Nationals Farm Authority
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Minor League Transactions
Baseball America has their weekly transaction post up.
Signed: RHP Dan Leatherman
Released: RHP Noel De Leon, C Agustin German, 3B Tony Batista, 3B Clint Pridmore
Leatherman only has a couple of years of minor league experience in the Minnesota Twins organization. He’s a local guy from Frederick, MD. Here is a Frederick News article on how he [...]
Future Focus - Third Basemen
Future Focus - Catchers
Future Focus - First Basemen
Future Focus - Second Baseman
As a reminder, the Nats picks are as follows:
1st round: #9
2nd round: #55
3rd round: #87
4th round [...]
Across the Affiliates 05/07/08
Note 1: I’m headed off on vacation starting early tomorrow morning so NFA will be quiet from May 8 through May 13. I may have a posting or two today but the Across the Affiliates and the regular posting schedule will resume on May 14 as we close in on the MLB draft on 6/5.
Note 2: I [...]
More on Richmond
Baseball America touches on the situation in Richmond.
Cliff Notes
No real fit for an International League franchise
It’s on the “outskirts of both the Double-A Eastern and Southern Leagues; Bowie is currently the southernmost Eastern League club while; Carolina (located in Raleigh) is the northernmost Southern League club.”
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Across the Affiliates 05/06/08
RHP Steve Shell struggled in his first start for the Clippers on Monday night allowing five runs on six hits over five innings of work. Fortunately for Columbus, the Clippers rallied for six runs in the bottom of the eight inning to defeat Rochester 7-6 (box/gamer). LHP Mike Bacsik picked up the victory, giving the [...]
The Month That Was: April
The Nationals have begun to see results from their rebuilding effort. Since their relocation to Washington in 2005, only two of their full season affiliates finished with an above 0.500 record. And the two that did it, barely did it (Triple-A New Orleans 72-71 in 2006; High-A Carolina 69-68). The conclusion of April saw strong [...]
MiLB News & Notes
MiLB.com’s weekly news & notes …
Columbus Clippers
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The Clippers were 5-2 last week to improve to 15-15. They are tied for third in the West Division with Indianapolis, 4 1/2 games behind front-running Toledo.
WHO’S HOT AND WHO’S NOT: 2B Pete Orr has batted .318 with 10 runs scored in his last 10 [...]
Indians Roster Shake Up
Over lunch, I was scanning some MLB articles and one jumped out at me.
The Buffalo News reports that the Cleveland Indians are going to recall OF prospect Ben Francisco. What jumped out at me was who the Indians might consider moving off of their 25-man roster to open up a spot for Francisco
There’s no word [...]
Boomer Whiting Added to Hagerstown Roster
One additional move, the Suns added OF Boomer Whiting from extended spring training. Whiting was a 28th round draft pick in 2007 out of Louisville. Over 62 games for the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2007, he batted 250/347/323 with 37/42 stolen bases. Whiting replaces OF Francisco Plasencia on the Hagerstown roster. Plasencia was promoted to [...]
Across the Affiliates May 3-5
Columbus
Friday - Defeated Lehigh Valley 4-3 (box/gamer)
Saturday - Defeated Lehigh Valley 3-2 (box/gamer)
Sunday - Defeated Lehigh Valley 8-1 (box)
After dropping the series opener, the Clippers bounced back to take the next three games from the IronPigs. On Friday night, RHP Collin Balester evened [...]
More Minor League Moves
Hat tip to Geoff Morrow of the Patriot News, Clippers Media, & a P-Nats press release
RHSP Jordan Zimmermann promoted from Potomac to Harrisburg
RHRP Jim Ed Warden promoted from Harrisburg to Columbus
RHRP Brian Sanches (triceps) placed on DL in Columbus
RHRP [...]
From the WiFi in Pittsburgh …
Quick note on a roster shuffle
RHSP Bobby Brownlie from Harrisburg to Columbus
RHRP Ismael Ramirez to the DL in Harrisburg
RHRP Zech Zinicola from Potomac to Harrisburg
LHSP Cory VanAllen from Potomac to Harrisburg
RHSP Terrence Engles from Hagerstown [...]
Across the Affiliates 05/02/08
Note: I am going to be out of town this weekend, so the daily updates will go on a two-day hiatus and return on Monday morning.
Former Clipper Brandon Watson returned to Columbus to haunt his former team as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs won only their fourth game of the season, 5-3 (box/gamer). RHP Garrett Mock [...]
The Week That Was: April 24-30
Columbus Clippers (4-3)
Day
Result
4/24
L 3-7
4/25
L 5-8
4/26
W 4-3
4/27
L 4-13
4/28
W 5-2
4/29
W 8-1
4/30
W 6-4
The Clippers had their second straight week over 0.500, winning their last three games to [...]
Future Focus - Second Basemen
Future Focus - Catchers
Future Focus - First Basemen
As a reminder, the Nats picks are as follows:
1st round: #9
2nd round: #56
3rd round: #87
4th round & out: #121 +30 (i.e. 151, 181, etc)
The [...]
Across the Affiliates 05/01/08
Columbus won a back and forth game, jumping out to a 3-0 lead before allowing Indianapolis to tie it up before rallying for a 6-4 victory on Wednesday morning (box). RHP Dennis Tankersley pitched five innings allowing three runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts. CF Ryan Langerhans continued his hot week [...]
Clint Everts Returns to Potomac
The Potomac Nationals added RHRP Clint Everts to their roster today, replacing RHRP Craig Stammen who was promoted to Columbus yesterday.
Everts returns to Potomac. He spent the 2006 and 2007 season as a starter in Potomac before being transitioned to the bullpen late in the season. Everts, a former first-round pick by the Montreal Expos [...]
Across the Affiliates 04/30/08
It was a good night up and down the Nationals organization as five Nationals teams won six games on Tuesday evening (including one very unique win by Potomac).
After a 17-innings affair on Monday, Columbus got just what it needed from RHP Jason Bergmann who went eight strong innings, resting the Clippers bullpen in an 8-1 [...]
PGCC Initial Top 10
Team
Projected Pick
Pos
School
1
Tampa Bay
Buster Posey
CA
Florida State
2
Pittsburgh
Pedro Alvarez
3B
Vanderbilt
3
Kansas City
Aaron Crow
RHP
Missouri
4
Baltimore
Brian Matusz
[...]
More Roster Moves and Some Health Updates
The Columbus Clippers today placed LHP Arnie Muñoz on the disabled list and received RHP Craig Stammen from Potomac. Muñoz was 0-0 in three appearances for the Clippers with a 16.62 ERA and 2.77 WHIP. Stammen was 0-0 with one save over six appearances for the P-Nats. Over 16 innings of work, he had a [...]
