Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 44-48, T5th place I.L. North, 8 games behind Good Erik Arnesen 20 scoreless IP since June 4 Bad Carlos Rivero 14BB in 81G Interesting Jeff Mandel 1.06WHIP in 26⅓ IP HARRISBURG SENATORS 48-42, T1st place E.L. West, .038 …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 3-0; Lost, 1-0 (14 inn.) vs. Scranton/WB, 7:00 p.m. Roark (4-11, 5.11) vs. Ortiz (6-3, 2.94) Harrisburg Lost, 12-3 vs. Richmond, 6:00 p.m. (DH) Wang (rehab) and Perry (1-1, 1.62) vs. Fitzgerald (4-6, 4.19) and Maday (3-5, 3.44) Potomac Lost, 8-3 @ Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Grace (4-8, 6.12) …
Steve Souza Jr. has been named the South Atlantic League’s Batter of the Week, the second straight week a Nationals farmhand has earned that honor.
Souza refused to single for the week (July 2-8), hitting four doubles and five home runs last week for a total of nine runs scored and 12 RBI and line .of .333/.455/1.037. He’s the second Sun to earn weekly honors, joining Alex Meyer, who earned Pitcher of the Week honors for June 11-17.
The 2007 third-round pick out of Cascade High School in Everett, WA is currently riding a seven-game hit streak and is batting .293/.396/.756 for the month of July.
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse ALL-STAR BREAK vs. Scranton/WB, 6:00 p.m. TBD vs. TBD Harrisburg ALL-STAR BREAK vs. Richmond, 7:00 p.m. TBD vs. Kickham (6-7, 2.96) Potomac Lost, 6-2 @ Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Ray (3-5, 4.87) vs. Ferguson (0-0, -.–) Hagerstown Won, 4-3 @ Greensboro, 7:05 p.m. Hill (9-4, 4.72) vs. Urena (5-4, 2.96) …
Things have been real busy at the home office of Nationals Prospects, but it occurred to me that I haven’t done a follow-up to the “First Impressions” column from May. With the lull afforded by the All-Star break, it’s time to fix that problem. Everybody and their grandmother wants to know when __________ will be …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse ALL-STAR BREAK ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Harrisburg ALL-STAR BREAK ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Potomac OFF DAY @ Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Olbrychowski (4-6, 5.43) vs. Pounders (1-2, 6.08) Hagerstown Won, 9-7 @ Greensboro, 7:05 p.m. Turnbull (4-4, 4.85) vs. Lowell (3-4, 4.31) Auburn OFF DAY @ Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m. Encarnacion (2-0, 0.55) …
With some luck, some timely hitting, and great pitching, the Potomac Nationals closed out their six-game homestand with a 2-1 victory that featured a scary/bizarre finish. Anthony Gallas stroked a two-out single to left fielder J.P. Ramirez, who like most LFs, doesn’t have the plus arm. Barrelling in from second base, however, was Giovanny Urshela, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse ALL-STAR BREAK ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Harrisburg Lost, 4-1 ALL-STAR BREAK N/A Potomac Won, 2-1 OFF DAY N/A Hagerstown OFF DAY @ Greensboro, 7:05 p.m. McKenzie (2-2, 8.19) vs. Lyman (1-2, 8.53) Auburn Lost, 4-1 OFF DAY N/A GCL Nationals Lost, 1-0 @ GCL Cardinals, 12:00 p.m. Mieses (0-2, 6.32) …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-1 OFF DAY N/A Harrisburg Won, 3-1 @ Erie, 7:05 p.m. Rosenbaum (7-5, 3.41) vs. Carrillo (0-1, 9.45) Potomac Lost, 3-2 vs. Carolina, 7:05 p.m. Karns (3-2, 2.67) vs. Roberts (3-5, 6.30) Hagerstown Won, 6-3 OFF DAY N/A Auburn Lost, 7-2 vs. Hudson Valley, 7:05 p.m. Monar (1-1, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 3-2 @ Pawtucket, 1:05 p.m. Maya (6-6, 3.58) vs. Duckworth (7-2, 3.53) Harrisburg Won, 5-3 (10 inn.) @ Erie, 1:35 p.m. Perry (0-1, 2.31) vs. Cooper (2-1, 5.06) Potomac Won, 4-3 vs. Carolina, 1:05 p.m. Grace (4-7, 6.28) vs. Rayl (4-7, 4.45) Hagerstown Won, 9-6 vs. Lexington, 1:05 …