Wilmington Blue Rocks - A+ (2024)

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Opening Day Roster:

PITCHERS
Wander Arias, Bryan Caceres, Brendan Collins, Riley Cornelio, Dannel Diaz, Marquis Grissom Jr., Richard Guasch, Chance Huff, Andry Lara, Brad Lord, Marlon Perez, Todd Peterson, Nick Pogue, Carlos Romero, Rodney Theophile, Luke Young

CATCHERS
Max Romero Jr. and Matt Suggs

INFIELDERS
Branden Boisserie, Will Frizzell, Sammy Infante, Cortland Lawson, Kevin Made, Viandel Pena, Murphy Stehly, T.J. White

OUTFIELDERS
Daylen Lile, Jared McKenzie, Elijah Nunez, Johnathan Thomas

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Nationals Arm Race is pretty high on the top 3 in Wilmington's rotation.

Rotation Observations: Lara, Theophile, and Young have all been fantastic four turns through the rotation, each sporting an ERA in the 1s or 2s. Lara’s got the “worst” ERA of these three but a fantastic 37/8 K/BB ratio in his 23.2 IPs as a 21yr old. After watching Lara get socially promoted and constantly be the youngest guy at the level, he’s finally getting a chance to repeat a level and so far looks great.

http://www.nationalsarmrace.com/

Pegs Lara as the next promotion.

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that was probably written before Theophile's last start.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

that was probably written before Theophile's last start.

he's still got a 3.46 FIP. Walks are a problem. It really was written after 4 starts and missed his 5th

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Got no hit tonight. Call em up, they're ready for Natinals baseball

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Todd Boss at Nationals Arm Race had some interesting thoughts on Jose Atencio in his monthly wrap up of the system's pitching:

Next guy to get Promoted: Shuman finally got promoted despite getting whacked in his 3 High-A starts to start the month. I think its Atencio’s turn. He’s had a very solid High-A season all told (3.47 ERA in 18 starts) and had similar numbers in August. He’s only 22 and seems like a sneaky decent prospect for us.

https://www.nationalsarmrace.com/?p=18682
Low K rate but a low BB rate too. Longenhagen's 2022 system review had a blurb on him saying he throws 90-92 (as a 20 year old) and says he throws "quality strikes." I wonder if this is the type of guy who could be a contributor in relief if he were converted to a reliever and got a velocity bump.

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Season over. Final record: 26-40, last in their division, second worst record in the league.