{"id":9669,"date":"2014-08-12T11:44:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9669"},"modified":"2014-08-12T11:44:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:44:41","slug":"looking-ahead-to-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=9669","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead to September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Souza was smiling even harder last week upon his MLB debut. Photo Nats official\/Tommy Gilligan<\/p><\/div>\n

So, this post is for forensicane, who wants to talk about the recent promotions of deserving Nats prospects, talk about September call-ups and some other happenings down on the farm. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Despite my own best intentions, I have fallen off the wagon a bit in terms of the monthly check-ins that I like to do for the rotations\/pitching staffs (both major and minor leagues). \u00a0A tough work schedule and a pending job change have conspired against that (and, frankly, the new job probably will further restrict posting). \u00a0But I’ll definitely summarize the minor league seasons (which, believe it or not, end in like three weeks!) and do the full-blown reviews that I’ve done in years past.<\/p>\n

In the past week we’ve seen two very deserving farmhands get their MLB debuts:\u00a0Steven Souza<\/strong> and\u00a0Michael Taylor<\/strong>. \u00a0Souza unfortunately got just twelve ABs before slamming into the outfield fence, damaging his shoulder and heading to the D\/L. \u00a0Which paved the way for Taylor to now join the team, but likely does not help out the major league club much. \u00a0Souza had destroyed AAA pitching while Taylor has just 4 games above AA; i’d bet he sees rather limited action until either Souza or\u00a0Nate McLouth<\/strong> returns from the injured list. \u00a0Nonetheless, both promotions were deserved.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to September call-ups, Chase Hughes<\/b> on NatsInsider took a look<\/a> at some players who likely get 9\/1 call-ups and came up with the expected list of guys who have shuttled back-and-forth between AAA and the Majors this year (Blake Treinen<\/strong>,\u00a0Taylor Hill, Aaron Barrett, Ryan Mattheus, Xavier Cedeno, Tyler Moore<\/strong> and Jhonatan Solano<\/strong>). \u00a0He also predicted one 40-man addition\/call-up in\u00a0Matthew Grace<\/strong>, which would be a great reward for his break-out season (and maybe spell the end of\u00a0the 5.02 ERA\u00a0Jerry Blevins experiment)?<\/p>\n

Of the rest of the 40-man roster not already mentioned,\u00a0Sammy Solis<\/strong> is on the AA disabled list,\u00a0Felipe Rivero<\/strong>\u00a0is also on the D\/L (but is putting in re-hab assignments) but doesn’t merit a call-up,\u00a0Sandy Leon<\/strong> has struggled badly this year and seems to be closer to a DFA than a call-up,\u00a0Jeff Kobernus<\/strong> may also get a call-up to provide full-field utility needs and\u00a0Eury Perez<\/strong> probably doesn’t quite need a call-up unless the Nats lose yet another outfielder.<\/p>\n

The 40-man roster is full, but the team could easily re-call and 60-day D\/L Solis (much like they did with\u00a0Matthew Purke<\/strong>) to make room. \u00a0Solis hasn’t appeared since May 26th and at this point seems done for the year.<\/p>\n

I havn’t done significant analysis of the roster moves that will have to happen in the off-season (re-adding 60-day D\/L guys, cutting loose free agents, non-tenders and rule-5 additions), but I can see a bit of a glut coming.<\/p>\n