{"id":16090,"date":"2019-07-03T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16090"},"modified":"2019-07-03T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:43:15","slug":"minor-league-pitching-staffs-july-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16090","title":{"rendered":"Minor League Pitching Staffs: July check-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16093\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Braymerben-via-auburntigers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16093\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16093\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Braymerben-via-auburntigers-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Braymer has earned his way to AAA. Photo via Auburn tigers\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Braymer has earned his way to AAA. Photo via Auburn tigers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now that our short-season domestic staffs have now had one full &#8220;turn&#8221; through the rotation, I thought i&#8217;d be a good time to do another rotation check-in.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve done two previously, which we&#8217;ll leverage throughout here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4\/15\/19 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15746\">Good and Bad starts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5\/15\/19 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15782\">Mid-May check-in<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: I wrote much of this prior to the 7\/2\/19 games, so a few roster moves and observations may be missing.\u00a0 Also, feel free to add in more detailed commentary for those who have studied the players more closely in a particular level; i did not do &#8220;just last month&#8221; splits on every single player so some players who have significantly improved upon slow starts (or the reverse) may be missed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>AAA\/Fresno 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotation Now:\u00a0<strong>Fedde, JRoss, McGowin, Hoover, Braymer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rotation Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Voth, McGowin, Copeland, Espino, MSanchez<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rotation to Start:\u00a0<strong>McGowin, Copeland, Voth, Espino, Alvarez<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes in the rotation since last post: Voth has earned his promotion, and then earned more starts over Fedde at the MLB level.\u00a0 It looks like the &#8220;hey lets use Joe Ross as a reliever&#8221; experiment is finally over; he&#8217;s been returned to Fresno to officially get stretched out and return to the rotation.\u00a0 Espino is on the DL, replaced by Hoover (who suddenly at 31 is a starter after years of pitching in relief?).\u00a0 Sanchez got demoted and replaced by Braymer, who just arrived.\u00a0 Lastly Copeland has been returned to the long-man\/spot starter role.\u00a0 The sole holdover from 6 weeks ago is McGowin &#8230; but what this doesn&#8217;t show is his own up-and-back movement.\u00a0 Lots of shuffle in the Fresno rotation.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to highlight Ben Braymer though, because his being in AAA is pretty amazing.\u00a0 He was an 18th round pick in 2016, signed for just $100k out of Auburn, and now sits in the AAA rotation at the edge of the majors.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think the Nats have seen such a low-round pick make it this far since perhaps\u00a0<strong>Stephen Lombardozzi<\/strong>, a 19th rounder in 2008.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullpen Now:\u00a0<strong>Self, Bacus, Blazek,\u00a0 Kontos, Bourque, Baez<\/strong> with\u00a0<strong>Alvarez, Copeland<\/strong> as long-men\/spot starters<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen mid-may:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Rainey, Hoover, Self, Bacus, Nuno, JMills*, Blazek<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Alvarez<\/strong>\u00a0as long-man\/spot starter.<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen to start:\u00a0<strong>AAdams, Rainey, Hoover, Nuno, Self, Cordero<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Bacus\u00a0 <\/strong>with<strong>\u00a0<strong>Dragmire<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>as a spot-starter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes in the bullpen since last post: Rainey promoted &#8230; and immediately became Nats\u00a0bullpen savior of the week.\u00a0 Hoover now in the rotation.\u00a0 Nunu cut loose after posting a 7.25 ERA in 22 innings.\u00a0 Mills sent back down.\u00a0 Bourque was promoted to the majors from AA, then optioned back to AAA.\u00a0 Baez promoted from AA.\u00a0 Kontos signed.\u00a0 Copeland dumped to bullpen.\u00a0 Rodney signed and quickly promoted.\u00a0 \u00a0Lastly Cordero, who was in DFA limbo last post, was claimed by Toronto and is gone.\u00a0 Phew; that&#8217;s 10 different moves for the team, just 3 guys in the same place they were 6 weeks ago, and just two stable names from day one.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 Dakota Bacus continues to be the most impressive reliever in AAA, maintaining a seasonal ERA of 2.36 and a whip of 1.19.\u00a0 \u00a0Ross&#8217; numbers as a starter in Fresno are respectable; 3.68 ERA in 5 starts with just 4 walks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Kontos has not been good so far, but a lot of his ERA is one bad outing in Salt Lake.\u00a0 Howell has gotten shelled in basically each of his last 6-7 outings and looks toast from the stat sheets.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 \u00a0I think Bacus deserves the next call-up, perhaps over Bourque even though he&#8217;s not on the 40-man.\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to see Ross get the next spot start, on regular rest.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong>?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>I think the team may be reaching the end of the line with over-30 MLFA guys like Kontos and Hoover, now that they&#8217;ve got a slew of new draft picks in.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How are we doing with these mini-predictions so far?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April: Adams and Voth to get the call, Dragmire to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Adams released (?), Voth now in Majors, Dragmire now demoted.<\/li>\n<li>May: Voth, Rainey to get the call.\u00a0 Hoover, Mills, Sanchez, Dragmire to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results:\u00a0 Voth, Rainey now in Majors.\u00a0 Mills, Sanchez, Dragmire demoted.\u00a0 Hoover still hanging in there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>AA\/Harrisburg 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotation Now:\u00a0<strong>Mapes, Fuentes, MSanchez, Tetreault,<\/strong> <strong>Crowe<\/strong> with <strong>ALee<\/strong> just called up<\/li>\n<li>Rotation Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Crowe, Tetreault, Sharp, Mapes, Braymer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rotation to Start:\u00a0<strong>Crowe, Fedde, Sharp, Mapes, Braymer*<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes since last post: Sharp to the D\/L, replaced by Fuentes.\u00a0 Braymer got bumped up, replaced by MSanchez coming back down.\u00a0 Lastly Lee just got promoted and may be taking someone&#8217;s spot.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullpen now:\u00a0<strong>Condra-Bogan, RPena, Guilbeau*,\u00a0 JMills*, ABarrett, Bonnell<\/strong> with <strong>Dragmire<\/strong> spot starts.<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Bourque, Condra-Bogan, RPena, Guilbeau*, ABarrett<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Baez, Ondrusek, Fuentes<\/strong>\u00a0as swingmen\/spot starters<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen to start:\u00a0<strong>Bourque,\u00a0 Brinley, Condra-Bogan, JMills*, RPena,\u00a0 Guilbeau*, ABarrett\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0 swingman\/spot starts by<strong><strong>\u00a0Baez\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>and<strong><strong>\u00a0MSanchez<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes since last post: Bourque up, Baez up.\u00a0 Fuentes moved from swingman to rotation.\u00a0 Ondrusek bounced around, he&#8217;s currently on the AAA D\/L.\u00a0 Mills was up and is now back.\u00a0 Bonnell was signed after being dropped by Tampa and has been pretty solid.\u00a0 \u00a0Venters was signed, appeared briefly and was called up for bullpen reinforcement duty.\u00a0 Lastly Dragmire is dumped here after posting a double digit ERA in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>: Steven Fuentes has continued right where he left off in High-A, and holds a 1.80 ERA in 11 appearances\/7 starts in AA.\u00a0 He&#8217;s only 22.\u00a0 I&#8217;m guessing we&#8217;re going to start seeing more of him on Nats top10 farm lists if he keeps this up.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not<\/strong><\/em>? Nobody is pitching egregiously bad honestly; Mapes and Tetreault are both posting worse than you&#8217;d like to see numbers but Tetreault is just 23 and is in AA for the first time.\u00a0 Mapes is a bit more concerning; he&#8217;s now 27, in his 6th pro season, was a 30th round pick probably given a 4-figure bonus, and the team has almost nothing invested in him.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Barrett?\u00a0 I wonder what else he has to prove in AA at this point.\u00a0 \u00a0I&#8217;d say its a bit too early to promote Fuentes, and the rest of the rotation needs more time in AA.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Mapes may be at the end of the line, given his draft pedigree.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How are we doing with these mini-predictions so far?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April: Crowe, Fedde to get the call.\u00a0 Sharp, Gilbeau to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Fedde up, the rest still hanging in there<\/li>\n<li>May:\u00a0Crowe, Bourque to get the call.\u00a0 Pena to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Bourque up, Crowe and Pena still hanging in AA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>High-A\/Potomac 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotation Now:<strong>\u00a0Johnston, Raquet*, Cate*, ?, MPena\u00a0<\/strong>(the question mark is because Lee got promoted the day we were writing this)<\/li>\n<li>Rotation Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Johnston, Borne*, Raquet*, ALee, MPena<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rotation to Start:\u00a0<strong>Johnston, Borne*, Tetreault, Raquet*, MPena, LReyes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes since last post: Borne to the D\/L, Lee promoted.\u00a0 To replace them we got Cate from Low-A and a question mark the be filled (if it were me) by Teel.\u00a0 \u00a0Otherwise a very steady rotation here: 3 of the 5 havn&#8217;t changed since opening day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullpen now:\u00a0<strong>Bartow, German, Istler, Fletcher* <\/strong>with<strong>\u00a0Howard*, LReyes, Pantoja, Teel*, McKinney<\/strong> as swingmen.<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Bogucki,\u00a0 McKinney,\u00a0 Bartow, JRomero, LReyes, German<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Howard*,\u00a0 Teel<\/strong>* as swingmen<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen to start:\u00a0<strong>Acevedo, Bogucki, Fuentes,\u00a0 \u00a0McKinney,\u00a0 Bartow\u00a0<\/strong>with swingman\/spot starts by\u00a0<strong><strong>Howard*,\u00a0 ALee<\/strong>,<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes from last time:\u00a0 Istler returns from XST\/witness protection.\u00a0 Fletcher promoted from low-A, along with Pantoja (and Teel, and Cate: we&#8217;ve seen 5 promotions so far).\u00a0 Bogucki released.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 I like what I see out of Teel and Fletcher so far, both mid-season promotions.\u00a0 Fletcher has a 24\/5 K\/BB ratio since being promoted a few weeks back, and Teel has now made it to his 4th pro level since being drafted last June.\u00a0 \u00a0Amazingly, Reyes seems to have found his calling, going 10 straight outings without giving up a run.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not<\/strong><\/em>? Raquet has the worst WHIP of the rotation, and Pena the worst ERA.\u00a0 Yet both remain mainstays in the Potomac bullpen.\u00a0 Raquet is putting up almost identical numbers to last year, but as a high-bonus 3rd rounder probably gets more rope than a similarly producing 15th rounder.\u00a0 Pena is just 22 but may be working towards another year in Potomac.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Istler really should be in AA; he&#8217;s given up zero runs in 10 High-A innings, which shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise since he spent most of last year in AA posting a 2.53 ERA.\u00a0 Why exactly is he in Potomac?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Unclear; McKinney&#8217;s season numbers are poor but he&#8217;s pitched a number of clean outings since his return from the D\/L.\u00a0 Cate&#8217;s first two starts havn&#8217;t been stellar.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have a great case for anyone to get demoted or cut.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How are we doing with these mini-predictions so far?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April: Tetreault and Fuentes up.\u00a0 Reyes and Bourne to get the axe..\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Both Tetreault and Fuentes since promoted.\u00a0 Reyes dumped from the rotation finally, Borne on the D\/L.<\/li>\n<li>May: Nobody to get the call.\u00a0 Bogucki and Reyes to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Bogucki indeed released, Reyes demoted to the pen but succeeding in new role.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Low-A\/Hagerstown 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotation Now:<strong>\u00a0Alastre, Schaller, Irvin, Adon, Stoeckinger*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rotation Mid-May: <strong>Alastre, Adon, Cate*, Irvin, FPeguero<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rotation to Start:\u00a0<strong>Alastre\/Day, Adon, Cate*\/Tapani, Irvin\/Teel*, FPeguero\/AGuillen, Strom\/Stoeckinger*<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changes since last post: Cate Promoted, Peguero to the D\/L.\u00a0 To replace them we&#8217;ve seen Schaller promoted up from XST\/GCL and Stoeckinger pulled from the tandem starter ranks.\u00a0 Like with Potomac, 3 of the 5 starters the same since opening day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bullpen now:\u00a0<strong>Brasher<\/strong>, <strong>Tapani, Day, Howell, RWilliamson*, AGuillen<\/strong> as tandem starters\/swingmen,\u00a0<strong>TTurner, Vann<\/strong>* as conventional relievers.<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen Mid-May:\u00a0<strong>Stoeckinger*, AGuillen, RWilliamson*, Tapani, Fletcher*, Day<\/strong>\u00a0as tandem starters, <strong>Brasher, TTurner<\/strong>\u00a0in the pen as more conventional relievers.<\/li>\n<li>Bullpen to start:\u00a0 Day, <strong>Tapani, Teel, AGullen, Stoeckinger<\/strong> as tandem starters,\u00a0<strong>German,\u00a0 Fletcher*\u00a0<\/strong>as conventional relievers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>changes since last post: Howell returns to the fold after missing all of 2018 with injury.\u00a0 Fletcher promoted.\u00a0\u00a0Vann (a 2018 draftee) promoted up from XST\/GCL.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>: Stoeckinger has earned his spot in the rotation (if, indeed he stays there).\u00a0 2.54 ERA, 1.19 whip in 39 IP as a tandem starter this year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Alastre continues to struggle in the rotation; hes now ballooned to a 6.11 ERA and 1.71 whip on the year while repeating the level.\u00a0 \u00a0He&#8217;s only 21 though, so he&#8217;s got plenty of time.\u00a0 Howell has struggled since his reinstatement, and he does not have a ton of time, being a lower round pick coming off injury.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Turner has had a nifty time in the Low-A bullpen; 28 Ks in 17 innings.\u00a0 I&#8217;d also say Peguero, who has the best stats of any starter, but he&#8217;s on teh D\/L currently.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Alastre.\u00a0 Howell.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How are we doing with these mini-predictions so far?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April: Peguero and Fletcher up.\u00a0 Alastre to get the Axe.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Peguero hurt, Fletcher up, Alastre still in the rotation.<\/li>\n<li>May: Cate, Fletcher, Peguero up.\u00a0 Brasher to get the demotion.\u00a0 Results?\u00a0 Peguero hurt, Fletcher and Cate up.\u00a0 Brasher still holding on, having gone an entire month w\/o giving up a run.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Short-A\/Auburn 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rotation<strong>:\u00a0NGomez, PGonzalez, CRomero, RGomez, Strom, Troop*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>tandem starters:\u00a0<strong>Chu*, Galindez*\/AMartinez, AHernandez*, Segura<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>bullpen:\u00a0<strong>JPeguero*, Willingham, Yankowsky,\u00a0 Milacki, FPerez, ELee*,\u00a0McMahan, McMahon, Moore,\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Its\u00a0a little early to pass judgement on the starts out of Auburn, but we&#8217;ll do it anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0I will note though that with recent 2019 draftee assignments, there&#8217;s now TWENTY (20) arms on the squad.\u00a0 So you have to wonder if we&#8217;re about to see some shedding.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 Niomar Gomez has had 3 solid starts to begin the season, picking up where he left off last year.\u00a0 Troop, in his 3rd pro season, has yet to give up a run while posting a 12\/0 K\/BB ratio in two starts and needs to be moved up.\u00a0 Strom looks solid, after struggling in Low-A, and may be stuck between levels.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 \u00a018yr old Pedro Gonzalez has had 3 starts; in those 3 starts he&#8217;s pitched a grand total of 4 innings, given up 13 hits 5 walks and 18 total runs.\u00a0 Those are\u00a0<strong>Trevor Rosenthal<\/strong> numbers.\u00a0 He had a 9.60 ERA in the GCL last\u00a0 year; why exactly is he in Short-A going against college draftees 4 years his senior?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Troop<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rookie\/GCL 2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rotation:\u00a0<strong>Denaburg, Alvarado\/Seijas, Yean, Pozo, Rutledge, Peterson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>tandem starters:\u00a0<strong>Hiraldo, BPena*, Beasley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>bullpen:<strong>\u00a0Jameson, WSeverino, Amoroso, Dyson, Ferrer*, Cuevas, Ribalta<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re basically one &#8220;turn&#8221; through the GCL rotation, and now we have 1st round pick <strong>Jackson Rutledge<\/strong> in Florida for (presumably) a short stay.\u00a0 Surprise 2019 signees <strong>Michael Cuevas<\/strong> and\u00a0 <strong>Orlando Ribalta<\/strong> are also here and may themselves be in the rotation (they were just assigned yesterday or today).<\/p>\n<p>The Big News here is\u00a0<strong>Mason Denaburg<\/strong> of course.\u00a0 He&#8217;s finally on a team and pitching professionally.\u00a0 Through two starts, he&#8217;s given up a couple runs in 7 innings, with a few too many walks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s hot<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 too early<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s not<\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 \u00a0too early.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next guy to get the call?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Rutledge really shouldn&#8217;t be here long.\u00a0 Neither should\u00a0<strong>Tyler Dyson<\/strong>, 5th round 2019 pick from Florida.\u00a0 And neither should\u00a0<strong>Todd Peterson<\/strong>, 7th round pick out of LSU.\u00a0 Generally speaking, SEC starters are Short-A talents at worst, and should be fast tracked to Low-A<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who&#8217;s next to get the Axe<\/strong><\/em>? nobody.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>XST names of interest<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why hasn&#8217;t\u00a0<strong>Nick Wells\u00a0<\/strong>been assigned to a level yet??\u00a0 He was traded for weeks ago.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robbie Dickey<\/strong> has not pitched since 2016,\u00a0 yet still remains in XST.<\/li>\n<li>4th rounder\u00a0<strong>Matt Cronin<\/strong> has yet to be assigned to a team; i&#8217;m really curious to see if he can move fast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that our short-season domestic staffs have now had one full &#8220;turn&#8221; through the rotation, I thought i&#8217;d be a good time to do another rotation check-in. 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