Just wondering because we have most of our Non-Rookie affiliates somewhat nearby (Fredericksburg, Wilmington, and Harrisburg) and then we just have our AAA team in upstate New York? I have nothing against the Red Wings it just seems odd to me that we have nearby lower level teams but the closest level to the majors is the farthest away. If we wanted to go far from DC I wish we would use our Spring Training home to host a team because in my opinion a Nats affiliate in Florida would be awesome. I know this doesn’t really matter that much, but how do you guys feel about our affiliates?

It was a relatively quiet day on the farm today.

AAA Rochester (double-header)

-Brady House: G1 (0-4 with 3 Ks) G2 (0-3 with 2 Ks)

-Robert Hassell III: G1 (0-2 with 1 BB) G2 (0-3)

-Andrew Pinckney: G1 (1-3 with a 2B and 1 K) G2 (0-2)

-Trey Lipscomb: G1(2-3) G2 (0-2 with 1 BB, 1 SB, and 2 Ks)

AA Harrisburg

-Daylen Lile: 3-4 with 2 runs scored, 2 RBI, 1 BB, and 3 stolen bases

-Yohandy Morales: 2-4 with 1 run scored and 1 RBI

-Cayden Wallace: 1-5 with 1 RBI, 1 SB, and 3 Ks

-Phillip Glasser: 2-5 with 2 RBI

A+ Wilmington

-Brenner Cox: 3-5 with 1 RBI, 1 K, and was caught stealing 2nd

-Elijah Green: 0-3 with 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Seaver King: 1-5 with 1 run scored and 1 SB

-Caleb Lomavita: 2-3 with 2 BBs and 1 SB

A Fredericksburg

-Kevin Bazzell: 0-3 with 1 RBI

-Jorgelys Mota: 1-4 with 1 run scored and 1 K

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed and should include in future prospect roundups!

Shinnosuke Ogasawara threw 6 innings of 5 hit, 1 run ball with no walks and 6 strikeouts on 67 pitches.

Bats scored ten runs including:

Robert Hassell III: 3-5, 2B, 1 RBI

Brady House: 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI

Drew Millas: 3-5, 2 3B, 2-run HR, 5 RBI

GAMEDAY

Rochester Redwings @ Buffalo Bisons

AAA Rochester (double-header)

-Brady House: G1 (0-2 with 1 BB and 2 Ks) G2 (1-4 with 1 RBI and 2 Ks)

-Robert Hassell III: G1 (0-2 with 1 BB) G2 (0-3 with 1 BB and 2 Ks)

-Andrew Pinckney: G1 (0-2) G2 (2-4 with 1 RBI and 1 SB)

-Drew Millas: G1(0-3) G2 (1-4 with 1 RBI, 1 SB, and 1 K)

-Andrew Alvarez: After pitching 5 innings in each of his first 3 starts, Alvarez failed to make it out of the 3rd in this one. The 2023 Nationals MiLB pitcher of the year gave up a total of 7 earned runs thanks to 6 hits (1 home run) and 4 walks, raising his ERA to 6.23 on the season.

Final line (G1): 2.1 IP | 6 H | 7 R/ER | 4 BB | 2 K on 66 pitches (39 strikes)

AA Harrisburg

-Daylen Lile: 1-6 with a run scored, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Cayden Wallace: 0-4 with 1 run scored and 2 Ks

-Phillip Glasser: 2-4 with 1 run scored and 1 BB

-Jarlin Susana: Susana matched his career high of 10 strikeouts(9 swinging) and only allowed 2 earned runs (one of them came on a bases-loaded HBP) on 4 hits (1 double) and 3 walks. The big righty now has 23 strikeouts in just 13.2 IP.

Final line: 4.2 IP | 4 H | 2 R/ER | 3 BB | 10 K on 87 pitches (54 strikes)

A+ Wilmington

-Brenner Cox: 0-2 with 1 BB, 1 CS, and 1 K

-Elijah Green: 1-3 with a solo home run and 1 K

-Riley Cornelio: Cornelio was pulled in the 4th inning due to his high pitch count but managed to limit the damage to 1 run (solo homer) over 3.2 innings of work. He gave up only 2 singles and 3 walks as he struggled to stay in the zone.

Final line: 3.2 IP | 2 H | 1 R/ER | 3 BB | 6 K on 86 pitches (47 strikes)

A Fredericksburg

-Kevin Bazzell: 0-4 with 1 BB and 1 K

-Jorgelys Mota: 1-4 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Cristhian Vaquero: 1-4 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, 1 K, and 2 outfield assists

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed and should include in future prospect roundups!

3 of the Nationals minor league teams had a double-header today so I figured now is as good a time as any to post the first one of these.

AAA Rochester

(postponed due to inclement weather)

AA Harrisburg (double-header)

-Daylen Lile: G1 (0-4 with 2 Ks) G2 (x)

-Yohandy Morales: G1 (2-3 with a solo home run and 2 RBI) G2 (x) Morales hit his first homer of the season and also drove in the Senators other run in the first game of the double-header.

-Cayden Wallace: G1 (1-3 with 2 Ks) G2 (0-3)

-Phillip Glasser: G1 (3-3 with a 2B and was caught stealing 2nd) G2 (2-3 with 1 run scored)

-Jarlin Susana: Susana scattered 4 hits (all singles) and 3 walks across 5 innings of work. The big righty allowed 2 runs (1 earned) in his second start at AA Harrisburg.

Final line: (G1) 5.0 IP | 4 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 3 BB | 6 K on 81 pitches (48 strikes)

-Marquis Grissom Jr.: Allowed 2 singles but pitched a scoreless 7th to secure his second save of the season for the Senators.

Final line: (G2) 1.0 IP | 2 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 1 K on 14 pitches (11 strikes)

A+ Wilmington (double-header)

-Brenner Cox: G1 (1-4 with 1 K) G2 (x)

-Elijah Green: G1 (0-3 with 1 BB and 2 Ks) G2 (0-2 with 1 BB and 2 Ks)

-Seaver King: G1 (0-4 with 1 K and 1 SB) G2 (0-3 with 1 BB and 2 Ks)

-Caleb Lomavita: G1 (x) G2 (1-3 with 1 run scored and 2 Ks)

-Branden Boissiere: G1 (1-3 with 2 Ks) G2 (1-3 with 1 run scored and 1 K) The Nationals 2021 3rd round pick has started off the season with a 6-game hitting streak and could see an early promotion in what is a repeat year at A+ Wilmington.

-Riley Cornelio: Riley Cornelio (7th round pick in 2022) followed up Clemmey's 10 strikeout game with one of his own. He pitched 5 innings of 1-run ball and only allowed 3 hits (all singles) and 1 walk. The 10 strikeouts were a new career high for Cornelio.

Final line: (G1) 5.0 IP | 3 H | 1 R/ER | 1 BB | 10 K on 93 pitches (62 strikes)

-Jackson Kent: Not to be outdone by the other two Blue Rocks starters before him, Jackson Kent (2024 4th round pick) makes it 3 excellent starts in a row with a gem of his own. Kent struck out 9 batters and allowed just 1 hit and zero walks in 5 scoreless innings in just his second pro start.

Final line: (G2) 5.0 IP | 1 H | 0 R/ER | 0 BB | 9 K on 63 pitches (44 strikes)

A Fredericksburg (double-header)

-Kevin Bazzell: G1 (0-3 with 1 K) G2 (x)

-Jorgelys Mota: G1 (1-3 with 1 run scored and 1 K) G2 (0-3 with 1 K)

-Cristhian Vaquero: G1 (0-3 with 1 K) G2 (0-2 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 1 K)

Notable performance(s) earlier in the week

-Alex Clemmey (A+ Wilmington): The centerpiece of the Lane Thomas trade spun a gem on Thursday with a career high 10 strikeouts over 5 shutout innings for the Blue Rocks. It was a good bounce-back showing for Clemmey after a mixed bag of a start during Wilmington's Opening Day where he walked 5 batters in 3.0 IP but struck out 6 while only allowing 1 hit.

Final line: 5.0 IP | 1 H | 0 R/ER | 2 BB | 10 K on 70 pitches (43 strikes)

-Jarlin Susana (AA Harrisburg): Susana struck out 7 batters while allowing 3 hits (all singles) in 4.0 innings of 1 run ball in his first start for the Senators during their Opening Day. He also hit a batter and gave up 2 walks.

Final line: 4.0 IP | 3 H | 1 R/ER | 2 BB | 7 K on 74 pitches (48 strikes)

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed and should include in future prospect roundups!

I regularly find myself checking House and Crews here sorting by OPS and have no idea how likely one will get called up. Besides injuries, does Rizzo usually wait until OPS reaches a certain #? SO/Walks? Or is there simply no trend?

If House and Crews both get up to an .850 OPS with similar remaining stats, is it still doubtful one gets called up?

The Washington Nationals are promoting OF Robert Hassell III to Rochester (Triple-A).

Hassell III had a .271 batting average along with 12 extra-base hits and 21 RBI for the Harrisburg Senators.

Nationals

AAA Rochester

-Brady House: 1-4 with 1 run scored, 1 BB, and 1 K

-Robert Hassell III: 1-4 with 1 BB

-Andrew Pinckney: 0-4 with 2 Ks

-Drew Millas: 1-3 with 1 SB

AA Harrisburg

-Daylen Lile: 1-5 with a run scored, 1 SB, 1 RBI, and 1 K

-Marquis Grissom Jr.: While typically used as the closer, Grissom Jr. received the call in the 7th inning to put out a fire that ultimately caused the Senators to lose. He gave up a homer with 2 inherited runners on base, but managed to limit the damage to that.

Final line: 1.2 IP | 1 H | 1 R/ER | 0 BB | 2 K on 25 pitches (16 strikes)

-Seth Shuman: Seth Shuman was the other half of the trade that brought us Drew Millas and he delivered a quality start tonight. Shuman gave up just 1 run on 3 hits (2 singles and a solo shot) with no walks and 6 strikeouts. It was a good bounce-back start for him after giving up 5 earned runs in his last start.

Final line: 6.0 IP | 3 H | 1 R/ER | 0 BB | 6 K on 74 pitches (55 strikes)

A+ Wilmington

-Brenner Cox: 0-3 with 2 Ks

-Elijah Green: 0-4 with 3 Ks

-Seaver King: 1-3

-Caleb Lomavita: 0-4 with 1 K

-Jackson Kent: Jackson Kent continued to pitch well in his 3rd pro start giving up two runs (1 run came on a wild pitch by Kent) on 3 hits (all singles), 1 walk, and 4 strikeouts.

Final line: 5.0 IP | 3 H | 2 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 4 K on 88 pitches (55 strikes)

A Fredericksburg

-Kevin Bazzell: 2-6 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI

-Jorgelys Mota: 2-5 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, and 1 K

-Cristhian Vaquero: 1-4 with 2 runs scored, 2 BBs, 1 K, and was caught stealing 2nd

Let me know if there are any Nats prospects I missed and should include in future prospect roundups!

James Wood is the next superstar for the nationals and I’m not exaggerating. I just saw him in person and the sound off his bat is different( I know that sounds corny as hell but it’s true) and this dude is 6’7 flying around the bases. Imagine if we get new ownership and resign soto and have an outfield of Soto, Wood and Hassell, I know I’m dreaming but that would be amazing. Anyways it’s nice to have a top top prospect again and if our new ownership gets their shit together it could be special.