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Thursday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 7-0 vs. Worcester, 6:05 p.m. Rutledge (4-8, 6.88) vs. Alexander (4-6, 4.59)
Harrisburg Won, 7-5 @ Bowie, 6:35 p.m. Saenz (1-3, 10.80) vs. Pham (7-4, 4.37)
Wilmington Lost, 1-0 @ Brooklyn, 7 p.m. Atencio (3-11, 3.47) vs. Troesser (0-1, 4.00)
Fredericksburg Won, 4-1 vs. Lynchburg, 7:05 p.m. Roman (0-0, 3.55) vs. Scott (6-4, 3.03)

Worcester 7 Rochester 0
• Watkins (L, 7-6) 5⅔ IP, 5H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 5K, PO @ 1B
• Cate ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• Alu 2-4, E, ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Cluff 1-2, 2B, BB

Rochester was shut out for the 9th time, 7-0 on six hits to drop a second straight game to Worcester. Spencer Watkins pitched into the 6th and allowed one urn on five hits, no walks, and five whiffs. He lost his sixth game. Jackson Cluff had the sole-extra base hit—a one-out double in the 3rd—and walked in the 8th. Jake Alu was the only batter to have multiple hits, with singles in his last two at-bats. The Red Wings went 0-6 with RISP and left on seven baserunners.

Harrisburg 7 Bowie 5
• Luckham 5⅔ IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 0BB, 8K, 2HR(20)
• Schoff (W, 3-0) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 1-0 IR-S
• Sinclair (SV, 6) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Morales 3-5, R, 2RBI, E
• Wallace 2-4, 2R, RBI, SB
• Wilson 1-2, 2R, 2B, SB

The Senators blew a 4-3 lead after six but posted a picket fence in the last three frames to take another one from the BaySox, 7-5. Kyle Luckham allowed the first four Bowie runs on six hits, including HR nos. 19 and 20. He walked none and struck out a season-best eight. Tyler Schoff got the last out of the 6th and pitched a scoreless 7th to get the win, his third. Jack Sinclair worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save. Yoyo Morales extended his hit streak to eight and led the Harrisburg hit column with three singles followed by Cayden Wallace with two safeties.



Brooklyn 1 Wilmington 0
• Cáceres (L, 3-9) 5IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 4K
• Gomez 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• White 1-4, 2B
• Brown 1-4, 2B

Wilmington was shut out Forrest Gump pause again, 1-0 on four hits. Bryan Cáceres took the loss despite throwing a serviceable five innings of one-run ball on four hits and three walks while striking out four. T.J. White and Marcus Brown both doubled while Max Romero and Armando Cruz both singled to account for the four (4) Blue Rocks hits.

Fredericksburg 4 Lynchburg 1
• Sthele 6IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 3BB, 5K, HBP
• Bloebaum (W, 1-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Meckley (SV, 1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 3K
• Bazzell 2-4, 2B
• Ochoa 2-2, 2R, BB, SB

The FredNats rallied for three in the 7th to break a 1-1 tie as they took another step closer to a playoff spot with a 4-1 win over the Hillcats. Travis Sthele turned in six innings of one-run ball on four this and three walks as he notched his fourth quality start and eighth no-decision. Adam Bloebaum fanned three in the top of the 7th to pick up the win while Alexander Meckley finished the game with two goose egges to earn the save. Kevin Bazzell singled and doubled while Nate Ochoa reached base three times with two singles and a walk to lead the Fredericksburg offense. Carolina and Salem both won to keep pace and keep the pressure on Fredericksburg.

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Yesterday, MLB announced the schedule and assignment of teams to the six faux AFL franchises. This year, the Nats will sending their Rule 5 candidates amd injured players prospects to the Salt River Rafters and will be joined by the Diamondbacks, Rockies, Twins, and Yankees. Rosters will be revealed later this month. FWIW, last year the announcement came on Sept. 22.

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  1. Shout out to Jack Sinclair, who’s had a fabulous season in Harrisburg, sporting a 2.32 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 62 K in 54 IP. Quite an impressive showing for a 16th rounder!

    It’s strange that he’s still in Harrisburg, given that he actually finished last season in Rochester, but he’s not unique in this regard.

    1. I’m just realizing he’ll be R5 eligible this winter, which will require a tough decision of whether to add him to the 40 man, which makes it all the more perplexing his extremely conservative promotion schedule this season.

      1. That 2021 draft class actually has a number of players that will need to be considered for protection. You have House and Lile, who are pretty obvious adds. But also Saenz, TJ White, Alvarez, Marc Davis, Sinclair and Brendan Collins, who are in the mix too. I’d think Alvarez and Sinclair will be added, while White, Davis and Collins are still too un-advanced to be in real danger. Dustin Saenz, however, will be a tough one. His injury-plagued season has knocked him off his otherwise very promising path. Will be a tough one. Still, that’s 4-5 players that will need to be added.

          2. The best places to check R5 Eligibility are:

            Nats Draft tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qd5DS9GlmkQOEh_zGhOvlhHK0EegqY1uJB4mLGmRBaY/edit?usp=sharing

            Nats IFA signing tracker:
            https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ksPorXhEHhtkNAGqxrJWqUFkvioMgoWhBU50uaZstc8/edit?usp=sharing

            and Roster Resource at Fangraphs:

            https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/nationals

            Newly R5 eligible this coming off season generally are 2021 college draftees and 2020 HS draftees and 2020 IFA signings (which didn’t really happen due to covid so its kind of a skipped year).

            Doing a full R5 analysis is a full blown post on its own, but just a quick scan of both sites shows a few names to consider: Alston, Romero out of AAA bullpen, Hassell 100% will be added, Andrew Alvarez is a decent candiddate, Made in AA, Lara & Theophile in the AA rotation, Sinclair and Schoff in the AA bullpen. Lots of guys to th ink about.

          3. Just a heads-up to everyone — more than two links will get held up by my filter as a fail-safe. I didn’t get a chance to look at the comments until now.

  2. Cáceres has been “ serviceable “ to conclude his season efforts .
    TJ White come next spring should be one to keep an eye on .

  3. Morales has an eight-game hitting streak, during which he’s accumulated an impressive 15 hits. Alas, 13 have been singles (along with two doubles). With the time he missed due to injury, he would be a good AFL candidate, as would Cayden Wallace.

  4. Which guys get a short cup of coffee in Rochester from Harrisburg since the AAA season slightly longer ?

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