Wednesday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 16-1 | @ Charlotte, 7:04pm | Conley (1-0, 3.91) vs. Gómez (3-2, 2.04) |
| Harrisburg | Won, 6-5 | @ Binghamton, 1:05pm | Luckham (4-6, 3.73) vs. Tong (8-4, 1.72) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 13-6 | vs. Hudson Valley, 11:05am | Da. Garcia (1-0, 1.80) vs. Smith (0-0, 0.00) |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 9-6 | @ Columbia, 7:05pm | B. Romero (1-3, 5.52) vs. Shields (2-1, 2.01) |
| DSL Nationals | Won, 12-6 | OFF DAY |
Rochester 16 Charlotte 1
• Alvarez (W, 1-7) 6IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 7K
• Adon 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Chaparro 3-4, 2R, 2B, HR(10), 3RBI
• Schnell 3-5, 3R, 3B, 2K
• Lipscomb 2-6, 2R, 2HR, 5RBI
• Morales 2-6, 2R, HR, 3RBI
Rochester inflicted significantly more than a flesh wound on Charlotte, slashing the Knights throwers for 19 hits in a 16-1 defenestration. Andrew Alvarez did not suffer from the long rests he got in the 3rd and 5th, posting a season-best six scoreless innings to finally earn a win. He gave two hits, walked none, and struck out seven. Dylan Crews was the beer man as the other 10 batters each had a hit, led by Andrés Chaparro with a single, double, and a homer while Trey Lipscomb homered twice and drove in five to power the Red Wings assault. Roster moves: OF Dylan Crews assigned from Washington for MLB rehab.
Harrisburg 6 Binghamton 5
• Bennett 4IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Vasquez (W, 2-0) 1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K, 1-0 IR-S
• Santos (SV, 1) 1⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K, 1-0 IR-S
• King 2-5, R, SB
• Boissiere 2-5
• Made 1-5, R, HR, RBI
The Senators homered to take a 3-0 lead and tied the game at 4-4 but it was a two-run single in the 8th that broke the Rumble Ponies for a 6-5 win. Jake Bennett made it through four and allowed two runs on three hits (one HR) and two walks while striking our three. Though only one of the four relievers didn’t give up a run (Junior Santos), they stranded all four inherited runners with Samuel Vasquez picking up the win and Santos earning the save. Kevin Made and Max Romero Jr. both homered while Seaver King and Branden Boisserie had two singles apiece to lead the Harrisburg offense.
Hudson Valley 13 Wilmington 6
• Kent (L, 4-7) 3⅔ IP, 13H, 9R, 9ER, 0BB, 3K
• Glavine 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Petersen 3-4, 2R, BB, HR(5), 2RBI
• Lawson 3-5, R, HR, RBI
• De La Rosa 2-5, 2B, 2RBI
Hudson Valley went to town on Jackson Kent and Wilmington, strafing the former for 13 of its season-high 18 hits in a 13-6 smackdown. Kent was charged with nine runs over three and 2/3rds innings as he lost for the seventh time. Sam Petersen and Cortland Lawson both homered while Jeremy De La Rosa singled, doubled, and drove in two to lead the Blue Rocks attack. Roster moves: C Nate Rombach, LHP Pablo Aldonis promoted from Fredericksburg.
Columbia 9 Fredericksburg 6
• Polanco 4IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Farias (L, 0-1) 2⅓ IP, 6H, 5R, 4ER, 0BB, 2K
• R. Diaz 2-3, BB, RBI, E
• Vaquero 2-4, R, 3B, RBI
• Green 2-5, 2R, 2RBI, 0K, SB
The FredNats and Fireflies played even until the 7th, when Columbia unbottled four runs to take an 8-4 lead and went on to win, 9-6. Bryan Polanco went thef first four and gave up three runs on six hits (one HR) and two walks while striking out three. Victor Farias took the loss in his Low-A debut, charged with five runs (four earned) on six hits over two and 1/3rd innings. Randal Diaz reached base three times on a walk and two singles while Elijah Green singled twice, scored twice, and drove in two without striking out to lead the Fredericksburg offense. Roster moves: OFs Elijah Nunez, Brenner Cox assigned from Wilmington for MiLB rehab.
DSL Nationals 12 DSL Giants Black 6
• M. De La Cruz 3⅔ IP, 2H, 5R, 3ER, 4BB, 4K, 3WP, HBP
• Ju. Lopez (W, 2-0) 2⅓ IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K, 3-1 IR-S
• Castillo 2-3, R, SAC, SB
• Figueroa 2-3, R, CS
• German 2-4, 2R, HR, SF, 3RBI, SB
• D. Hernandez 2-4, R, RBI
The DSL Nationals blew a 5-0 lead to fall behind 6-5, but scored in each of its last three “ups” to double up the DSL Giants Black, 12-6. Marlon De La Cruz was knocked from the box with two out in the 4th after two hits, four walks, five runs (three earned), four whiffs, three wild pitches, and a hit batsman. Juan Lopez picked up the win with one inherited runner let in and one unearned run allowed. Junior Castillo, Edgardo Figueroa, and Daniel Hernandez both singled twice and scored a run while Marconi German singled, homered, and drove in three to lead the D-Nats attack. Roster moves: OF Hector Liriano released.
Liriano – yikes, that was fast. He got a pretty decent signing bonus too. Didn’t they hype up up quite a bit?
Was that Dipuglia’s last time in charge of IFA’s?
Goes to show how badly that operation had been running for a while.
Nats signed Liriano for $400K in January 2023. He’s taken a step back this season, and at 19 is actually old for the Dominican SL. With his awful numbers, he wasn’t coming to the States, and three seasonss is about the limit for the DSL.
Flying away from DIA Colorado
Sam Brown interesting
Talent to add to the mix
Eder another vandy kid .
Does this mean Darren Baker gets a cup of Sept coffee with Cairo ?
Maybe Christian Franklin will add to Delino Seniors track team
Ronny Cruz
Let’s see if he gets off the island in 2026
Off to Harrisburg
Impressive seasons for two under the radar players:
-Speedy Sam Petersen
-Former Tampa Bay first rounder Nick Schnell.
Phillip Glasser continues to hit!!!
Good to see Yohandy Morales coming around.
Don’t forget Marconi Germán. We might have something there.
True that, but at his age and lack of pro experience, he is not someone I even consider. That’s just me. 🙂
Schnell the Blankenhorn of 2025
I repeat : clean house in the PD offices .
With all the pitching injuries on the 60 day plus lists
We are spyglassing every starters progress even the guys added to eat IP after others went on the lists since opening day .
Was it injury related that Crews left after getting hit by a pitch? Or was he always just planning to get a couple ABs?
Nats trade Andrew Chafin and Luis Garcia (the pitcher) to the Angels for LHP Jake Eder and a prospect.
Sam Brown: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brown-006sam
The curious thing I see with him is that the Angels started his pro career at AA last year. He’s still at AA. Has improved his K and BB rates. Seems to have good gap power but not HR. His 117 OPS+ makes him look more solid than his .708 OPS does. He has a .289 BABIP so hasn’t gotten a lot of breaks. He doesn’t look like great shakes for a corner bat, but maybe the analytics folks think his launch angle can be changed or something.
I mean, even if he were a bag of balls, it would be a great flip of two recent DFA pick ups in Chafin and Garcia. Though the Angels are an extremely weird org in rushing their draftees to the majors. So there’s some hope that Brown might have just been pushed too quickly, too soon.
Eder is a weird one. He has a career minor league ERA of 5.30! And yet he’s somehow risen to the majors, where he weirdly has a better ERA of 4.87. He’s a great example of a guy with good stuff but poor execution. I’ve seen reports that part of the reason why he’s had more success in the majors is because he’s been used as a reliever, while he’s been used exclusively as a SP in the minors. His future lies in the bullpen, where his “stuff” should play up a bit better.
Yet another example of how the relief pitching market is a surprisingly effective way at acquiring prospect capital. I wish we took our bullpen more seriously this offseason, and had more talent that Chafin and Garcia (and Finnegan, while he does his usual late July choke job) to try to flip right now.