Series Preview at Trenton Thunder

The Senators go on their first road trip of the season as they head to Trenton for a 4 games series. Harrisburg has a 4-2 record and they are in 2nd place in the EL’s, Southern Division to open the series. While Trenton opens the series with a 4-3 record and are in 4th place in the EL’s Northern Division.

The series gets started today as two pitching prospects face off, Harrisburg’s Shairon Martis (BA-18) and Trenton’s Dan McCutchen (BA-14). In Martis last start on 4/5 against Akron, he pitched 4 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits. He also gave up 2 homeruns. McCutchen faired much better in his first start of the season allowing no runs, on 3 hits, while striking out 7 in 5 innings vs. Binghamton on 4/5.

Probable Rotation
Thursday, April 10 7:05pm RH Shairon Martis (0-0, 9.00) vs. RH Dan McCutchen (1-0, 0.00)
Friday, April 11 at 7:05pm RH Josh Hall (0-1, 24.00) vs. LH Phil Coke (0-0, 6.75)
Saturday, April 12 1:05pm RH Marco Estrada (1-0, 5.40) vs, RH Jason Jones (1-0, 0.00)
Sunday, April 13 at 1:05pm RH Ismael Ramirez (0-1, 6.75) vs. RH Chase Wright (0-1, 3.00)

Trenton Thunder Prospects by Baseball America (BA) and John Sickels (JS)
Austin Jackson, OF – BA (2) - JS (B-)
Jose Tabata, OF – BA (3) - JS (B+)
Dan McCutchen, RHP – BA (14) - JS (C+)
George Kontos, RHP – BA (17) - JS (C+)
Collin Curtis, OF – BA (19)
Francisco Cervelli, C – BA (23) - JS (C+)
Dave Robertson, RHP – BA (24) - JS (C+)

My List of Players to watch Trenton (this is in addition to the players listed by BA and JS).
LHP - Zachary Kroenke
LHP - Chase Wright (on 40-Man roster)
SS – Reegie Corona
SS – Ramiro Pena
3B - Marcos Vechionacci

Top Prospects for Harrisburg
OF - Justin Maxwell – BA (8) – JS (B)
SS – Ian Desmond – BA (14) – JS (C+)
P – Shairon Martis – BA (18) – JS (C+)
OF – Mike Daniel – BA (23)
OF – Roger Bernadina – BA (29)
1B/DH – Luis Jimenez – JS (C)
1B – Andrew LeFave