We can use this thread to discuss the everyday activities of the Nationals' farm teams.

-O'Connor started for Columbus and finished with 5 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 4 SO (No Decision)
-Sanches pitched 2 scoreless innings for the save
-Casto went 3/4 RBI, R
-Broadway went 2/4 2B, RBI, 2 R
-Boone went 0/4

-Harrisburg's first game got suspended in the 9th due to rain (tied 5-5).
-Brownlie started: 5 IP 6 H 4 R 4 ER 3 BB 2 SO
-Speigner pitched 2 scoreless in relief
-Hinckley with 1 scoreless inning in relief
-Bernardina went 2/4 R
-Daniel 1/3 2 SBs, R
-JMax 1/3 Solo HR, 3 RBIs
-Desmond 2/5 RBI, R

-Bill Rhinehart hit a HR in Hagerstown's 14 inning victory 5-4 over Delmarva

Friday, April 4th

-The Clips lost 8-3.
-Mock started for Columbus and had a rough night although he racked up the Ks: 4.1 IP 8 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 7 SO (No Decision)
-Tankersley got the loss and Charlie Manning gave up 4 runs. Booker pitched a scoreless 9th.
-Orr had a 2-run Triple.

-Potomac lost their season opener 4-3.
-Marerro went 1/4 with an RBI double.
-Nunez gave up 4 ER in 4.2 IP.
-Zinicola got 3 Ks in 1.2 scoreless innings in relief.

-Hagerstown wins 8-6.
-Burgess hit a Solo HR.
-Bill Rhinehart goes 3/4 with 3 RBIs (This dude can hit)
-Seuss, Smolinski, and King all had 2 hits.
-Willems had a bad night: 5 IP 8 H 6 R 4 ER 0 BB 4 SO
-Everts recorded the save with 1 K

Do we have a consistently dominant starting pitcher in our farm system yet? We definitely need one. I thought Willems was supposed to be, but outings like that only happen once in a blue moon to dominant pitchers.

Willems is still very young (19). It's hard to determine who is consistently dominant in our farm system since the season just started. Guys to look out for are the obvious ones: Detwiler, Balester, Mock, and a couple of others.

Mock...Has been trash since we traded for him but all in all the Livan trade will work-out because of Chico

AAA
-Columbus loses 3-0. Balester started and struggled: 4.1 IP 5 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 0 SO
-Bacsik pitched 3.2 scoreless innings in relief while allowing only 1 hit
-Langerhans went 2/3 and is now batting .429

AA
-Luis Jimenez hit a 3-run Walk-off HR in the first game which had been suspended at a 5-5 tie a few days ago because of rain.
-Harrisburg also won their second game of the day by the same score as the first one, 8-5.
-Martis made his first start of the season and didn't fare very well: 4 IP 7 H 4 R 4 ER 2 BB 2 SO
-Beltran Perez pitched 3 innings of relief (1 ER allowed) and picked up the win.
-Luis Jimenez went 3/3 with his second HR of the day and 3 RBIs.
-Luke Montz and de Caster homered as well.
-Maxwell went 1/4 with a single and a stolen base.

High A
-Potomac loses their second game of the season 5-4.
-VanAllen started and pitched well: 5 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 3 SO
-Adam Carr blows the save and takes the loss in horrific outing: 0.0 IP 3 H 4 R 3 ER 1 BB
-Marerro went 1/4 with a double
-Dee Brown went 2/4 with an RBI

A
-Hagerstown loses 4-3.
-Cole Kimball started and pitched excellent: 5 IP 1 H 1 R 1 ER 2 BB 7 SO
-Rhinehart went 1/3 2B, 2 R, BB
-Aaron Seuss had 2 hits and an RBI
-Stephen Englund went 2/4 with a double and a run scored

This Luis Jimenz kid seems good. Here is some info. 25 years old, 2 HR 6 RBI .500 AVG and Venezulan

Like to see him in Columbus maybe.

This Luis Jimenz kid seems good. Here is some info. 25 years old, 2 HR 6 RBI .500 AVG and Venezulan

Like to see him in Columbus maybe.

He was pretty darn good in ST as well.

He plays 1B this year I think so maybe not but if we could get him to SS over the off-season he could be on the roster by 2009 he will be 26 then he could play SS till the prospect in the middle infield that we hopefully draft will have some time to develop and could be up by 2012 give us 2 1/2 years with the guy.

He's WAY too huge to play SS. He has never played a middle infield position in his career. He has, however, pitched in a minor league game before.

i'm sorry, but what?

have you actually SEEN Luis Jiminez?  he's built like a tank, and he is left-handed.

I thought it said he was a SS nevermind he has nof future on the team.

I bet we have a better pitcher than Hill in Potomac alone. (Detwiler) If Hill had stayed healthy i may ahve had a different opinion but IF

Updates

COLUMBUS
-Kory Casto 1/4, R
-Estrada 2/5, RBI
-Boone 3/4, 2RBI
-Escobar 2/5, R, RBI
-Tyler Clippard 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, L

Not a good outing for Clippard and we don't really have any hitting prospects up there.

HARRISBURG
-Roger Bernadina 0/4, R
-Maxwell 0/3, 2 R
-Luis Jimenz 2/4, R, 2 RBI
-Lefave 1/5 ,2 RBI
-Hinckley pitched 3.0 IP 3 ER and 1 K

Not to great but the Jimenz kid is making a serious case for us to cut Broadway.

POTOMAC
-Chris Marrero 1/4, R, RBI, BB
-Ross Detwiler 5 IP, 7 K, 3 H, 1 BB

Looking ok

Langerhans goes 2/4 with a Run and a Stolen Base. He is now hitting .455 and is posting a .571 OBP.

Mike Daniel went 4/4 with a Double, Run, 2 RBIs and a stolen base in Harrisburg. This is one guy to definitely pay attention to.

AAA
-Columbus loses 11-5. Jason Stanford started for some reason and got rocked: 2.1 IP 5 H 7 R 7 ER 2 BB 1 SO
-Casto went 2/5 with a HR
-Langerhans jacked a 3-Run Blast (Please call me up)
-Escobar hit a Solo Shot

AA
-Harrisburg wins 12-5; Marco Estrada started and picked up the win: 5 IP 5 H 3 R 3 ER 3 BB 0 SO
-Speigner pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief
-de Caster went 3/5 with a HR and 5 RBIs
-Maxwell went 2/3 with 2 BBs, 2 SBs, and 2 Runs
-Desmond went 2/4 with a HR and 2 RBIs