A little bit of a lull here, with not quite enough material for a full-fledged post or even a hold-me-over “Morning Reading.” But I’m going to be away for a few days, so I think it’s best to put something up here until I have a better news peg. My friend Shawn attended the tour …
For the past three seasons, a lot of the excitement of the Nationals farm system has been the presence of “generational talents” like Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, and now lies in the Draft Class of 2011: Alex Meyer, Anthony Rendon, Brian Goodwin, Matt Purke and Kylin Turnbull, which, amusingly has been pictured on the …
Last week, the Nationals released the rosters for the Fall Instructional League (a.k.a. Instrux), which were broken down by pitchers and position players. Like much of the minors offseason, inferences are often drawn because the information is sparse and/or one-sided. As noted the past two years, the invites can often be categorized as follows: 1. …
We’re in awards and accolades season now for the minors, as three Nationals farmhands were named to Baseball America’s 2012 Classification All-Stars. Corey Brown was named as one of the AAA outfielders after posting a line of .285/.365/.523 with 25 HRs in 126 games for Syracuse. He was also named to the International League’s postseason …
As suggested in the comments, it does appear that the Washington Nationals minor-league system is about to enter a new phase. Take a look at a lineup from earlier this week: Werth, RF Harper, CF Zimmerman, 3B LaRoche, 1B Morse, LF Desmond, SS Espinosa, 2B Suzuki, C Gonzalez, P Four of those nine were directly …
Continuing where we left off yesterday, here’s the rundown of the position players that will participate in the Florida Instructional League, a.k.a. “Instrux.” Player Pos. Age 2012 Team(s) 2011 Invite Notes Spencer Kieboom C 21 AUB N 5th Rd. Pick in ’12 out of Clemson, Kieboom was touted as a glove-first, bat-second backstop but surprised …
As noted yesterday in the comments, the Nationals have released their 2012 Instructional League Roster. Here’s a quick look at the pitchers. Next post will be on the position players. Player Pos. Age 2012 Team(s) 2011 Invite Notes Dixon Anderson RHSP 23 GCL, HAG N Missed all of ’11 with surgery, struggled with control in …
Five runs in the 7th and six in the 8th turned a 6-5 ballgame into a 16-7 Tri-City beatdown as Auburn lost Game Three of the New York-Penn League Semifinals and was eliminated 2-1 in the best-of-three series. If there’s a single number that tells the story, it’s 14 — the number of walks issued …
Three first-inning runs would prove to be enough, but it never felt that way as the Auburn bullpen worked its way in and out of trouble in each of the last five innings in a 5-2 triumph over Tri-City, taking the New York Penn League Semifinal series to the limit of a deciding Game Three. …
The series of storms that forced a two and a half hour delay yesterday afternoon at Nationals park also postponed Game Two of the New York Penn League Semifinals between the Auburn Doubledays and the Tri-City ValleyCats in Troy, NY.
The Doubledays are down 1-0 in the best-of-three series, needing to win to force a deciding Game Three tomorrow night for chance to advance to the New York Penn League finals for the second straight season. David Fischer (3-3, 4.96) is the announced Game Two starter for Auburn, opposed by Brady Rodgers (7-2, 2.89).
In the meantime, I’d recommend folks read the four-part season review by Geoff Morrow, detailing the highs and lows, on and off the field by the 2012 edition of the Harrisburg Senators.