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Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 5-4 OFF DAY N/A
Harrisburg Won, 5-4 END OF SEASON N/A

Rochester 5 Buffalo 4
• Solesky (W, 6-5) 5IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 3K, HR
• Salazar (SV, 5) 1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K, HR
• Baker 2-4, 2B, RBI
• Glasser 2-4, R, RBI
• Lipscomb 2-4, 2B

The Red Wings jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held off a stampede by the Bisons to win, 5-4, and split the six-games series. Chase Solesky turned in another five innings of two-run ball on five hits (one HR), no walks, and three whiffs. Garrett Davila and Seth Shuman both put up a goose egg while Julian Fernández gave up a run in the 8th; all three earned holds. Eduardo Salazar gave up a home run in the 9th but was nevertheless credited with the save. Darren Baker and Trey Lipscomb both went 2-for-4 with a double while Nick Schnell hit a two-run HR to lead the Rochester offense. Roster moves: RHP Orlando Ribalta recalled to Washington.

Harrisburg 5 Akron 4
• Clemmey 6IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K
• Saenz (W, 6-7) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 2-1 IR-S
• Santos (SV, 12) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Boisserie 2-4, 2R, 3B, 2RBI
• S. Brown 2-4, R, 2B, RBI
• Wallace 1-4, RBI

A four-run 8th turned a 4-1 deficit into the eventual 5-4 win, giving Harrisburg back-to-back wins to close out the season and earn a series split. Alex Clemmey turned in his best AA outing with one run let in on four hits and and two walks. He left down 1-0 but Cayden Wallace’s RBI single took him off the hook to “earn” his sixth no-decision. Branden Boisserie’s two-run triple followd by Sam Brown’s RBI doubled tied the game at 4-4. Caleb Lomavita beat out an infield groundout to plate the game-winner. Junior Santos worked around a two-out walk to earn his 12th save.



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  1. Tired Red Wing Fan, thanks for the insight into Phillip Glasser’s defense on yesterday’s post. I’m always really appreciative to get first hand insight into players. We’ve got a great Harrisburg contingent, so thanks to those posters too. Please keep posting!

    While on the topic of Glasser, I’m still mystified as to why he was converted to left field. Glasser didn’t play a single inning in the OF in college. He was exclusively a SS, but played a few games at 2B in summer ball. The Nats drafted him as a SS, and then played him there in 14 of 18 games in his shortened debut season. Then in 2024, it all got weird. He started the season in Fredericksburg, where he added 3B to his repertoire, but was still exclusively used as an INF. Then he got promoted to Wilmington where he added OF to his defensive responsibilities. At the time, this seemed motivated entirely due to roster considerations. Glasser was an underslot signing (bonus of only $20k), who was being utilized like a super-utility guy, and Wilmington had a surplus of infielders (Made, Stehly, Dugas, Brown and Pena) and a dearth of OFs (White, McKenzie, Thomas and not much else). Glasser performed exceptionally well in 2024 and forced himself onto management’s radar. He’s shown himself to be an outrageous bargain for $20k. But weirdly I just don’t understand what the Nats have been doing with him this year. He’s no longer a super-utility player, but exclusively a LF. He’s played 88 games in LF, and 11 at 2B. Meanwhile, the only position on the diamond in which the Nats have any semblance of depth is LF. Right now, we can’t find a way to get playing time for Wood, Crews, Hassell, Lile, Young, Franklin, Pinckney and Schnell between DC and AAA, and we’ve just inserted Glasser into the mix. “Fortunately”, Franklin and Pinckney have gotten injured. But they aren’t going to remain injured forever. Doesn’t Glasser have a much more logical path to playing time as a super-utility infielder, and not a LF?

    Also, Glasser’s defense at 3B, SS or 2B would have to be abysmal for that to be a disqualifier. Abrams is statistically the worst defender in all of baseball over the past 3 years. Garcia isn’t far behind. Defense clearly isn’t the Nats’ utmost priority. And he’s not being blocked by better players in the infield. JT Arruda, Darren Baker and Jackson Cluff have been starting games during Glasser’s recent promotion to Rochester. What’s the deal? Am I missing something?

    1. Despite solid, but not great offensive numbers, the Nats don’t see him as an MLB prospect. Agree that an corner OF with no power has no MLB future.

      1. All the more reason to not move him to left field!

        His future viability in the majors looks a lot better as a 2B/utility infielder, making the positional change even more confusing.

          1. Then that’s a talent identification problem. Glasser just put up a 132 wRC+ in AA, identical to league-mate uberprospects Travis Bazzana (135 wRC+, #15 overall), Max Clark (135 wRC+, #9 overall), Charlie Condon (133 wRC+, #58 overall). Yes, those 3 are all younger, and much more projectable than Glasser, but that doesn’t mean Glasser has no future. He had a 139 wRC+ across 3 levels last year, and a 133 wRC+ in an abbreviated ’23 season. There’s clearly talent there, if the Nats can’t see it, that’s a problem.

      2. Glasser as an outfielder meshed with Delino , JR. as mentor and
        ” jack of all trades” explains the lean talent pipeline coupled with slow maturation speed with some outfielders.
        I spoke with Delino Jr. on jhis return flight to dallas this morning. looks like hes considering a reurn to some further education.

  2. solid finish to the season for Clemmey! low pitch count with good percentage of strikes (78/50). I think we stole one from Cleveland here.

    have a good off season kid!

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