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Erik Arnesen Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week

Make that 11 weekly honors for the Nats farm system, as Erik Arnesen has become the latest with his efforts last week for the Harrisburg Senators.

The 2006 17th-round draft pick turned in a pair of seven-inning outings, winning them both, as he allowed just two earned runs (a 1.29 ERA for the 14 IP) on 11 hits and two walks while striking out 17 — including 10 yesterday in the Sens’ 4-2 win over the Trenton Thunder.

Arnesen has an 8-5 record while pitching for both Harrisburg and Syracuse this season, appearing 26 games and starting 16 games and has posted a 2.53 ERA between the two levels with a 1.12 WHIP.

Draft Deadline Discussion


I’ve been honest about my distaste for the draft, but following an offline suggestion, I’m creating a post for folks to comment on what might happen tonight. For the first time since ’08, the pressure to sign the #1 pick overall is off, which is just as well because there are still hard feelings from that hot August night when the Nats didn’t sign Aaron Crow.

From what I can gather, the Nats should sign at least four of their top five picks, with Matt Purke being the wildcard. For the purposes of fodder, here’s a little link-o-rama of the beat guys’ thoughts (as I go to virtual press, Bill Ladson, et al):

Mark Zuckerman — Deadline day for draft picks to sign

Ben Goessling — For Nationals, annual dance with Boras ends tonight

Adam Kilgore — Nationals hoping to finish off a meaningful draft

Monday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitcher Syracuse Postponed vs. Scranton/WB, 5:00 p.m. Yunesky Maya (1-8, 5.30), Craig Stammen (9-6, 4.62) vs. Adam Warren (6-5, 3.39), D.J. Mitchell (9-9, 3.54) Harrisburg Won, 4-2 OFF DAY N/A Potomac Lost, 5-2 @ Kinston, 6:30 p.m. Adam Olbrychowski (4-6, 4.50) vs. Mike Rayl (0-1, 4.24) Hagerstown Won, 9-1 vs. Lexington, …

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Sunday Afternoon In Woodbridge

It’s not quite the rookie wall, but Cameron Selik may be hitting it. The 23-year-old flirted with perfection for one turn through the lineup plus two batters before giving up a walk. OK, no problem, right? Wrong. A double over the head of Eury Perez in center broke up both the no-hitter and the shutout, …

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Sunday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitcher Syracuse Won, 4-2 vs. Scranton/WB, 5:00 p.m. Yunesky Maya (1-8, 5.30) vs. Adam Warren (6-5, 3.39) Harrisburg Lost, 7-4 vs. Trenton, 6:00 p.m. Erik Arnesen (7-3, 2.53) vs. Graham Stoneburner (1-2, 2.86) Potomac Won, 3-2 vs. Myrtle Beach, 1:05 p.m. Cameron Selik (4-8, 4.33) vs. Justin Grimm (3-2, 3.55) Hagerstown …

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Last Night In Woodbridge

The Potomac Nationals got just enough offense to not waste Paul Demny’s best outing of the year for a 3-2 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Demny went eight innings, dominating seven of them, and gave up just two runs on five hits with no walks and four strikeouts. He only allowed two leadoff hits …

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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitcher Syracuse Won, 7-4 vs. Scranton/WB, 7:00 p.m. Tom Milone (9-6, 3.52) vs. Greg Smith (3-3, 5.16) Harrisburg Won, 3-2 vs. Trenton, 7:00 p.m. Oliver Perez (3-2, 3.04) vs. Craig Heyer (8-6 3.92) Potomac Won, 1-0 vs. Myrtle Beach, 6:35 p.m. Paul Demny (7-10, 4.94) vs. Kennil Gomez (2-2, 3.65) Hagerstown …

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Last Night In Woodbridge

Believe the hype. It’s not often that I can say a rehab start isn’t overrated. Usually, they’re a disappointment. Not this time. This was everything anyone could have possibly hoped for, perhaps even more. In thirty-three pitches over three innings, Stephen Strasburg gave nine Myrtle Beach Pelicans batters a story to tell their children and …

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Good, Bad, Interesting – Vol. 17

Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 49-61, 4th place I.L. North, 13½ games behind Good Brad Meyers 1.23 ERA, 1.09 WHIP in August Bad Seth Bynum .194/.248/.280 since All-Star Break Interesting Garrett Mock 1.50 ERA, 0.67 WHIP in August HARRISBURG SENATORS 66-52, 2nd place …

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Friday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitcher Syracuse Lost, 3-2 vs. Scranton/WB, 7:00 p.m. Brad Peacock (2-1, 4.97) vs. Manny Banuelos (0-0, 2.45) Harrisburg Won, 4-1 vs. Trenton, 7:00 p.m. Danny Rosenbaum (1-0, 1.59) vs. Dellin Betances (4-6, 3.57) Potomac Lost, 12-5 vs. Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m. Stephen Strasburg (rehab) vs. Wilfredo Boscan (4-9, 4.15) Hagerstown Won, …

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