| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | ALL STAR BREAK | @ Syracuse, 6:35 p.m. | Rutledge (0-0, 5.00) vs. Butto (2-3, 5.72) |
| Harrisburg | ALL STAR BREAK | vs. Richmond, 7 p.m. | Troop (4-7, 4.46) vs. Bertrand (AA debut) |
| Wilmington | ALL STAR BREAK | @ Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m. | TBD vs. TBD |
| Fredericksburg | ALL STAR BREAK | vs. Lynchburg, 7:05 p.m. | Lord (3-0, 3.81) vs. Richardson (3-7, 5.99) |
| FCL Nationals | Postponed | OFF DAY | |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 5-4 | @ DSL LAD Bautista, 11 a.m. |
Sorry, kids, but I’m not even gonna try to figure out who’s starting tonight until I get the press notes from the Red Wings, Senators, and the FredNats. Unfortunately, the IronBirds still operate as if they’re an NYPL team, publishing their game notes twice a season—on April 31st and June 31st—so we’ll just have to wait until the interns at MiLB.com get the info or first pitch.
DRAFT PICKS START TO SIGN
The deadline to sign ins July 25, but it would appear that three have already signed:
- RHP Thomas Schultz, 9th Rd.
- SS Phillip Glasser, 10th Rd.
- C Ryan Snell, 7th Rd.
That they’re all 23 now and two turn 24 by the end of the year is juuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a coincidence.
Narrator: It was not a coincidence
DAYLEN LILE NAMED CAROLINA LG. PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Lost in the shuffle (OK, fine: I missed it) – Daylen Lile was named the Carolina League Player of the Week after bitch-slapping Delmarva pitchers for eight hits in seventeen trips to the plate against the Shorebirds and going 9-for-21 overall with three doubles, three stolen bases, a triple, a homer, six walks, and six RBI during the week of July 3-9.
If one is to take GM Mike Rizzo at his word pause for laughter Lile should be heading up I-95 to make room for Dylan Crews, as the Washington GM has recently said in interviews that both Crews and 2nd Rd. pick Yohandy Morales could be sent to Fredericksburg following their evaluations at the FCL Complex.
As aforementioned, the deadline to sign is still more than ten days away so it would be unlikely for Lile, et al to get the bump before the end of July. I would love to be wrong about that, but 14 years of doing this tells me not to expect things to move as fast as folks want.
FCL Nationals 5 FCL Cardinals 4
• Zapata (W, 1-0) 5IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• M. Diaz (SV, 4) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Colmenares 3-3, 2B, 3RBI
• Vaquero 3-4, R, BB, 3B, 2SB(7), CS(3)
• Ochoa Leyva 2-4, R, BB, 2B
The F-Nats broke out for three runs in the 5th to take a 4-0 lead, then got an insurance run in the 7th. That would be needed as the FCL Nationals ‘pen coughed up two runs in both the 6th and 8th innings before Moises Diaz settled things down by getting the last four outs for his fourth save. Jose Colemenares went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI while Christhian Vaquero reached base four times with a walk, two singles, and a triple while swiping two bases.
DSL Cardinals vs. DSL Nationals – PPD
They’ll make this one up on July 19, which means the DSL Nats will have six chances to not lose next week!