Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. NOTE: Stats & standings prior to games of July 25 SYRACUSE CHIEFS 61-45, 1st place I.L. North, 2½ games ahead Good A.J. Cole 3-0, 2.88 ERA, 1.21 WHIP in July (4GS) Bad Greg Dobbs .194/.219/.258 in last 10 games Interesting …
After a six-run top of the first, the Luftwaffe weren’t circling Woodbridge, but it sure looked like this wasn’t going to be Potomac’s night. Instead, the P-Nats answered with four of their own, beginning with Isaac Ballou’s leadoff single in his Carolina League debut, and ending with an inside-the-park home run by Randolph Oduber as …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 3-1 vs. Gwinnett, 7:00 p.m. Laffey (11-3, 3.14) vs. Martin (6-6, 3.37) Harrisburg Lost, 5-3 vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. McGregor (0-1, 8.27) vs. Anderson (3-2, 4.58) Potomac Won, 11-8 vs. Carolina, 6:35 p.m. Dickson (2-8, 5.61) vs. Peoples (7-7, 4.57) Hagerstown Won, 5-1 vs. Greenville, 7:05 p.m. …
Among the slew of transactions that were received today, the promotion of 22-year-old Austin Voth stands out. The move comes despite his worst outing in High-A this past Wednesday when he gave up five runs on six hits to Winston-Salem, chased by his second HR in 37⅔ innings. He’ll join former teammate John Simms as …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 3-1 vs. Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. Lively (0-1, 9.00) vs. D. Rodriguez (5-11, 4.94) Harrisburg Lost, 5-3 vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. McGregor (0-1, 8.27) Simmons (2-0, 5.44) vs. Lawrence (6-5, 2.94) Potomac Won, 9-6 (11 inn.) vs. Carolina, 7:05 p.m. Rauh (1-1, 4.46) vs. Merritt (10-3, 2.13) Hagerstown …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 5-0 @ Buffalo, 1:05 p.m. Hill (9-4, 2.63) vs. Valdes (3-3, 4.50) Harrisburg Lost, 6-4 vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. Kroenke (2-3, 5.66) vs. Norris (1-1, 7.20) Potomac Lost, 9-4 @ Winston-Salem, 7:00 p.m. Spann (7-4, 3.96) vs. Wendelken (5-8, 5.12) Hagerstown Lost, 6-2 vs. Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 9-3 @ Buffalo, 7:05 p.m. Cole (2-0, 3.42) vs. TBD Harrisburg Won, 4-2 @ Bowie, 11:05 a.m. Simms (2-1, 3.45) vs. Vasquez (4-6, 4.70) Potomac Lost, 6-5 @ Winston-Salem, 12:00 p.m. Voth (2-0, 0.27) vs. Danish (2-2, 3.64) Hagerstown OFF DAY vs. Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Pivetta (11-5, 3.87) …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-3 vs. Pawtucket, 7:00 p.m. Treinen (6-0, 2.25)) vs. Barnes (4-7, 5.06) Harrisburg Won, 4-3 (10 inn.) @ Bowie, 6:35 p.m. Dupra (1-4, 6.17) vs. E. Rodriguez (3-6, 5.15) Potomac Won, 5-2 @ Winston-Salem, 7:00 p.m. Bacus (3-5, 3.62) vs. J. Dykstra (1-0, 2.70) Hagerstown Won, 3-1 OFF …
Potomac Nationals pitcher Austin Voth has been named the Carolina League’s Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week.
As he did the week prior, Voth tossed seven scoreless innings with one walk and eight K’s on the 18th but went one better with only one hit allowed versus two. He retired the last 16 batters he faced.
Unfortunately, the effort did not result in a win as Voth matched up against Wilmington’s Jonathan Dziedzic, who matched him goose egg for goose egg on the scoreboard and also got a no-decision for his efforts. The P-Nats ultimately lost the game, 3-0.
In five starts since his callup from Hagerstown, the 22-y.o. “northpaw” has turned in a quality start each time out with just a single run allowed on home run on June 29th and 36 strikeouts over 33 innings pitched. Between the two levels, Voth is 6-3 with a 1.75 ERA in 18 starts with a WHIP of 0.86 and 110 strikeouts in 102⅔ innings (9.64/9IP).
There’s a window of opportunity here at the home office of NationalsProspects.com, so I’m taking it to catch up on an overdue feature — the revisiting of my initial observations of the Potomac Nationals, which for the record, are those of a fan, a former sportswriter, and an amateur scout… just like the tagline has …