On the strength of their Saturday night performances, Nathan Karns and Taylor Hill were named the Pitchers of the Week for the Eastern and Carolina Leagues respectively while Jason Martinson repeated as the Player of the Week for the Carolina League for the period of April 15-21. Karns pitched just once during the week, but …
The Hagerstown Suns have announced that RHP Blake Schwartz has been promoted to the Potomac Nationals. Schwartz was 2-0 with an ERA of 1.26 and a WHIP of 0.49 in four appearances (one start) for Hagerstown, with 21 strikeouts and two walks. He is one the “Notables” on the 2013 Watchlist, in large part because …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-1 @ Scranton/WB, 6:35 p.m. Ohlendorf (2-1, 3.45) vs. Bootcheck (1-0, 0.00) Harrisburg Lost, 4-1 vs. Reading, 7:00 p.m. Demny (1-1, 4.32) vs. Biddle (1-1, 3.00) Potomac Won, 3-1 @ Carolina, 7:05 p.m. Jordan (1-0, 0.95) vs. Lee (0-1, 4.41) Hagerstown Lost, 11-2 OFF DAY N/A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5 …
Adrian Nieto’s flare to shallow left with two outs in the 8th plated two to break a 1-1 tie and help the P-Nats return to .500 with a 3-1 win over Frederick. Three Potomac pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts, though they also walked six. Starter Robbie Ray went six-plus innings allowing one run on two …
It was the best of pitching and the worst of pitching all in one night, as Taylor Hill spun a one-hit shutout for a 6-0 win in the opening game while Kylin Turnbull couldn’t make it out of the second as Potomac fell 8-2 in the nightcap. Hill was sensational — hitting his spots, changing …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-3; Won, 4-3 @ Scranton/WB, 1:05 p.m. Rosenbaum (1-0, 0.82) vs. Nuno (1-0, 1.53) Harrisburg Won, 4-1; Lost, 9-7 (11 inn.) vs. Altoona, 2:00 p.m. Treinen (1-2, 7.98) vs. Bromberg (0-1, 3.60) Potomac Won, 6-0; Lost, 8-2 vs. Frederick, 1:05 p.m. Ray (1-1, 2.12) vs. Wilson (0-0, 6.46) …
First the straight news… Washington Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman was placed on the 15-Day DL today with a strained left hamstring, following an MRI taken this afternoon. Taking his place on the MLB is roster is Anthony Rendon, the team’s top-rated prospect and first-round pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Rice University. …
With injuries to catchers becoming a thing in the Nationals organization, it should come as no surprise to see that the latest transaction post from Baseball America has Washington signing two of them along with a shortstop:
Flynn is a product of Hofstra University, where he was a C-DH from 2010 to 2012 and played briefly (i.e. one game) in the American Association (Independent).
Meeks graduated from Marshall University in 2012 but went undrafted, presumably after poor showing in his senior season that saw his line drop from .257/.337/.444 to .227/.349/.325.
Nothing could be found on Savinon, so the logical inference is that he is an international free agent.
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Postponed @ Scranton/WB, 5:35 p.m. Maya (0-1, 5.25) and Perry (0-0, 6.30) vs. Wang (2-0, 4.35) and Marshall (0-1, 11.25) Harrisburg Postponed vs. Altoona, 6:00 p.m. Karns (0-1, 7.27) and Broderick (1-0, 3.94) vs. Liriano (MLB rehab) and Bromberg (0-1, 3.60) Potomac Postponed vs. Frederick, 5:30 p.m. Turnbull (0-2, …
It’s back! Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. For the newcomers, this is a ripoff of tribute to comedian Demetri Martin’s segment from his old show on Comedy Central. And of course, the obligatory caveats: sample sizes are here small, it’s early in the season, minors …