Tuesday’s News & Notes
All four teams win and score plenty of runs. Wait, what?
Monday’s News & Notes
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-2; Lost, 10-4 @ Pawtucket, 6:15 p.m. Voth (7-9, 3.15 in ’16) vs. Kendrick (6-5, 4.73 in ’16) Harrisburg Won, 6-2 vs. Hartford, 6:30 p.m. G. Ross (5-1, 0.83 in ’16) vs. Niebla (0-1, 5.30 in ’16) Potomac Won, 8-7 @ Frederick, 7:00 p.m. J. Baez (9-7, 3.94 …
Sunday’s News & Notes
Carter Kieboom, Edwin Lora both homer in the late innings to decide one-run games
Saturday’s News & Notes
No rain… but still a washout.
Friday’s News & Notes
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Postponed Postponed N/A Harrisburg Postponed vs. Altoona, 7:00 p.m. Long (3-3, 2.37 in ’16) vs. McRae (8-6, 4.79 in ’16) Potomac Postponed @ Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Reyes (4-8, 5.60 in ’16) vs. Griffin (5-10, 6.23 in ’16) Hagerstown Postponed @ Charleston, 6:05 p.m. Watson (1-1, 4.80 in ’16) vs. …
Opening Day Washed Away
Well, as predicted, all four affiliates were indeed washed out today. It was bad enough in upstate New York wash away tomorrow’s game, too. Still no word on who will start and when in Harrisburg, just a clue that it’s not RHP Gabriel Arias, who was placed on the DL and replaced with RHP Mark …
Opening Day!
The enthusiasm is to be tempered by the forecast of rain at all four games today, as the Chiefs, Senators, and Suns open at home, while the P-Nats visit Wilmington. Team Today’s Game Pitching Matchup (’16 Stats at Level) Syracuse vs. Rochester, 2:05 p.m. TBD vs. Berrios (10-5, 2.51) Harrisburg vs. Altoona, 7:00 p.m. TBD …
2017 Rosters for the Affiliates Revealed
The wait is over, as the four full-season affiliates officially announced their Opening Day rosters. Let’s take a look at how it breaks down by the Watchlist: SYRACUSE Pitchers – A.J. Cole, Austin Voth Batters – Rafael Bautista, Brian Goodwin, Pedro Severino, Matt Skole HARRISBURG Pitchers – Ryan Brinley, Jimmy Cordero, Erick Fedde, Tyler Mapes*, …
Nats Announce Opening Day Roster
Ross optioned, Guthrie assigned to AAA, Robinson outrighted
So Long, Boys
Alas, there is a flip side to the offseason signings and the reassignments. In the latest transactions post from Baseball America, we learned the following Nats minor-leaguers have been released:
• 2B Dalton Dulin (Auburn)
• RHP Russell Harmening (Auburn)
• RHP Conner Porter (GCL)
• 1B Ryan Ripken (Hagerstown, Auburn)
• RHP Brayan Serrata (Auburn)
These are just from the period of March 18-24; I suspect there will be more but no additional names have appeared on MiLB.com thus far. A reminder, as usual, that for most of these guys this is the end of their days as a professional baseball player.