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Friday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 6-3 vs. St. Paul, 6:45 p.m. Rutledge (2-3, 6.51) vs. Varland (2-3, 4.41)
Harrisburg Lost, 8-2 @ Binghamton, 7:05 p.m. Alvarez (3-2, 3.00) vs. Stuart (1-2, 3.61)
Wilmington Won, 9-3 @ Bowling Green, 7:35 p.m. Theophile (1-2, 3.48) vs. Wild (0-0, 9.00)
Fredericksburg Lost, 6-3 @ Down East, 7 p.m. Susana (0-6, 8.89) vs. Jo. Gonzalez (1-3, 1.35)
FCL Nationals Lost, 5-4 @ FCL Marlins, 12 p.m.

Rochester 6 St. Paul 3
• Herz (W, 3-2) 5⅓ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 10K
• Willingham (H, 8) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K
• Cluff 3-3, R, BB, 2RBI, SB
• E. Mejia 3-4, 2R
• Yepez 2-3, R, 2B

D.J. Herz fell two outs shy of pitching a quality start but struck out a season-high ten as the Red Wings defrocked the Saints, 6-3. Herz gave up one run on two hits and one walk over five and a 1/3rd innings to pick up his third win. Jackson Cluff and Erick Mejia led Rochester’s 12-hit parade with three hits apiece with Cluff driving in two and Mejia scoring twice.

Binghamton 8 Harrisburg 2
• Cuevas 5IP, 5H, 6R, 5ER, 3BB, 5K, HR
• Powell 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Pinckney 1-3, R, SAC, HR, RBI
• Crews 1-4, R, HR, RBI
• Pineda 0-4, PB(8)

Binghamton went to town on Michael Cuevas, dropping three-spots in both the 1st and 2nd innings as they pounded Harrisburg, 8-2. Cuevas course-corrected for three scoreless to finish with six runs allowed on five hits and three walks over five innings. The Sens were one-hit through six innings before Dylan Crews and Andrew Pinckney hit solo HRs in the 7th and 8th innings. J.T. Arruda and Brady House also singled to round out the four-hit barrage. Roster moves: RHP Marquis Grissom promoted from Wilmington.



Wilmington 9 Bowling Green 3
• Cavalli 2⅔ IP, 0H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 5K, HBP, 2WP
• Arias (W, 2-0) 2⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Glasser 1-2, 2R, 3BB, HR, 3RBI, SB
• Harris 2-5, R
• Lile 1-4, R, HR, SF, 2RBI

The Blue Rocks sent 11 men to the plate in the 6th and six came around to score to put the Hot Rods on blocks by a 9-3 count. Cade Cavalli made his first appearance north of Florida since 2022, faltering in the third to allow two runs on two walks, two wild pitches, and a hit batsmen. He finished with no hits, three walks, and five whiffs over two and 2/3rds. Wander Arias picked up the win after stranding a runner in the 3rd and putting up donuts in the 4th and 5th. Phillip Glasser homered, stole a base, scored twice, walked thrice, and drove in three while Daylen Lile drove in two with sac fly and his third HR to lead the Wilmington offense. Roster moves: RHP Cade Cavalli MLB Rehab assignment transferred from FCL..

Down East 6 Fredericksburg 3
• Sykora (L, 0-2) 4IP, 1H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 7K
• M. Diaz 2IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
• Pimentel 3-5
• Ochoa 2-4, 2B, 2RBI

Down East broke open a one-run game with a three-run 5th as they doubled up Fredericksburg, 6-3. Travis Sykora struck out a career-high seven over four innings but gave up two runs on a leadoff walk followed by a double and two groundouts. The offense was unable to cover for the pitching again, with Brandon Pimentel going 3-for-5 and Nate Ochoa going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI to power the FredNats attack.

FCL Astros 5 FCL Nationals 4
• C. Sanchez 4IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 4K, 2WP
• R. Ramirez (L, 1-2) 1IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K,
• Arguelles ⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 2-1 IR-S
• Nunez 1-4, 2B, 3RBI
• Rosario 1-2, R, BB, SB, PB

The F-Nats scored four in the 2nd and were shut down after that as the F-Astros banged out five runs to take this one, 5-4. Camilo Sanchez got the start and was blasted for four runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out four. The loss went to Reilin Ramirez, who walked the first two batters in the 9th, then gave way to Anthony Arguelles who gave up the game-winning single after striking out the first batter he faced. The FCL Nationals mustered only five hits, but took advantage of three walks and three Robles to score four times, including a bases-clearing double by Elijah Nunez. Roster moves: Sammy Infante assigned from Wilmington for MiLB rehab.

11 Commments

  1. Some really encouraging starts yesterday across multiple levels.

    Here’s to hoping Herz’s recent reining in of his control continues to last. That’s now three straight starts with solid to good control. The swing-and-miss was always there, but he’s taken it back to new levels now with 23 K in 15 IP in those 3 starts (and a 1.76 ERA).

    Great to see Cavalli quickly working his way back up the farm ladder. The control wasn’t there, but his still still works, as he didn’t give up a hit.

    Lastly, great to see Sykora looking like the prospect he was hyped to be. Unlucky to allow 2 runs when he only allowed 2 baserunners in total in his outing.

    A special shout out to Amos Willingham, who started the season poorly, but has found a groove. He’s now gone 8 straight games (10.1 IP) without allowing a run, and allowing only 2 hits in total. Not sure how much longer Rainey can last on the big league roster or someone else gets injured before then, but Willingham has earned being the first choice arm to be promoted.

      1. Lefty’s are erratic but that’s what happens with a change up and other pitch options
        Smiling like a Cheshire Cat , CC , seeing you up at A plus
        Cue the song CC rider
        Oh the weather today !!!
        Enjoy
        Fred MD how ya doing ?

  2. On the other side of the plate, Crews, Pinckney, Lile and Glasser each went deep. After an adjustment to A+ pitching, Glasser is now batting .275/.408/.413 in Wilmington. Looks like we could have solid prospect on our hands. Same for Crews. After an April to forget, Crews is batting .288/.366/.513 in May. This is just the kind of adjustments you’d want/expect to see from an elite prospect like him.

    1. Glasser may be bound for City Isle at the expense of Arruda. JT has been a good soldier but has 600 ABs at the level and Glasser has no business playing LF at higher levels.

      1. Fred MD you truly have your pineal gland open
        You called the Orlando promotion
        Trevor Williams should command a descent prospect in July trade deadline

  3. Not an impressive performance by Cavalli. The Ks were good, as was his velo. But, walks, HBP, and WP raise concerns about his command. He’ll have to do much better before the Nats allow him to face MLB hitters.

    1. agree that he looked a little rusty, got most of his swings and misses on his off speed stuff as the fastball command has to be better.

      another walk free appearance from Cronin, time to start bringing him in more frequently

  4. Travis Sykora making his first appearance on my leaderboard.
    Would like to see Brady House get it going again.
    Is there any love for Andry Lara in prospect rankings?

    OPS (90 AB)
    1. Wood ROC 1062
    2. Dugas FBG/WMT 922
    3. Glasser FBG/WMT 913
    4. Blankenhorn ROC 869
    5. Millas ROC 861
    6. Lile WMT 801
    7. Crews HRB 798
    8. Pimentel FBG 797
    9. Yepez ROC 794
    10. Dunn ROC 790
    11. House HBG 776
    12. Hassell HBG 736

    ERA (30 IP)

    1. Lord WMT/HRB 1.66 (not bad for 18th rounder)
    2. Lara WMT/HRB 2.02 (21-year old, leads minors in IP)
    3. Alvarez HRB 3.00
    4. Atencio FBG 3.22
    5. Theophile WMT 3.48 (17BB/26K)

    K/BB (16 IP)

    1. Hall FBG 33.0 (not bad for undrafted player)
    2. Atencio FBG/WMT 11.3 (22-year-old)
    3. Schoff HBG 4.2 (don’t scoff at schoff)
    4. Ribalta HBG/ROC 3.9 (now at ROC)
    5. Sykora FBG 3.8 (new to the leaderboard)

  6. Just saw that after Mitchell Parker has graduated from the prospect list his place has now been taken by Marquis Grissom.

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