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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Lost, 8-5 @ Columbus, 5:05 p.m. Kilome (1-2, 7.62) vs. Battenfield (6-5, 3.31)
Harrisburg Lost, 5-4 vs. Bowie, 6 p.m. Cate (0-1, 9.24) vs. Armbruester (1-0, 4.55)
Wilmington Lost, 7-6;
Lost, 6-3 		vs. Aberdeen, 6:05 p.m. Saenz (1-2, 7.90) vs. Pinto (3-4, 4.79)
Fredericksburg Lost, 10-9
(10 inn.)		 @ Down East, 5 p.m. Rutledge (4-5, 5.92) vs. Garcia (0-1, 2.33)
FCL Nationals Lost, 7-0 vs. F-Mets, 10 a.m.
DSL Nationals Lost, 9-0 vs. D-Angels, 9:30 a.m.

Columbus 8 Rochester 5
• Je. Rodriguez (L, 1-3) 2IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 3K, HBP
• Teel 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Nogowski 2-3, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI
• Stevenson 2-5, RBI
• Dahl 1-2, 2R, 2BB

While the Red Wings were able to score in four consecutive innings, it wasn’t enough to overcome the Clippers’ five-run 3rd as they dropped their 15th straight, 8-5. Jefry Rodriguez was the opener and the loser as Columbus lit him up for three runs on three hits and three walks over two innings. Carson Teel was the most effective of the five relievers to follow, putting on two baserunners in two scoreless innings. John Nogowski doubled, homered, and drove in three while Andrew Stevenson had two safeties to lead Rochester’s seven-hit, four-walk offense.
Roster moves: UT Dee Strange-Gordon, RHP Sterling Sharp released; LHP Josh Rogers outrighted from Washington, elected free agency; RHP Connor Sadzeck assigned from Washington.

Bowie 5 Harrisburg 4
• Irvin 4IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 8K, HR, HBP
• Schaller (L, 4-4) 1IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K
• Baker 2-4, R, SB
• Meregildo 1-3, R, BB, HR, RBI

Harrisburg led this one twice, 2-1 and 3-2, but faltered in the late innings to extend its losing streak to four. Jake Irvin labored through four innings, giving up two runs on two hits (one HR) and three walks. He struck out eight. Reid Schaller rode the “L” with an assist from Trey Harris’s error on a dropped flyball as two runs scored in the 8th to give the BaySox a 5-3 lead. Darren Baker was the sole batter to have multiple hits (two singles) while Wilson Garcia and Omar Meregildo both hit solo shots to highlight the Harrisburg attack.
Roster moves: RHP Dakody Clemmer, OF Jacob Rhinesmith released.

Aberdeen 7 Wilmington 6 – COMP.
• Guasch (L, 1-1) 3IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K, HBP, 2WP
• Sinclair 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Antuna 2-4, 2R, BB, HR, 2RBI
• Emiliani 2-3, 2R, BB, 2B, RBI
• Millas 1-2, R, 3BB

The Blue Rocks couldn’t hold the 5-3 lead, instead giving up three in the 5th and one in the 7th as the IronBirds took the completion, 7-6. Richard Guasch took the loss, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk over three innings of relief. Yasel Antuna singled, walked, homered, and drove in two while Leandro Emiliani singled, doubled, walked, and drove in one to pace the Wilmington offense.

Aberdeen 6 Wilmington 3 – GM. 2
• Cuevas (L, 4-11) 3IP, 3H, 3R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K, WP
• Ferrer 1IP, 2H, 2R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
• Méndez 2-3, R, HR(5), 2RBI
• Barley 1-3, R, SB(34)

After an 82-minute delay, Aberdeen doubled up Wilmington, 6-3 to complete the de facto doubleheader sweep. Michael Cuevas lost his 11th game with three runs allowed (one earned) on three hits and a walk while striking out one. Ricardo Méndez hit his 5th HR and plated two while Jordy Barley singled, scored a run, and stole his 34th base to lead the Blue Rocks offense.

Down East 10 Fredericksburg 9 (10 inn.)
• Seijas 4IP, 6H, 6R, 6ER, 4BB, 4K, HR
• Schoff 3IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K
• Threadgill (BS, 2; L, 6-2) ⅔ IP, 1H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 0K, HBP, WP
• Wood 4-6, R, HR, 3RBI
• Pettigrew 2-4, 2R, BB, 2-2B, RBI
• Arruda 2-5, R, BB, HR, 3RBI

The best hope to avoid an organizational sweep was, as usual, up to the FredNats. Despite a monster debut from James Wood, who went 4-for-6 with a HR and three RBI, Fredericksburg fell in extras, 10-9. Karlo Seijas returned to the rotation and picked up where he left off, digging a 6-0 hole after two innings and needing 76 pitches to get 12 outs as gave up six hits, walked four, and struck out four. The FredNats led twice in the late innings – 8-7 after 7½ and 9-8 after 9½ – but Riggs Threadgill hit a batter, walked a batter, and threw a wild pitch before giving up the two-out single for the walk-off loss.

FCL Marlins 7 FCL Nationals 0
• Burdi 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• C. Sanchez (L, 0-1) 1IP, 3H, 4R, 1ER, 2BB, 0K
• Otanez 4IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 4BB, 2K, WP
• Santana 2-4, 2-2B
• Torres 2-4
• 0-9 RISP; 9 LOB

The F-Nats outhit the F-Marlins 9-5 but were a wee bit behind in the run column, 7-0. After a pair of rehabs were trotted out (see below) for an inning apiece, 19-y.o. Camilo Sanchez took the hill in the 3rd and was dinged for four runs (one earned) on one hit and two walks to suffer the loss. Eliesel Santana doubled twice while Ray Torres singled twice to lead the age-appropriate hitters.
Roster moves: RHP Zack Burdi assigned from Rochester for MiLB Rehab; LHP Peyton Glavine assigned from Fredericksburg for MiLB Rehab.

DSL Cardinals 9 DSL Nationals 0
• R. Lara (L, 1-3) 4IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, HBP, WP
• Rosario 2-3, E(7), PB(5)
• Vaquero 2-4, CS(6)

The D-Nats were shut out on eight hits over seven innings, 9-0. Randy Lara gave up three runs on three hits and three walks over four innings to take his third loss. Helder Rosario singled and doubled while Cristhian Vaquero singled twice to lead the D-Nats offense.

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  1. Luke, your tech staff needs more kibble, it was Jacob Rhinesmith released; Justin Connell is still active.

    Time to say goodbye to 2 guys we’ve been following awhile. Jacob Rhinesmith was an 18th round pick in 2018 and signed for $125,000. He had a monster spring training in 2019 but since has been almost good enough since. At 26 years old we wish him well in the future and he can always regale grandchildren on his 4 years as a professional ballplayer.

    Jeremy Ydens was a 8th round pick in 2019 and signed for $169,000. He never really hit well enough and as we all saw with the Potomac Nationals getting past High A is extremely difficult for most players. We wish him well also with the rest of his life.

    Monster day indeed for James Wood but he’s been doing that all year at Low A so you have to think he’s headed to Wilmington sooner rather than later.

    1. See , Todd, the pink slips can come fast and east to eventually reach 32-34 players .
      The heat is getting to everybody . It’s not the lack of kibbles and bits for humans .

      1. For a few seconds one thought there was a Seth Romero siting in FCL but .. alas .. it’s Brayan Romero RHP .. lol

      2. Nice
        2 IP Powell @ Conplex 4 Ks
        Pedro Gonzo 3 IP 2 Ks
        Goose eggs
        Angel Geraldo hitting above .270 BA

  2. Have a night James Wood! So much for fears that his numbers were inflated in a hitters’ league. I think we’re all going to be holding our collective breath waiting to see if the Soto return is really going to pan out.

    Of course I also can’t help but think that while Wood is still considered “young for the age/level” to be doing what he’s doing, Soto was already in the majors at this point in his age-19 season. It’s hard to truly replace generationally special.

  3. Luke I am sensing that your canine photo posted on todays report hints at that latter summer phrase: “ dog days of summer “.
    Also I am sure this question goes through the minds of fans of many age brackets :
    If the FCL complex roster is full and competing daily then where are the infamous July 2022 draft rd and signed … being processed in the complex ? Just light workouts as XST back field participants ? Granted some guys like the 1 b from UC Santa Barbara had a full NCAA campaign not to mention the handful of pitchers from the same NCAA ranks .
    20 pct rain for Aberdeen that translates to a sprinkle if that .
    ( Steve Martin in the comedy LA Story ).

  4. Fans should sit on the 3 b side when Drew Mendoza manning 3 b and throwing over to 1b?? Lol !

  5. Hello all, I have some questions for the group on the shutdowns of pitchers in the Nats minor league system. These don’t involve going on the IL – the pitchers are just out for a while. I think this is the first year we have seen this used regularly. To save space, I’ll call this the Shutdown due to Innings Tracking (SIT) program.

    My questions:
    1) Is SIT a standard procedure in the industry now?
    2) Does it effectively create a two-tiered system – pitchers in the SIT program who the big club is interested in and pitchers outside the SIT program who are just org guys?
    3) Why does Andry Lara keep taking the hill instead of being enrolled in SIT?
    4) Is there some pattern (# of starts, # of innings) for this?
    5) Are relief pitchers part of the SIT program?
    6) Down the road, do SIT players have less trade value? Or since we’re not going to trade prospects for veterans for the foreseeable future, that doesn’t matter to the Nats?

    Thanks for any responses! (It’s not meant to be a test)

    1. Andry Lara is a great example . Perhaps the one young horse brass sees like a young Bartelo Colon where you just keep handing him the ball and like Timex watches he takes the hits and keeps on ticking .. meanwhile so many conjure up the song title Porelein..

    2. My answers:
      1) No
      2) No more than there already is with guys who were drafted high vs. low
      3) SIT program does seem to involve college draftees more than IFAs
      4) Yes. 10 starts seems to be the O/U
      5) Doubtful — 3-4 days’ rest is the equivalent of missing a start, but how does differentiate that from other practices (e.g., putting struggling guys in low-leverage situations)
      6) TBD since this appears to be a fairly new phenomenon

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