Jack Spradlin was named pitcher of the week for weekending June 28th. Spradlin appeared in 3 games last week for the Senators allowing no runs on 2 hits over 8 innings pitched. He also struck out 10.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Player of the Week: Jack Spradlin
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
6/25/09 - Roster Move
The Harrisburg Senators announced this morning that RHP Carlos Martinez has been activated from the disabled list and OF Ricardo Nanita has been placed on the disabled with a sore back.
Martinez pitched in todays game (day game) at New Britain allowing 7 runs on 5 hits in 2 innings pitched.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
New Family Member
On Monday we welcomed the newest Senators fan to our family.
We picked up an 8 week old basset hound. Being a Dukes of Hazzard fan there were really only two options when naming our basset, either Rosco or Flash. After a small family vote he was named Rosco. Rosco was named after James Best character, Rosco P. Coltrane, on The Dukes of Hazzard.For those that did not watch the show, James Best had a basset hound named Flash.
Growing up I was a huge Dukes fan and always watched the show with my brothers. A few years ago my brother Shawn called me bragging that he was watching the first season on DVD. Needless to say I went out that night and bought season one too.
My collection has grown as I now own all 7 season on DVD. Even though my brother Shawn passed away last year, I still enjoy watching the DVD's with my children.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Castro Earns EL Player of the Week Honors
From the Harrisburg Senators:
Harrisburg Senators second baseman Ofilio Castro has been named the Eastern League Player of the Week. Castro batted .786 (11 for 14) during the week ending June 14th. Castro had seven RBIs during the week and four runs scored to lead the Senators to a 4-2 record for the week with all four wins on the road. At the plate Castro hit a home run, a double and walked three times. In the five games Castro played in during the week he reached base in each game and achieved a 1.071 slugging percentage.
On Thursday afternoon Castro went 4 for 5 and led the Senators to a rain shortened win over the Binghamton Mets on the road at NYSEG Stadium. Castro led the Eastern League in batting average, hits, on base percentage and slugging percentage for the week.
So far in the month of June Castro has hit .424 in 11 games with one home run, 10 RBI and six runs scored.
Castro, a Nicaragua native, was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Montreal Expos in 2000 and has remained with the organization his entire career. Castro has played the entire 2009 season in Harrisburg after having finished the 2008 season with the club. In 2007 Castro was named the Carolina League Mid-Season All Star while with Potomac.
Ofilio Castro becomes the first Senators position player to win the Player of the Week Award in the 2009 season.
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2009 EL All Star Voting
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Zinicola to Syracuse, Everts to Harrisburg
Zinicola appeared in 17 games for the Senators this season going 1-1 with 5 saves and a 1.74 ERA. With exception of one outting he has been lights out for the Senators. This is a much deserved promotion and I wish him continued success.
Everts joins the Senators after appearing in 13 games for the P-Nats this season. He has a 3-0 record with 2 saves and a 0.90 ERA.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Desmond Returns, Alaniz to DL
From the Harrisburg Senators Press Release:
The Harrisburg Senators have announced that INF Ian Desmond has been activated from the disabled list while RHP Adrian Alaniz has been placed on the disabled list. Desmond was placed on the disabled list on April 26 with a fracture of the left hamate bone.
Desmond played in just seven games at the start of the season and was batting .346 with 1 home run and 4 RBIs. He was the then Expos third round draft choice in the 2004 draft. Desmond played in 93 games last year with Harrisburg batting .251 with 12 HR and 44 RBIs.
Alaniz is 1-3 with a 7.56 ERA in seven starts. He has struck out 21 and walked 13. The Nationals selected Adrian in the eighth round of the 2007 draft. Coming into this season, he had a career record of 17-7 with a 3.00 ERA.
My Notes:
I was in attendance on Sunday and watched Ian's return to the Senators line up. He played SS and batted 3rd, he was 1/4 with a double. I kind of lost track, but by my count he cleanly fielded and threw out 3 or 4 hitters. None of the hits Ian field were difficult, 2 were slow rollers that he had to charge and make a good throws. Overall he looked pretty good for missing almost 2 months. People that talked with him prior to the game reported him as saying he 'felt good'.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Series Preview: 6/5-6/7 - New Britain Rock Cats
The Harrisburg Senators (15-34) face-off against the New Britain Rock Cats(28-25), who are making their only trip to Harrisburg this season.
Senators posted a 5-6 record over their last 11 games, winning their last 3 games games vs New Hampshire. As a team the Senators are hitting a combined .244 (2nd to last place in the EL). The pitching staff enters the series with a 4.54 ERA. The Senators have logged only 7 saves this season (Zinicola has 5)
The Rock Cats come in with a 6-5 record over their last 11 games. As a team the Rock Cats are batting .273 (2nd in the EL) and are lead by 2B Brian Dinkelman .335, 1B Whitney Robbins .325, OF Danny Valencia .309 and OF Juan Portes .309.
As a team the Rock Cats pitching staff has performed about as “well” as the Senators combining for 4.24 ERA. The most consistant pitchers for the Rock Cats this season have been Cole DeVries who is 4-4 with a 2.68 era in 10 starts, closer Anthony Slama who is 3-0, 12 saves in 25 games with a 2.73 ERA, and Matt Fox 5-2 with a 2.81 ERA in 11 games.
New Britain recently added right handed pitching prospect Carlos Gutierrez. Gutierrez, scheduled to make his EL debut on Sunday, was 2-3 in 11 games with Fort Wayne (Florida State League). Dispite the 2-3 record he posted a 1.32 ERA and has only allowed 8 earned runs in 54+ innings pitched.
PROBABLE STARTERS
6/5/09: Harrisburg, RH Erik Arnesen vs. Rock Cats, LH Ryan Mullins
6/6/09: Harrisburg, RH Carlos Martinez vs. Rock Cats, RH Cole DeVries
6/7/09: Harrisburg, LH Cory VanAllen vs. Rock Cats, RH Carlos Gutierrez
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Top Prospects:
The Rock Cats don’t have a lot of prospects but they do have 3 quality prospects to make note of in Ramos, Valencia and Gutierrez. Below are both Baseball America (BA) and John Sickels (JS) list of prospects for each team. If necessary, I will also offer notes on players to watch. For more information on John’s grading system visit here
Rock Cats Top Prospects (Twins Affiliate):
C – Wilson Ramos 3(BA) / B(JS)
3B – Danny Valencia 5(BA) / B-(JS)
RHP – Carlos Gutierrez 9(BA) / B-(JS)
RHP – Jeff Manship 11(BA) / C+(JS)
OF – Rene Tosoni 18(BA)
RHP – Anthony Slama 25(BA) / C+(JS)
RHP – Alex Burnett C(JS)
RHP – Zachary Ward C(JS)
DH – Erik Lis C(JS)
Senators Top Prospects (Nationals Affiliate):
OF: Leonard Davis 16(BA) / C(JS)
1B: Bill Rhinehart 17(BA)
SS: Ian Desmond 19(BA) / C(JS)
RHP: Luis Atilano 27(BA)
LHP: Cory Van Allen 28(BA)
OF: Marvin Lowrance C+(JS)
OF: Mike Daniel C(JS)
LHP: Yunior Novoa C(JS)
Other pitching prospects to watch: Justin Jones, Josh Wilkie, and Zech Zinicola.
Hitting prospects to watch: OF: Edgardo Baez.
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Solano to Triple-A
According the PennLive.com:
"After the game, it was announced that Senators C Jhonatan Solano will be promoted to Class AAA Syracuse Thursday, with C Javi Herrera rejoining the Senators from Syracuse. "He's nails back there," manager John Stearns said of Solano, who hit .280 in 26 games with the Senators. "I think he could be catching in the big leagues right now. Plus this will allow us to play Luke Montz more often and resurrect him [offensively]."
From the Harrisburg Senators:
The Harrisburg Senators have announced that C Jhonatan Solano has been promoted to AAA Syracuse and that the Senators have received C Javi Herrera from AAA Syracuse.
Solano has been with the Sens all season and now moves to AAA for the first time in his career. He was batting .280 with a 1 HR and 11 RBI in 26 games.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Nanita Joins Senators, Daniel to DL
From the Senators Press Release:
The Harrisburg Senators have announced that OF Michael Daniel has been placed on the disabled list and OF Ricardo Nanita has joined the Senators from the Mexican League.Brief profile on Nanita:
Nanita was selected by the Nationals in the Rule 5 draft on 12/11/08 from the Chicago White Sox. He spent the past three seasons in Birmingham (AA) with the Sox. This year, he was on loan to the Mexican League where he played for two different teams, Monterrey and Veracruz. He batted a combined .305 with 1 HR and 11 RBIs. Last year with Birmingham he batted .286 with 9 HR and 51 RBIs.
Daniel injured his right hamstring going from first to third on a single by Ofilio
Castro in the third inning on Sunday at Bowie. He was batting .268 with 3 HR and
14 RBIs. Daniel was the only Senator player last year that was on the active
roster all season long.
With these moves, the Senators roster is at 24 active players plus five players on the disabled list.
Nanita, 28, bats and throws lefty, is a career .289 hitter, entering his 7th season in the minors. Primarily a contact hitter (mostly singles and doubles), and not a threat to steal many bases. He was a 2003 - Rookie League All-Star OF, 2003 - Pioneer League All-Star OF and 2006 - Southern League All-Star OF.
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