to DH. Maybe Baker is better than we think.
Anyway, we need to see nos. 1 and 2 here.
2020:
1 Cavalli AAA
2 Henry AAA
2 Infante A
3 Powell FCL rehab
4 Lindsly AA
5 Parker Hi A
In Cade we trust. Henry is on the DL. Infante has 16 HR’s this year. Maybe this 5 round draft will be better than some of the Nats 30 round drafts.
2019:
1 Rutledge A
3 Mendoza Hi A
4 Cronin AAA
5 Dyson XST
6 Cluff AA
7 Peterson Hi A
10 Pratt XST
11 Arruda A
12 Ribalta Hi A
14 Knowles Hi A
15 Moore XST
16 Martina Hi A
17 Willingham Hi A
19 Yankosky Hi A
20 Dunn AA
21 Strohschein AA
22 Berrios A
23 Cuevas Hi A
24 Alu AAA
30 Stainbrook Hi A
If Jackson Rutledge doesn’t come through, it doesn’t seem much will come of this. Cronin could be a Nats bullpen arm. Knowles is having some success. Congrats to Jake Alu for making it to AAA.
2018:
1 Denaburg A
2 Cate AA
3 Schaller AA
4 Irvin AA
13 Wilson Hi A
15 E. Lee MLB
16 Teel AAA
20 Vega Hi A
22 Daily Hi A
24 Mariconz XST
If Denaburg doesn’t come through, this is probably down to the
surprising Evan Lee.
2017
1 Romero MLB (60-day DL)
4 Freeman AAA
7 Tetreault MLB
9 Troop AA
12 Stoeckinger XST
29 Dunlap XST
Looks like Jackson Tetreault is the only possibility here for MLB contribution. 2nd rounder Crowe is an effective reliever for the Pirates.
Those 2017-2019 drafts are damning. We got basically 2 relief pitchers (Cronin and Lee) from 3 entire drafts, and this is pre-supposing that Matt Cronin will eventually get promoted to DC and that Evan Lee will ever return to his pre-injury form.
Dreadful. And it’s the same story for the 5 years preceding these 3 drafts too.
Blake Klassen must have been
At Arizona when Boissiere was slashing @ 1 B / LF
Klassen must project more on the power dept than BB??
Since the trade:
Voit and Meneses 4 HRs
Soto and Bell 0 HRs
Rizzo fleeces the Padres again (plus the Nats now have all of the Pads prospects).
🙂
Here’s todays FCL lineup with the five 2022 draftees. Elijah Green hit a home run!
1. Cox LF (R4)
2. A. Cruz SS (IFA)
3. Green CF (R1)
4. Quintana RF (IFA)
5. Klassen 1B (R17)
6. Ochoa Leyva DH (R5)
7. McHenry 3B (FA from the Spearfish (SD) Sasquatch)
8. Acosta C (IHA)
9. Cooper 2B (R16)
Quintana is finally getting some reps this year, with 140 AB’s this season. He’s hitting an impressive .863 OPS.
Nats DFA Casey Donovan. They soured on him quickly.
Sorry Donovan Casey
Haha
Wow!
Released per Milb.com
FCL:
SS Wilfredo Matos
1B Jackson Coutts
RF Landon Dieterich
Harrisburg
Alberto Guerrero
Dondrei Hubbard
Teel goes from Rochester to Harrisburg.