{"id":14195,"date":"2017-06-28T10:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:12:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T19:12:56","slug":"gcl-nats-roster-announced-first-look-at-the-pitchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14195","title":{"rendered":"GCL Nats Roster Announced &#8230; First look at the Pitchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14202\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RaquetNick-at-wandm-via-statecollegepa.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14202\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RaquetNick-at-wandm-via-statecollegepa-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"2017 3rd rounder Nick Raquet starts in the GCL as one of its most intriguing arms. Photo via State College Pa\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RaquetNick-at-wandm-via-statecollegepa-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/RaquetNick-at-wandm-via-statecollegepa.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2017 3rd rounder Nick Raquet starts in the GCL as one of its most intriguing arms. Photo via State College Pa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They didn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;announce&#8221; the roster, but by virtue of the fact that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/schedule\/results.jsp?sid=milb&amp;cid=466\">first GCL Nats game is today<\/a> (6\/27\/17), we can take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/roster\/index.jsp?sid=milb&amp;cid=466\">look at the roster<\/a> and see where things are shaking out.<\/p>\n<p>Like we did last week with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14147\">Auburn\/Short-A roster<\/a>, lets take a look at who is starting on the named roster in the GCL.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jared Brashner<\/strong>, 22,\u00a0RHP 2017 8th round pick from Samford. \u00a0Senior sign so immediately too old for GCL, hopefully a quick stint before moving up to Short-A. \u00a0Also though a very underslot deal, so not a lot of expectations here.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jake Cousins<\/strong>, 22, RHP 2017 20th round pick from Penn. \u00a0Also a senior sign, from a non-baseball Ivy league school and with a famous DC-area cousin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jose De Los Santos<\/strong>, 20, RHP, a 2015 IFA signing (Dominican Republic). \u00a0Was a middle reliever for the DSL Nats last year with middling results (4.01 ERA, 23\/14 K\/BB in 33 innings).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nelson Galindez<\/strong>, 18, LHP 2017 22nd round pick out of a Florida HS. \u00a0Signed away from a JuCo commitment for the max allowable non top-10 round bonus ($125,000). \u00a0Its rate to see a high schooler picked in the 20th rounds to sign, but Galindez did. \u00a0Should be interesting to see what he has.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darly Infante<\/strong>, 20, LHP 2016 IFA signing (Dominican Republic). \u00a0Started 12 games for DSL Nats last year with good numbers (2.94 ERA, 52\/19 K\/BB in 49IP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jose Jimenez<\/strong>, 20, LHP 2013 IFA signing (Dominican Republic). \u00a0Three year veteran of the DSL, working mostly later inning relief but not with the dominant K\/9 numbers you&#8217;d like to see.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jared \u00a0Johnson<\/strong>, 21, LHP 2017 17th rounder out of a Florida Juco. \u00a0Old for a Juco guy (he turns 22 in September)\u00a0, hoping to see him pitch his way out of GCL soon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kyle Johnston<\/strong>, 20, RHP 2017 6th rounder out of Texas. \u00a0Texas&#8217; Sunday starter put up decent numbers his junior year, finished strong (his final college game was a 7ip 3run performance in the regionals) and signed for slot as a 6th rounder. \u00a0Like others, probably shouldn&#8217;t be in the GCL as a starter from a big12 college.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gabe\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Klobosits<\/strong>, 22, RHP 2017 36th rounder from Auburn. \u00a0Mostly a reliever for Auburn (a handful of mid-week starts), a 36th round senior sign who probably doesn&#8217;t have much in the way of expectations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jesus Luzardo<\/strong>, 19, LHP 2016 3rd rounder. \u00a0This is the big name on the roster that everyone is waiting to see. \u00a0Luzardo was a HUGE overslot guy in 2016, getting a $1.4M bonus commensurate with the top of the 2nd round and signing him away from a Miami commitment. \u00a0He has recovered from his Tommy John surgery and this will be his first test.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeremy McKinney<\/strong>, 22 RHP 2017 31st rounder from Indiana State. \u00a0As with several other senior signs, McKinney likely has the next couple of months to keep his spot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Francys Peguero<\/strong>, 21, RHP 2013 IFA signing (Dominican Republic). \u00a0Split time last year between GCL and Short-A, starts the year on the D\/L.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nector Ramirez<\/strong>, 20, RHP 2013 IFA signing (Dominican Republic). \u00a0Missed all of 2016 with a rotator cuff tear after two so-so seasons in the DSL. \u00a0Should be interesting to see if he&#8217;s come back from a tough injury.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nick Raquet<\/strong>, 21, LHP 2017 3rd round pick from William &amp; Mary. \u00a0Signed slightly underslot deal; i&#8217;ve been critical of this pick and am quite curious to see how he does. \u00a0The fact that a 3rd round collegiate junior pick is starting in the GCL is already a bad sign for me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Smith<\/strong>, 22, RHP 2017 25th rounder from\u00a0Long Beach State. \u00a0Good baseball school, good pedigree, but Smith is a 25th round senior sign so expectations are limited.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leif Strom<\/strong>, 20 RHP 2017 21st round out of a Washington JuCo. \u00a0Sizeable bonus for the 20th round, should be interesting to see what he has. \u00a0 Unfortunately his first move is to go onto the D\/L, where he starts his pro career.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jackson Tetreault<\/strong>, 21, RHP 2017 7th rounder out of a Florida JuCo. \u00a0Took an over-slot deal closer to 5th round money to buy him out of a USF commit. \u00a0 I&#8217;m going to struggle to spell his name correctly in this blog for a while.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Troop<\/strong>, 20, LHP 2017 9th round pick out of Michigan State. \u00a0Troop was Michigan&#8217;s friday starter and signed an overslot deal to come to the Nats. \u00a0I look forward to seeing what he has.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trey Turner<\/strong>, 21,\u00a0RHP 2017 10th rounder out of Missouri State. \u00a0Turner was looking like a solid member of Missouri State&#8217;s bullpen before heading to TJ surgery; he starts on the D\/L and we won&#8217;t see him til this time in 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan Williamson<\/strong>, 22 LHP 2015 15th rounder from NC State.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not listed here is\u00a0<strong>Weston Davis<\/strong>, who is on the GCL roster officially doing a rehab assignment.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t really do starters and relievers in the GCL; instead you see a lot of 3 inning stints from multiple arms. \u00a0So we won&#8217;t try to name a &#8220;rotation&#8221; here. \u00a0But squinting here i&#8217;d go with Infante, Johnston, Luzardo, Tetreault, Troop as my rotation. \u00a0(note: i&#8217;m writing this prior to seeing who pitches in the first game, so apologies if this is already wrong).<\/p>\n<p>Breakdown of Arms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>21 arms; 3 on the D\/L, 1 on rehab assignment.<\/li>\n<li>Average Age: 20 years, 8 months. \u00a0So that&#8217;s kind of old, but what are you going to do when you draft a gazillion college arms right?<\/li>\n<li>Of the 20 non-rehab\/rostered players: 8 lefties, 12 righties<\/li>\n<li>Acquisition method breakdown:\n<ul>\n<li>13 of the 20 arms are 2017 draftees<\/li>\n<li>2 others are from prior drafts (Luzardo and Williamson)<\/li>\n<li>5 are IFAs; 4 of them are DSL grads from last year, one (Peguero) who has been in-country for a bit but is hurt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who is still missing? \u00a0Not too many:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jeremy McDonald<\/strong> was at one point on the GCL roster but has been put back into XST as far as I can tell.<\/li>\n<li>Some trickling in 2017 signees:\u00a0<strong>Brigham Hill<\/strong> (who was at the CWS) and\u00a0<strong>Jackson Stoeckinger<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A few guys that seemed likely to matriculate to the GCL but who seem to be repeating DSL:\u00a0Amoroso, CFlores, AMartinez.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who am I really interested in seeing? \u00a0Luzardo first and foremost, Raquet, Johnston, Infante, Tetreault and Troop. \u00a0Basically all the guys who I think project as starters, plus the controversial 2017 pick Raquet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They didn&#8217;t exactly &#8220;announce&#8221; the roster, but by virtue of the fact that the first GCL Nats game is today (6\/27\/17), we can take a look at the roster and see where things are shaking out. 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