One month after the strange saga of David DeJesus, the Nationals announced today that 22-y.o. LHP Matthew Spann is the “player to be named later.” Spann was drafted in the 25th round out of Central High School in Columbia, TN (that’s roughly 40 miles south of Brentwood, hometown of Robbie Ray) and was eased into …
Continuing where we left off on Tuesday, here’s the rundown of the position players that have been announced as participating in the Florida Instructional League, a.k.a. “Instrux”: Player Pos. Age 2013 Team(s) 2012 Invite Notes Spencer Kieboom C 22 GCL Y Missed most of 2013 due to TJ surgery on his throwing elbow. Geoffrey Perrott …
In the midst of the minors playoff hubbub, MASN’s Byron Kerr published the 2013 Florida Instructional League rosters. With the end of the season, there’s now time to take a closer look, beginning with the pitchers: Player Pos. Age 2013 Team(s) 2012 Invite Notes A.J. Cole RHSP 21 POT, HBG N A breakthrough year for …
So here we are, a day removed from the last of three playoff teams to lose in their league championship series. Two of them were swept, the third may as well have been — limited to two runs in three losses after winning the first game. A fourth playoff team, which only garnered notice outside …
The Sand Gnats pitchers stifled the Suns for a second straight night, shutting them out 2-0 to take the South Atlantic League Championship, three games to one. Hagerstown actually outhit Savannah 6-2, but the difference was the walks. Losing pitcher Dakota Bacus gave up three in the space of four batters in the Savannah 4th …
The Washington Nationals have announced that Billy Burns and Taylor Jordan have been named the organization’s 2013 Player and Pitcher of the Year while Tony Renda will be the inaugural Bob Boone Award winner. Burns and Jordan were teammates in Potomac for about a month before the latter began his unexpected and meteoric rise from …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Harrisburg Lost, 11-4 END OF SEASON N/A Hagerstown Lost, 6-0 @ Savannah, 7:05 p.m. Bacus (1-0, 0.00) vs. Matz (5-6, 2.62) Trenton 11 Harrisburg 4 • Karns (L, 1-1) 2⅔ IP, 4H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 2K, HBP, WP • Grace 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 2K • Hague 3-4, R, BB, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Harrisburg Lost, 5-4 vs. Trenton, 7:00 p.m. Karns (10-6, 3.26) vs. Greene (8-4, 3.18) Hagerstown OFF DAY @ Savannah, 7:05 p.m. Turnbull (6-5, 3.58) vs. Ynoa (15-4, 2.72) Trenton 5 Harrisburg 4 • Cole 4IP, 7H, 1R, 0ER, BB, K • Mirowski (BS, 1; L, 1-1) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 2R, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Harrisburg Lost, 8-2 @ Trenton, 7:05 p.m. Cole (4-2, 2.18) vs. Mitchell (0-0, 1.93) Potomac Lost, 6-4 END OF SEASON N/A Hagerstown Lost, 6-2 OFF DAY N/A Trenton 8 Harrisburg 2 • Treinen (L, 0-1) 2⅔ IP, 4H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 3K, WP • Gilliam 3IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Harrisburg OFF DAY @ Trenton, 7:05 p.m. Treinen (6-7, 3.64) vs. Turley (11-8, 3.88) Potomac OFF DAY @ Salem, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. Cuevas (8-9, 5.05) Hagerstown Won, 6-1 vs. Savannah, 7:05 p.m. Voth (1-0, 3.38) vs. Lugo (2-2, 2.53) Harrisburg @ Trenton — Game 1 Eastern League Finals Great …