MASNSports.com's Ben Goessling: Nationals Move SS Danny Espinosa To Triple-A Syracuse.
I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong, and I didn't think, since I hadn't read or heard anyone say it, that Nats' shortstop prospect Danny Espinosa was on the fast track to the nation's capital, but after reading MASNSports.com's Ben Goessling's article entitled, "Nats move Espinosa to Triple-A Syracuse", wherein Mr. Goessling writes that the 23-year-old '08 3rd Round pick, "...could get a September call-up with a strong month at Syracuse, though it's also possible the Nationals will have him finish the season there and wait to bring him to the majors," I'm beginning to think I was wrong...sorry Espo-backers...
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Let the mixed jubilation begin!
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I'm down with this.
I know that SD likes to take it slow; I like to exercise the Peter Principle.
Rob
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Given souldrummer's ignorance...
…souldrummer would appreciate any light you have to shed on the Peter Principle.
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Peter Principle in summary:
You get promoted until you’ve been promoted one level past where you’re still good.
"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
-The Princess Bride
That sounds suspiciously like the Bowden principle, though.
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No. It's what got Bowden his job, not what he applied.
"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
-The Princess Bride
I'm not a scout...
…so I’m not fully qualified to agree or disagree on a lot of these moves. It will be interesting to see what the corresponding move is. Do they send Michael Martinez back down to Harrisburg? [my guess] or move Lombardozzi up? (parallel aggressive move)
For those in the Espo lobby, this has got to be good news because if he rakes in Syracuse down the stretch and helps them get to the playoffs, he could certainly be in the DC mix sooner rather than later. I don’t like to read too much into the DC consequences of these moves as I hope that prospect development isn’t affected too much by major league situations unless you are contending. Certainly this reduces the chances that they invest a lot of cash or trade commodities in 2B or SS upgrades next year. Hopefully Kennedy can continue to play well enough to justify retaining his option. Half the value of the Guzman trade was to free up Kennedy and some others.
Just curious, are people interested in me putting up some following the minors stuff? I would probably go narrative style in contrast to “Across the Affiliates” at Natsfarm.com and the standard boxscore summaries at nationalsprospects.com. The other thing that I would add to those sites is probably putting up some info on publicly available nonsubscriber info on our prospects. I’m not a Baseball America or Baseball Prospectus subscriber at this point, so I wouldn’t really be linking or commenting on that stuff.
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Check your email in a bit.
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Considering how well Lombardozzi has done (in the Carolina League, for goodness sakes), move him up.
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As you've probably guessed from RobBobs comments...
…I’d like to see Lombardozzi kept at Potomac. Potomac’s currently in first place in the Carolina League (I realize many of you don’t care about minor league vics), and I remain in the take it slow camp. Lombardozzi has certainly done a bunch to vault from scout’s don’t like his tools to probably finding his way onto our top 20 lists next year as a C+ player. I’d still like to see him finish this year strong and start at Harrisburg next year. Send Martinez back to Harrisburg and now let’s focus on Marrero and some of the pitchers. Incidentally, the two guys from the Guzman trade are both scheduled to start at Harrisburg in the next three days. 3/5 of the Harrisburg rotation is players we’ve gotten from these late season deadline deals. Thompson, who we got for Nick Johnson, is the third although he’s been a mess all year.
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It's definitely a delicate subject
And interesting psychology— sometimes that late call-up means the world to players though, so hoo knows. I’m fine either way.
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This is alot sooner than I expected
I have been discounting the idea of a September call up because I know Rizzo likes to take it slow, this changes all of that.
Aim for the head baby Jesus
That would be great to have an across the minors thing.
Almost all other teams’ message boads do it as well. My favorite is the one at Talking Chop. Check it out if you want to see an example.
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I'm there all the time so I know what you're talking about.
They have a better system then we do and their fans have a history of seeing great players come up through the system so there’s far more interest in the minors over there. If there’s significant interest here, I’d consider putting more of my minors observations here. So far you’re the only person who has expressed interest in it. Natsfarm.com and nationalsprospects.com already cover the minors box scores and transactions.
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A good move
Espinosa was raking at AA with nothing left to prove. I said the other night I thought he would be a leading candidate to get a September callup, and now he has about to month to earn it.
Syracuse is certainly worth watching now, what with Zimmermann, Ramos, and Espinosa.
I Like it
Espinosa has earned it, and now in my mind is a september call up, along with Marrero. Lombardozzi and Burges are most likley the next to move up at A ball, with norris needing one more year there. Good luck Espinosa
Diagree with this.
Conservative as I can be, I think that Norris should start next year at AA. Supposedly he’s made some progress defensively, he’s maintained his high walk rate, and the drop in power and contact seems to be partially due to some lack of power or bat speed due to the hamate bone injury. We’re sending him to the Arizona Fall League and that will affect our assessment of him for next year, but I say you send him to the Eastern League with the hope that he graduates from there for 2012 to go to AAA Syracuse and the Washington mix if Ramos stumbles.
I’m conservative on a lot of guys, but Norris is not one of them. That OBP is wonderful, and I think his bat could play at AA today.
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agreed
Norris seems to be the kind of prospect who has to be pushed along. His walk rate is really promising…I think the power will come as he progresses through the system and gets a little more aggressive at the plate. I’m really looking forward to watching him in the AFL, but I think he has to get out of A ball by the beginning of next year.
Me three.
Sounds like a Royals prospect I harp on
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I was thinking Hosmer and the Pitch Count Killer
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Which one?
Much Royals love over at minorleagueball.com today. Sunshine and roses about their 2013 potential pieces and especially their AA rotation. Crow didn’t even make the list of their 5 best pitching options for 2013. Now that is some scary stuff. He’s not having a great year, but he’s probably certainly be on our list if we’d drafted him when he came out or even if we’d redrafted him this year. Still not upset that we’ve got Storen, of course.
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I was doing some reading about the Royals this morning as well
they’ve got some studs on the farm….I’m a huge Moustakas fan
That will not help you to win a popularity contest around here.
I personally wish that Crow never sees the bigs and ends up in the Atlantic League where we can boo him mercilessly when he plays for visiting teams at Waldorf.
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Trust me, I know. He is a money wh*re, but he's still good.
He can just do le suck when he faces the Nationals. (To the tune of 18-1 drubbings)
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He's a 23 year old in High-A anyway
Speaks to the Royals system, but also to his le suck over Danny Duffy
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I don't blame them for that whatsoever
A Nebraska guy who dominated in college? And he still is a solid player who just needs another chance.
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Beats Clement to the Mariners
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Oh, and FanGraphs ran an article today on some summer college baseball
I was very pleased
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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/experiencing-northwoods-league-baseball/
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My boy Reed Gragnani (Grags, The Indomitable No. 4) gets a mention too
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i know im slow
if norris can hit good in the Arizona Fall league, he should get the call, but if not, no reason to rush him as hes still young, and you dont want to kill his confidence. but im no scout.and i could easily change my mind if he hits good in the fall league, and the rest of the year.
Call to where? To the bigs? That’s a major jump from A ball to the bigs. I think he should start next year at AA regardless. AFL is kind of a reward for his work, cementing his status as a top prospect in the org, and giving him extra at bats due to time missed due to injury.
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no, not the bigs, AA bad wording on my part. but i am very conservative when it come to our prospects. do you have any idea if marrero can play RF?
No.
He’s already failed in left and he’s slow as molasses. If he was even a plus defender at first, he’d be a better prospect.
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Like they say, these things have a way of working themselves out.
Marrero needs a year at AAA. Dunn’s still got to be signed. Marrero could be a valuable trade piece if Dunn ends up blocking him. There’s a lot that has to happen for that to occur, though.
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Espinosa's getting moved up because Kevin Mench is coming to DC.
though my preference would have been to let him continue to destroy AA pitching like he has. i don’t think this promotion is “rushing” him, but he’s a guy that is going to make the bigs with his glove and any ounce of confidence gained with his bat will be important for his development.
regardless, good for him. he has been on a tear and it’s good to see performance rewarded.
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by Dave at District Sports Page on Aug 6, 2010 2:26 PM EDT reply actions
Was Mench that critical to Syracuse, though?
Don’t we have organizational guys elsewhere in the system whose development is less critical to the org? Just like they reached down to get Whiting and Leatherman for other jobs at Syracuse that were viewed as fill-in kind of things, Mench’s promotion shouldn’t really be the reason you promote Espinosa. He’s probably going to be sent back down after Morgan’s DL trip is up. Either you believe Espinosa’s turned a corner with his hot streak and deserves to go their to stay or you think he’s not ready yet and you keep him down here. I think that the Mench promotion is kind of a convenient opportunity to promote him up there for the rest of the year myself.
On the other hand, I’m with you and was leaning towards wanting him to continue to rake in AA.
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What benefit does HE, as a player, gain from playing against competition that's beneath him?
If they believe he’s capable to play at a higher level in August, then they should bring him up in August. It doesn’t help him a bit in his development if he comes to the park thinking that the game is easy.
Rob
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There's an element of agree to disagree here.
I don’t believe that the competition is beneath him. There are concerns about his strike zone discipline. His OBP has dropped this year from .375OBP to .334 OBP this year. That suggests it may drop further into a Desmond like .300-.320 OBP at the next level. I don’t want him thinking he can slug his way to the bigs with poor strike zone discipline, which is what he seems to be doing at this point. Some folks here believe that his hot streak and his 3HR game indicate he’s turned a corner and is worthy of Syracuse. Rizzo may or not believe this; we’ll see how long he stays there. As Dave mentioned, this move was the corresponding move to the Mench promotion. This could just be a cup of coffee at Syracuse until Mench comes down. Or it could be an opportunity to see just how hot he is by giving him a full month to 6 weeks up there and maybe even a September call up.
Take away his big night and look at his last 9 games and he’s got a .341 SLG and a .298 OBP (did that by hand feel free to check my math). That doesn’t feel like someone who has completely mastered the league. He had a very solid July. I’d like to see him match that up with a very solid full month of August so that I can be confident that this isn’t just a period hot streak but a real mastery of the level.
I don’t think there’s major damage being inflicted. Some guys can get aggressively promoted and be persistent through their struggles and be steady even if they slump when promoted. Some guys need the boost to their confidence of fully mastering a level so that they have no doubt that there promotion is warranted. You tend to like the aggressive approach from what I’ve read. I like the conservative approach. Rizzo seems to be on the more conservative side of the fence in most cases from what I’ve observed about his promotion stuff.
Burgess was a good example of this. He spent all of last year at Potomac. He started out hot with a different approach this year and people wanted to see him promoted to Harrisburg. I went through the league a second time and pitchers adjusted to him and he’s remained at Potomac. I’d argue that had we promoted him around midseason or quarter season (and there was certainly room in Harrisburg’s outfield) he might have major struggles and screwed up his swing. As is, he should have this whole year to work on mastering Potomac and based on his age, I feel that he should be given a shot at Harrisburg next year. No sense in having him spend more than 2 years in Potomac.
About the only guy I’m aggressive with is Norris because I believe his strike zone discipline translates well at a lot of levels. I’m not a scout, though, and Rizzo and his people can dig beyond the statistics and into the makeup and process to figure out what’s the best move of course.
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This is good news.
Regardless of whether he makes it to DC in Sept. or not, Espinosa, more than any other Nats farmhand, looks like he might be a good one.
Espinosa in the starting lineup tonight for Syracuse
batting sixth, behind Ramos (who’s DHing for the first time).
Updates to come
Good to see.
Dare to dream. Two prospects in Syracuse’s lineup at the same time. Inconceivable!!!! Espinosa prove you man RobBob right and me wrong!
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Michael Martinez gets the start in CF btw
a lot of people thought we would send him back down to Harrisburg….not tonight at least
Natsfarm should have the corresponding move.
I had no idea Martinez is viable in CF.
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Okay I get it.
The two guys from the Guzman trade Tatusko and Roark were assigned to Harrisburg. Espinosa’s promotion to Syracuse takes care of one roster slot. Kown’s promotion to Syracuse takes care of the other roster slot.
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Ok, makes sense.
I’m looking forward to seeing those guys pitch, getting anything in exchange for Guzman would make me really happy
Tatusko's making his debut for the Senators tonight.
If nothing else, getting tweener Kohn out of the Harrisburg rotation is some progress. He’s serviceable but he’s no longer a prospect.
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MOAR MARTINEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t know he was at Syracuse…. YAY!!!
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I knew you'd be happy he got the call.
So far he’s 0-2 with a K, though. Bat doesn’t really play at AAA.
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Still, it's fun to have guys that you pull for whether their overwhelming prospects or not.
I’m kind of like that with Wilkie. He’s an undrafted free agent out of GW who has to rely on junk and guile but he’s managed to shock the world by being a major part of the Syracuse bullpen.
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I don't know how many of you feel about this
but I would have liked to see Boomer Whiting take Nyjer’s roster spot. He would give us a pinch runner late in games and maybe get a few at-bats.
I just feel like Mench is such a boring, no-reward call-up. Thoughts?
Legit prospects or and guys you care about need some starts and some at bats.
Mench is just going to sit around for the most part I hope. I do understand the building sentiment for Boomer and he’s gone from afterthought to fleeting hope so far this year.
Boomer is having an out of body experience at Syracuse so far. I’m listening to the game. Boomer should have engineered in the first. Serves a single to leadoff. Michael Martinez flies out. Whiting steals, throw gets away and Whiting’s sitting on 3rd with one out before Lambin weakly flies out to right without scoring the runner.
My gosh, Whiting just stole home!
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Boomer Whiting owes me big time
I obviously just jynxed him into success. Watching the game on milb.tv
Listening on radio myself.
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Basically, that's a Boomer Whiting solo home run.
Got himself on got himself over and got himself in. I believe that this is the payback game for Ramos.
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Ramos shocks Rochester with the walk they never saw.
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Espinosa switch hitting with men on first and second and two out in his first AAA at bat.
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Espinosa K's looking on what the radio guys believe to be a questionable strike.
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Botts two out double.
Ramos is up with two outs and a man on 2nd.
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I'm gonna switch over to one of the radio feeds. Much as I love me some Chiefs I really do not care about an Arnesen start.
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Well that's rather nice.
Tatusko strikes out the side in his first frame with the H-Nats
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Josh Johnson leadoff HR
1-0 for Harrisburg.
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Lowrance with 2nd shot.
He’s had a good year but he’s like AAa player.
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I've kind of felt the same thing about Leonard Davis...
…he’s kind of managed to keep his head barely above water in AAA. Boomer Whiting though just shocks me.
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Edgardo Baez just bailed out Tatusko in the 2nd.
Hague tried to go first to third and Baez gunned him out from center.
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Walk and two hits so far in the 2nd.
1 out, man a first, 1 in for Altoona. Only out is the assist from CF from Baez.
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Dude's K/BB is awful
Someting like 58/40 in 100IP. That’s not going to get it done. He’s already walked two people this inning.
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K for Tatusko!
He’s topping at around 89-91.
Another K for Ryan Tatusko. 5Ks so far.
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really hard to get excited about this guy
Oddly he’s not a strikeout pitcher but he has basically recorded all his outs on K’s
Keep it up young man, and you can get these in a real gameday thread!
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Sadly Tatusko struck out in his first professional at bat.
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No, no, he is not.
But neither is Boomer Whiting. ;-)
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Craig Stammen can hit himself home given enough at bats.
Whiting has Nyjeresque power.
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Tatusko gets through the third giving up only a grounder to CF
H-Nats up 4-1.
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It's so nice when Ramos gets out to not have to
snooze through the next two innings. Can’t wait to see what Espinosa does with AAA pitching
4-3 groundout for Espinosa.
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A guy that is not hard to get excited about is my man Boomer Whiting
who just laid down a beautiful bunt single
Uncle...
…I’ll consider him a prospect. I have no idea what role that little dude would have in the bigs, but maybe switch hitting has helped him turn the corner. It will be real interesting to see if he gets honorable mention from Sickels on next year’s prospect lists. You’re going to have to go there and lobby for your guy. I think Boomer Whiting is to you as Josh Wilkie is to me.
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I guess.
That’s certainly what he hopes. He’d be pleased as punch to be a 4th outfielder in the bigs. I have a hard time believing that he’s got enough of an arm to play on the corners, though. Weak arm and lack of physical tools plays better at 2nd than CF to me. Again, hope I’m wrong and Boomer continues to shock the world. He’s doing it with bloops, and bunts, and beating out grounders and steals and stuff. Zero pop. He’s certainly done a lot to help his cause this year.
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Bases loaded for the Senators and Devin Ivany.
They just plunked Devin Ivany! 5-1 Senators. Tatusko up with the bases loaded and two outs. Tatusko’s second at bat in a big spot.
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Tatukso is K'd looking.
Poor Tatusko. This professional hitting thing ain’t working out but so great for him.
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Tatusko has issues with command.
Got the first two guys out and has made two two out walks. He’s relying on the pitcher batting to bail him out of trouble.
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Pitcher flies out to cf.
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Josh Johnson gets a leadoff double to set the table for Lowrance.
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Cheap infield single for Lowrance. Men on 1st and 3rd with nobody out. Jesus Valdez is up.
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Double play that scores a run for Valdez.
Marrero strikes out with nobody on.
6-1 Sens. I’ll probably move on. I’ve got a better sense of Tatusko now. 89-91 Fastball. Curve. Struggles with command. Seems to battle on the mound and he’ll contribute to Harrisburg with his 9-2 record and sub 3.00 ERA that he had before the trade. Fringy prospect at best of course, but what do you expect for Guzman.
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What's your take on Arnesen?
I’ve never seen him in person or TV.
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They're giving some background on Tatusko.
His 6’5", from Indiana St. 18th round draft pick after 3 years at Indiana State. And he just got pulled after 4.2 with men on base due to racking up a high pitch count. Command, command, command is his biggest issue.
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He's in AA, though.
He hasn’t that bad a year in AA. I’m not counting on him for much but he adds depth to Harrisburg’s rotation and I certainly think he’ll get a chance to prove some of the doubters wrong at Syracuse at some point maybe as a reliever swing guy.
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Here comes Leatherman.
He got righteously roasted in Syracuse after being excellent at Potomac.
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1st and 2nd with 2 outs as Leatherman makes his Harrisburg debut.
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Leatherman gets a K to get out of the Jam.
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Leatherman's organizational depth...
…probably agreed to come here because he’s from Frederick and that’s close to Potomac. Saw him Frederick with his fans last year which was good fun. Not gonna do much beyond Harrisburg. He got absolutely tattooed in Syracuse.
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true, but maybe after some AA action, he will do better. naybe i like him because i named my mmo baseball player after him
still think he will make it Washington one day, by i could be overhopeful
Hey, everybody’s allowed to like their guys. I root for Leatherman too. But I don’t have high expectations for him. But it was cool. I think the night I saw him in Frederick his host family from while he was in Minnesota was there to see him play. You forget about that side of the minors sometimes.
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Espinosa leading off the top of the 7th.
Chiefs down 2-1.
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Espinosa ground out again.
0-3, K.
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Bynum groundout.
Leonard Davis ground ball single. Carlos Maldonado gets a double to score Davis. Boomer Whiting up with Maldonado on and two out. 2-2 in the top of the 7th 2 outs.
WNWNHGTH
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These things have a way of working themselves out. Desmond has defensive and OBP questions to work out. Espinosa has to show he can hit better at AAA, Especially by getting on base, than he has tonight so far (0-3, K) so far over at least a half season. Then you see whether Desmond’s worked out his defensive stuff. If he has, you might keep him there. But most scouts say Espinosa’s got a better glove at short than Desmond has and you might move him 2B to get rid of some of the throwing areas of aggression that we’ve seen.
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Espinosa just made a sweet play according to the announcers to almost turn a double play but assist with getting the lead runner.
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Severino is on with 2 outs and 1 on...
…to face some lefties for Rochester.
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Huapa!
Strands two. Three out in the bottom of the 7th. Syracuse up in the top of the 8th.
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Wild pitch. Martinez on 2nd.
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Lambin fail! K and doesn't move the runner over.
That’s just not going to earn you a September callup young man.
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Well mine might differ from others
Marrero, Espinosa, Whiting (I know, I know) are probably the three guys I’m expecting to see. Probably Wilkie as well
same here, aloth i still want to see severino or how ever you spell that. also wann see andrew kown get a start, i know im weird
Infield single for Botts!
Ramos is up with men on 1st and 3rd and one out with the opportunity to put away his former club! C’mon Ramos!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Ramo! [clap clap clap] Ramo! [clap clap clap]
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Not really.
That’s an intentional walk to set up the double play with Espinosa up. Bases loaded with one out for Espinosa. Switch hitter Espinosa is up from the left hand side with the bases loaded. Contact young man, contact. We don’t need a dinger. Just a professional at bat for a sac fly or non double play grounder. “That was a long swing by Espinosa. See if he can shorten it up put something into the outfield”
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Sac fly for Espinosa. Nearly a dinker hit.
Chiefs lead 3-2. Espinosa shortens his swing. Nice at bat.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Bynum, you stink.
But the Chiefs lead 3-2.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
I'm gonna to Nats pregame now, though and follow the Chiefs on gameday.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Allright folks.
It’s crunch time! Chiefs take a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 9th.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Adam Carr in to close for the Chiefs.
Leadoff single.
Sac bunt. Man on 2nd 1 out.
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
Damn you, Adam Carr.
He gives up a 2 out single to blow the save. HAVE WILKIE CLOSE!!!!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park. In Rizzo and Ramos we trust.
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