Tuesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | OFF DAY | vs. Lehigh Valley, 6:45 p.m. | Lord (2-0, 4.35) vs. TBD |
| Harrisburg | OFF DAY | @ Hartford, 7:10 p.m. | TBD vs. Cande (5-6, 4.67) |
| Wilmington | OFF DAY | vs. Hudson Valley, 6:05 p.m. | Cornelio (6-8, 5.76) vs. TBD |
| Fredericksburg | OFF DAY | vs. Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. | Sthele (4-6, 6.32) vs. Money (3-4, 3.46) |
| FCL Nationals | CNCLD | @ FCL Marlins, 10 a.m. | |
| DSL Nationals | Losing, 2-1 | @ DSL Angels, 11 a.m. |
Rochester Red Wings, 13-8, 2nd Place, 1GB, I.L. East – 51-43 Overall
Second-place Rochester returns home after getting swept by first-place (tied) Syracuse for six this week against the other first-place Lehigh Valley, including a camp day on Thursday morning.
Harrisburg Senators, 8-13, T5th place, 7GB, E.L. Southwest – 46-44 Overall
The Senators scored just six runs against New Hampshire, but thanks to back-to-back shutouts, took of two out of three this past weekend. This week, it’s trip to Hartford for six against the Yardgoats.
Wilmington Blue Rocks, 11-12, T4th Place, 4½ GB, Sally Lg. North – 42-43 Overall
Wilmington returns to Delaware to host Hudson Valley for six in a battle for 4th place in the Sally Lg. North, with a camp Day tomorrow morning.
Fredericksburg Nationals, 16-8, 1st Place, 2GA, C.L. North – 51-39 Overall
The FredNats are losers of four straight games, but remain in first place in the second half as they host the Shorebirds for five night games and a day game on Sunday
FCL Nationals vs. FCL Cardinals – CNCLD
With the season over on Thursday, one has to wonder how long they waited to call this one off.
DSL Angels 2 DSL Nationals 1 – SUSP.
• J. Feliz 3⅔ IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K
• Tavarez 1-2, 2B
Play was halted with two out in the bottom of the 4th. They’ll make this up the next time the two teams play on Thursday.
Carlos Tavares ( a 1B!) has quietly put together a nice season at the complex, if others have noticed I didn’t. of his 22 hits 11 have been doubles and his stats with 2 outs RISP are insane (1.375 OPS).
I’ve been having a crush on Carlos all season FREd MD
How do we phonetically pronounce Travis on Tuesday Sthele last name ?
Off to see how kids are doing in short season today
So much going on I missed the JDL promotion
Very
Come back , Hassell 3
The Nats have now signed 14 of their 21 draft picks. Haven’t seen the numbers yet.
Where’d you get this info? I’ve noticed a bunch of the guys drafted, like Randal Diaz (https://www.instagram.com/p/C9upm3ngCX3/?igsh=MXM4czY0NzdwejQzcQ==), have posted about signing on their social media accounts. But I haven’t tried to systematically check.
Do you know which 14 players signed? Particularly the more difficult signs like Dickerson, Lomavita, Jones and Shelton?
Baseball America’s Draft Tracker shows that the Nats have signed *:
1. King $5.15 M ($800K below slot)
3. Bazell $980,300 (slot)
5. Randal Diaz-Morales $420,000 ($70K below slot)
6. Davian Garcia $425,000 ($50K above slot)
7. Robert Cranz $190,000 ($100K below slot)
9. Jackson Ross $2,000 (yes, 2K) ($195K below slot)
10. Luke Johnson $2,000 (yes, $2K) ($183K below slot)
11. Merritt Beeker $150K
Right now, the Nats are $1.2 million below slow, and as explained in the Nationals Arms Race website, they have additional room to go above slot. So, it appears they are in good shape to go way above slot, if needed to sign Dickerson and Lomavita. Also, the speculation is that the Nats will need to offer more than $150K to sign both 16th rounder Sir Jamison Jones and 20th rounder Colby Shelton. Would guess the Nats will sign all of its draft picks. We shall see.
Thanks! Very helpful.
If the 14 signed is accurate, I’d expect many of those other 6 to come between rounds 12 and 19.
Not saying its disinformation, but can’t find a source that confirms that the Nats have signed 14 of their 2024 draft picks so far (obviously, they will sign more than that by August 1).
There is a tweet from Nationals Communications that they signed:
8th round pick Sam Petersen
12th round pick Alexander Meckley
13th round pick Bryant Olson
16th round pick Nolan “Nuke Laloosh” Hughes
17th round pick Gavin Bruni
18th round pick Teo Banks
19th round pick Ryan Minckler
The bonuses for these picks has not been reported. With these picks signed, the only remaining unsigned picks appear to be:
Compensation Round Pick – (#39) Caleb Lomavita (Boras client) -College JR
2nd round – Luke Dickerson – HS Grad
4th round – Jackson Kent – College JR
14th round – Yoel Tejada – College Soph
15th round – Sir Jamison Jones HS Grad
20th round – Colby Shelton- College Soph
All of these players have some leverage.
Dickerson switched his team from UVA to Nationals.
Nats also signed an UDFA Catcher from Amherst Christian Fagnant. His D3 offensive numbers are ordinary. Maybe he’s a great defensively or maybe there’s an organizational connection.