Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 39-55, 6th place I.L. North, 13 games behind Good Caleb Clay 3-2, 1.62/3.29/0.99 in five appearances Bad Mike Costanzo .185/.241/.333 in final 10 games before release Interesting Danny Espinosa .417/.475/.750 over last 10 games HARRISBURG SENATORS 51-41, 1st …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-1 @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m. Maya (4-6, 4.52) vs. Huff (4-4, 3.18) Harrisburg Won, 7-0 @ Erie, 7:05 p.m. Hill (1-1, 1.71) vs. Larez (6-6, 5.11) Potomac Tied, 4-4 (Susp.) @ Salem, 7:05 p.m Rauh (1-0, 3.15) vs. Stroup (4-7, 5.06) Hagerstown Won, 5-3 vs. Rome, 7:05 p.m. …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-3 @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m. Clay (2-2, 1.65) vs. Pineda (1-0, 3.60) Harrisburg ALL-STAR BREAK @ Erie, 7:05 p.m. Ray (1,0, 1.90) vs. Cooper (2-6, 5.40) Potomac Lost, 4-1 @ Winston-Salem, 7:00 p.m Schwartz (6-3, 2.92) vs. Beck (8-8, 3.08) Hagerstown Lost, 11-7 vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. Mooneyham …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-2 vs. Buffalo Roark (6-3, 3.33) vs. Germano (5-7, 5.44) Harrisburg ALL-STAR BREAK ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Potomac Won, 5-0 @ Winston-Salem, 12:00 p.m Cole (5-3, 4.58) vs. Bassitt (7-2, 3.63) Hagerstown Lost, 4-3 vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. Dickson (0-0, 5.14) vs. Faulkner (2-2, 3.02) Auburn Lost, 3-1 vs. …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse OFF DAY vs. Buffalo Rosenbaum (5-6, 3.98) vs. Vargas (5-6, 5.51) Harrisburg Won, 3-2 ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Potomac Lost, 12-9 @ Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m Frias (1-0, 18.00) vs. Jaye (5-2, 4.60) Hagerstown OFF DAY vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. Encarnacion (6-4, 3.14) vs. Lopez (2-2, 4.44) Auburn Lost, 6-1; Won, …
Estarlin Martinez has been named the South Atlantic League’s Batter of the Week for the week ofJuly 1-7, the first Hagerstown Sun to win a weekly award this season.
Martinez, who is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak, went 12-for-27 for the week with four doubles, a home run, and eight RBI while scoring seven runs and drawing three walks.
For the season, Martinez is hitting .251/.344/.358 with two HR and 52 RBI. The 21-year-old was on the DL from late April to late May.
He’s in his fourth season with Nationals organization, having begun in the DSL in 2009 and spending 2010 and 2011 in the GCL before making it north of Florida with a season in Auburn last summer, where he posted a strong campaign (.319/.385/.455) that put him on this site’s 2013 watchlist for outfielders for the second straight year.
Late last night, news came that the Nats had traded for Scott Hairston for a minor-leaguer. Early this morning, it was reported that it would be a “Class A pitcher” (a CYA, BTW since that could mean Auburn, Hagerstown, or Potomac). Now, it’s been revealed that Ivan Pineyro is “the guy the Cubs got,” as …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-2; Lost, 4-1 OFF DAY N/A Harrisburg Won, 1-0; Won, 6-2 vs. Bowie, 12:00 p.m. Karns (6-3) vs. Wilson (3-1, 2.96) Potomac Won, 5-2 @ Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m Purke (0-0, 1.80) vs. Blough (7-5, 4.09) Hagerstown Won, 11-7 OFF DAY N/A Auburn Postponed @ Williamsport, 5:05 p.m. D. …
A three-run 6th broke open a 2-2 game as the P-Nats fell again to Wilmington, 8-3. It was the first time the same opponent had beaten Potomac consecutively since May 18-19, which was part of a three-game sweep in Winston-Salem. The last time they had lost to back-to-back games was nearly a month ago, when …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 4-3 @ Buffalo, 1:05 p.m. Maya (4-5, 4.35) and Robertson (0-0, 4.91) vs. Bush (7-6, 4.12) and Wang (4-4, 2.33) Harrisburg Lost, 3-2 vs. Bowie, 1:00 p.m. Gilliam (2-2, 4.78) and Swynenberg (2-0, 3.16) vs. E. Rodriguez (0-0, 9.00) and Bischoff (2-0, 4.39) Potomac Lost, 8-3 vs. Wilmington, …