It’s post-mortem season on the beat writer side and Cade Cavalli cheerleading over at Baseball America. STATE OF THE FARM Mark Zuckerman’s article (linked above; warning – the reasons for the “MASN Commenter” trope are in abundance) gets to the perennial chicken-and-egg question about the failure to draft or the failure to develop. Obviously, it’s …
Our final look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. Repeats from 2019 are in italics PLEASE NOTE: This format discriminates against multi-level players who were good, guys who were injured, and guys who were traded away. I try to factor in age relative to the level when possible – …
With barely a week to go, the Nats’ contingent to the Arizona Fall League was revealed yesterday: OF Donovan Casey SS Jackson Cluff RHP Cole Henry C Drew Millas RHP Todd Peterson C Israel Pineda RHP Jackson Rutledge It’s worth noting that only Casey and Pineda are Rule 5-eligible, and only Casey and Millas did …
The news hasn’t quite slowed down, as we got official word via Baseball America of who’s going (or went) to Instrux and a report from The Nats Report on who’s slated to fill out the roster of the Saguaros; I think you’ll agree it’s, um, not much of a surprise. Looking over the Instrux roster …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester Lost, 4-0 (6 inn.) END OF SEASON N/A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4 Rochester 0 (6 inn.) • Tetreault (L, 0-1) 6IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 5K, HR • Dunlap 2-3 • Flores 1-2, BB The rains came and ended this one mercifully early, as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre completed the five-game sweep with a …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester Lost, 5-2 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 1:05 p.m. Tetreault (0-0, 0.00) vs. Gil (4-0, 4.81) DSL Nationals Won, 3-2 END OF SEASON Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5 Rochester 2 • J. Rodriguez (L, 5-2) 5IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 3K • Teel 4IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K • Read 3-4, R, 2B, HR, RBI …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester Lost, 10-3 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:05 p.m. J. Rodriguez (2-0, 4.35) vs. Wesneski (1-1, 4.50) DSL Nationals Lost, 2-0 @ DSL Tigers, 10 a.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 10 Rochester 3 • Fuentes (L, 0-5) 2⅓ IP, 8H, 9R, 9ER, 2BB, 1K, HR, HBP, 2WP • Bonnell 3⅔ IP, 3H, R, ER, 0BB, …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester Lost, 6-4 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:05 p.m. Fuentes (0-4, 17.31) vs. Sears (6-0, 2.64) DSL Nationals Lost, 5-3 vs. DSL Phillies Red, 10:30 a.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 6 Rochester 4 • Braymer 5IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 4BB, 6K, HR • Klobosits (BS, 1; L, 1-2) 1IP, 2H, 4R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K • …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester Lost, 10-6 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:05 p.m. Braymer (7-8, 5.89) vs. Schmidt (0-1, 2.75) DSL Nationals Lost, 1-0 @ DSL Phillies Red, 10:30 a.m. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 10 Rochester 6 • Cavalli (L, 1-5) ⅔ IP, 2H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, K, 36-16 PIT-K • M. Sanchez 4⅓ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, …
Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables Rochester OFF DAY vs. Scranton/Wilkes TBD vs. TBD DSL Nationals Won, 7-0 vs. DSL Tigers, 10:30 a.m. Rochester Red Wings – OFF DAY The Red Wings begin their final homestand against the RailRiders. MiLB.com is listing Cade Cavalli as the starter, but officially it’s TBD vs. TBD. DSL Nationals 7 …