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Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 5-2 @ Buffalo, 1:05 p.m. Murphy (3-3, 5.03) vs. TBD

Rochester 5 Buffalo 2
• Verrett (W, 8-9) 6IP, 8H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K
• Garrett (SV, 3) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Alu 2-3, R, BB, RBI
• Ad. Sanchez 1-3, 2B, 2RBI
• Stevenson 1-4, R, BB, 3SB

Adrián Sanchez’s two-run double highlighted a four-run 6th as the Red Wings broke open a 1-0 game and cruised to a 5-1 win over the Bisons. Logan Verrett turned in his ninth quality start with six innings of one-run ball on eight hits and no walks while striking out four to win his eighth game. Jake Alu led the Rochester offense with two singles and a walk while Andrew Stevenson singled, walked, scored once, and stole three bases.

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  1. Jake ‘no respect’ Alu continues his torrid behavior. What a way to finish the season.

    The instrux started yesterday, has anyone seen a roster? All I’ve seen are photos of the top prospects.

    I’d rather see Andrew Stevenson or Nick Banks (.794 & .795 OPS) than Victor Robles at this point in Washingron.

    1. WAR isn’t everything, but the top 3 in WAR (baseball- reference) for the 2022 Washington Nationals were

      1. Juan Soto 3.8
      2. Josh Bell 3.7
      3. Victor Robles 1.8

      (Lane Thomas 1.7, Keibert 1.4, Carl Edwards Jr. top pitcher at 1.4)

      Victor’s strong point is his defense: 1.5 dWAR. (not baserunning or throwing decisions). He can pick it out there. If we’re going to replace him, I think it should be with a real CF. Hopefully Hassell is the CF in 2024.

      Seems like Victor is Arb eligible and would make ~$2M in 2023 – they would go to Arb with him, right?

      1. Interestingly enough fWAR (Fan Graphs) has Robles at a mere 0.6 WAR, behind 7 other batters: Soto, Bell, Ruiz, Thomas, Vargas, Meneses, and Hernandez.

        1. Yup…bWAR and fWAR handle defense differently.

          I do understand the “anyone but Robles” thinking but replacing him with someone who is not a real CF could be a cure worse than the disease, and we want to try to help our pitchers out there.

        2. Here I thought that they picked Robles over MAT because MAT’s salaries were going up in arbitration and Robles was providing comparable production for more controlled years, less money, AND was younger with more upside.

    1. Robles was picked by the f.o. ahead of Taylor because he was thought to have had the higher ceiling. OOPS.
      Michael Taylor was rated the best outfielder in all of baseball in 2021.

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