AFL/Offseason Update: Oct. 30, 2025
The Scorpions four-game win streak was snapped with an 8-7 loss to the Sagauros.
Just two Nationals appeared in the seven-inning game:
- Sam Petersen batted second and played left field. He went 1-for-5 with a solo HR at the plate and had three putouts on defense.
- Ethan Petry was the #8 batter and manned right field. He walked three times and scored a run on offense and snagged one flyball and fielded four hits on defense.
With the loss, Scottsdale (12-6) saw its lead reduced to a half game over Surprise (11-6). Tonight, the Scorpions host the Desert Dogs.
FOUR OUTRIGHTED TO ROCHESTER
As noted in the comments, the Nationals outrighted four AAAA players – two of whom chose free agency:
⬇ LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara
⬇ C C.J. Stubbs
👋 RHPs Mason Thompson, Eduardo Salazar (now free agents)
BA GRADES NATS DRAFT
Sorry, it’s not A-F relative to other organizations, but rather a list of superlatives. Same as it ever was…
Still no Linan sightings. I think we’re at day 15 without an appearance. That’s injury-related, and not playing-time issues. Not good, given that Linan made the AFL roster largely because his season was cut short due to injuries. Hope it’s something minor!
But while we’re at it, we also haven’t seen Amaral and Aldonis since the 24th (by comparison Simpson has appeared twice since then). It’s not quite long enough to attribute an injury, like Linan, but I hope we see them soon.
To the ole ex- po fans on this stream
Yes Blakes dad Sal played for Buck Rodger’s expos in 1984-85
Maybe Paul T can lasso Epperson over to the Nats .
As I just posted over at Nats Arms Race, the roster moves brings out 40 man count down to 38. We’ve got a lot of questionable adds to avoid R5 (Cornelio, Luckham, Wallace) and a few obvious adds (Bennet, Franklin, Grissom). It’s going to be tough to manage these numbers without completely handcuffing our hands on the free agent market.
Luke, I don’t have a BA subscription. Anything interesting to note from their draft report? It’s a strange time to post such an article… but I guess they need content of some sort during this time.
TBH, not really. A lot of slobbering over Willits.
Chad Epperson dark horse candidate
Gotta love a former catcher as managerial material .
He did manage that stocked AA Red Sox affiliate .
Looks like it’ll be another dark horse, former catcher: Drew Butera.
Butera is one of a select few managerial options who is actually younger than Toboni (born in 1990!).
They’re really leading by example with this youth revolution. Excited to learn more about Butera!
Already messed up his name, with actual major leaguer and same name sharer (wonder if they’re related?)
Welcome to the franchise, BLAKE!
How did we fare against teams he managed?