{"id":17595,"date":"2022-06-04T21:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T01:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=17595"},"modified":"2022-06-04T21:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T01:07:44","slug":"june-1st-roster-shakeups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=17595","title":{"rendered":"June 1st Roster Shakeups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, apparently according to Nats brass, the amount of time a player needs in the minors to completely dominate a level before getting moved up is exactly &#8230; 2 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because on June 1st, a number of players who have clearly shown they&#8217;re too good for the level they&#8217;re currently in were moved up.  Lets take a look at some of the more notable prospect moves over the last few days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Called up <strong>Evan Lee<\/strong>, gave him his first start<\/li><li>Re-called, finally, <strong>Luis Garcia<\/strong> after he slashed .314\/.368\/.531 the first two months in Rochester.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I know both of these were more about Lee\/Garcia covering for injuries, but they were still merit induced and both may actually stick in the majors.  Lee&#8217;s rotation spot won&#8217;t be there for long (not as long as Strasburg is pitching 6 nearly-no-hit innings in AAA), but <strong>Josh Rogers<\/strong> just hit the D\/L with a very scary sounding &#8220;shoulder impingement&#8221; injury.  We don&#8217;t know if this is season-ending, career-ending, or a two week stint.  Meanwhile, Garcia steps in for<strong> Alcides Escobar<\/strong>, who hit the D\/L with a hamstring injury but who probably should just be released after he posted a 61 OPS+ for the first two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Promoted Cole Henry from AA<\/li><li>Promoted Matt Brill from AA<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry was a long time coming; In 7 starts\/23 innings, he gave up a grand total of five (5!) hits and had a 28\/9 K\/BB ratio.  Can we please stretch this guy out longer than an 9yr old little league pitch count restriction?  Meanwhile, Brill is an under-the-radar RHP 8th\/9th inning guy who was closing in Harrisburg and now can see if he can sustain his excellent numbers in AAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Promoted Jake Irvin from High-A<\/li><li>Promoted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/player\/zach-brzykcy-694350\">Zach Brzykcy<\/a>\u00a0from High-A<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Irvin wasn&#8217;t nearly as dominant as Henry, but he still proved he had nothing left to prove at High-A.  This is great news coming off of two lost seasons for him.  Meanwhile, NDFA Brzycky continues climbing up the ladder for this team.  Best $20k they&#8217;ve ever spent.  Harrisburg also gets a RHP reliever named <strong>Edgar Garcia<\/strong> (at least for the next few days), who was pretty good for the last few years in Minnesota&#8217;s AAA team and who has MLB experience in three different seasons.  Not really sure why he&#8217;s in AA, but Washington does this often with MLFAs it finds on the scrap heap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High-A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Promoted <strong>Rodney Theopile<\/strong> from Low-A<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the most obviously needed move of all, Theopile takes his dominant low-A stats (9 starts 1.29 ERA, 62\/11 K\/BB in 48IP) to the next level.  It really is amazing how many times we see a pitcher scuffle at a level one year then dominate it the next.  Add another example here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Low-A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nothing yet; they just activated <strong>Mason Denaburg<\/strong> to join the rotation, and they have a couple of starters sitting on the DL, so they&#8217;ll seemingly refill from within for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>New Look rotations per level:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MLB: Corbin, Lee, Adon, Grey Fedde (at least for now: when Stras comes back probably Lee to Long Relief or back to AA)<\/li><li>AAA My guess is Cavalli, Sharp, Tetreault, Henry, and Verrett, with Jefry Rodriguez going to swing man and Abbott continuing to not be a starter.<\/li><li>AA: Fuentes, Kilome, Reyes, Gausch, Henry, with Troop continuing to be excellent long man.  Carrillo still hurt, Herrera just put on the DL.<\/li><li>High-A: Cate, Parker, Cuevas, Theopile, then two from Shuman and Merrill<\/li><li>Low-A: Denaburg, Cacheras, Lara, Collins and Rutledge. I guess.  Rutledge is now floundering in Low-A while Henry and Cavalli now sit on the AAA roster.  Wow.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, apparently according to Nats brass, the amount of time a player needs in the minors to completely dominate a level before getting moved up is exactly &#8230; 2 months. Because on June 1st, a number of players who have clearly shown they&#8217;re too good for the level they&#8217;re currently in were moved up. 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