Outfielder Michael Taylor and pitcher Lucas Giolito were among those named to the US team for the 2014 Futures Game, which will be held on the Sunday prior to the MLB All-Star game on July 15 in Minneapolis. Taylor has been having a monster season for the Harrisburg Senators, prompting chatter about his becoming the …
Rehabbing major-leaguer Wilson Ramos sliced a three-run home run to cap off a four-run 3rd as Potomac defeated Salem, 5-2 before a reported crowd of 7,804 last night in Woodbridge. Ramos, who was joined in the lineup by some kid named Bryce Harper (single in 1st, walk in the 3rd, made a putout in LF), …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-4 vs. Lehigh Valley, 6:00 p.m. Kroenke (1st AAA start of ’14) and Hill (9-2, 1.92) Delcarmen (3-2, 2.78) vs. Bootcheck (2-3, 4.09) and Smith (5-5, 4.32) Neris (1-0, 3.70) Harrisburg Lost, 7-2 @ Richmond, 6:35 p.m. Brach (1-1, 8.00) vs. Snodgrass (7-1, 3.24) Potomac Won, 5-2 vs. …
Hagerstown took both Pitcher and Player of the Week awards for the Sally League while Brandon Laird was named the Imnternational League’s Batter of the Week for week of June 16-22. Pivetta pitched just once, but six no-hit innings with one unearned run allowed on one walk and two strikeouts last Friday was enough to …
There’s not much question about this when it comes to the P-Nats: These guys can hit. Sure, they took a couple of innings to get going last night as the first six men went down in order with just one well-struck ball, an opposite-field liner by Shawn Pleffner. But in the 3rd, Will Piwnica-Worms homered …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 9-0 @ Durham, 1:05 p.m. Laffey (9-3, 3.08) vs. Montgomery (8-1, 3.38) Harrisburg Won, 7-5 @ Richmond, 6:35 p.m. MacGregor (1st AA start of ’14) vs. Blach (4-4, 2.79) Potomac Won, 11-4 vs. Salem, 7:05 p.m. Bacus (2-2, 3.63) vs. Haley (5-2, 2.05) Hagerstown Won, 4-3 vs. Lexington, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 16-3 @ Durham, 5:05 p.m. Treinen (3-0, 2.17) vs. Hellickson (0-2, 12.60) Harrisburg Won, 5-3 vs. Akron, 2:00 p.m. Cole (6-3, 2.78) vs. von Schammann (5-2, 3.09) Potomac Won, 10-2 vs. Salem, 6:05 p.m. Simms (1-4, 4.07) vs. Kukuk (1-4, 7.06) Hagerstown Lost, 8-4 @ Greensboro, 4:00 p.m. …
With the signing of 24 players earlier this week, there are more players than spots. Thus, this batch includes a few releases…
HARRISBURG
• C Wilson Ramos assigned from Washington for MLB rehab
POTOMAC
• RHP Richie Mirowski activated from 7-Day DL, reassigned from Harrisburg
• RHP Brian Rauh activated from 7-Day DL
• RHP Ronald Pena placed on 7-Day DL, retroactive to June 15
AUBURN
• OF Brenton Allen released
• IF Jean Carlos Valdez released
• OF Greg Zebrack released
• OF D.K. Carey assigned from Washington (7th Rd. pick)
• IF Austin Davidson assigned from Washington (13th Rd. pick)
• OF Alec Keller assigned from Washington (17th Rd. pick)
• OF Brian Langlois assigned from Washington (20th Rd. pick)
• SS Chris Riopedre assigned from Washington (23rd Rd. pick)
• OF Clay Williamson assigned from Washington (19th Rd. pick)
GCL NATIONALS
• RHP David Fischer assigned from Potomac for minor-league rehab
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 8-2 @ Durham, 7:05 p.m. Simmons (0-1, 7.50) vs. Montgomery (8-1, 3.38) Harrisburg Lost, 2-1 vs. Akron, 7:00 p.m. Espino (2-3, 5.18) vs. Anderson (2-5, 4.92) Potomac Postponed @ Lynchburg, 7:05 p.m. Spann (4-1, 3.83) vs. Sims (5-4, 5.00) Hagerstown Won, 9-1 @ Greensboro, 7:00 p.m. Giolito (2-1, …
Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 43-30, 1st place I.L. North, 2 games ahead Good Tyler Moore .383/.500/.660 in June (14G) Bad Mike Gonzalez 5.00 ERA, 1.78 WHIP over last 10 appearances Interesting Daniel Stange 11⅓ consecutive IP w/o an ER allowed (7 appearances) …