Washington Nationals Minor League Report

Information Covering Games: April 20 - May 17

Period Record: 55-44
Organizational Record: 81-65 (.555, 5th in MLB)

NEWS AND NOTES

SYRACUSE CHIEFS (AAA - International League)

Overall Record: 20-17
Standing - Games Back: 1st place, +0.5, International League North
Period Record: 14-12
LEADING MAN: INF Trea Turner leads all of Triple-A baseball (International League and
Pacific Coast League) and ranks tied for seventh in all of Minor League Baseball with 32 runs
scored...He also leads the International League and is tied for third in all of Triple-A with 14
stolen bases...Through 37 games, Turner is hitting .324 (47-for-145) with eight doubles, three
triples, three homers, 17 RBI and 16 walks and has hit safely in seven straight games.

TOP PERFORMER

VICTOR ROBLES - OF - HAGERSTOWN SUNS

OF Victor Robles is pacing the strong Hagerstown Suns offensive attack...Through May 17,
the 18-year-old outfielder is hitting .338 (44-for-130) with two doubles, three triples, four home
runs, 19 RBI, 10 walks, 12 stolen bases and 31 runs scored...He has posted a .424 on-base
percentage and a .500 slugging percentage...His .338 batting average is second in Washingtons system and ranks sixth in the South Atlantic League...He also ranks among South Atlantic League hitters in runs scored (2nd, 31), on-base percentage (5th, .424) and stolen bases
(T5th, 12)...In 13 games from April 20-May 5, Robles went 22-for-51 (.431) with two doubles,
one triple, two homers, 10 RBI, six HBP, five stolen bases and 13 runs scored...Robles is in his
third professional season after signing as a non-drafted free agent, July 2, 2013...He entered
2016 as the No. 3 prospect (No. 33 overall) in Washington system, per Baseball America.

NO LAFFEY MATTER: LHP Aaron Laffey leads qualified Nationals Minor Leaguers with a
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS
2.38 ERA (9 ER/34.0 IP) while going 3-0 in eight games/seven starts for the Syracuse Chiefs...
SYRACUSE
CHIEFS
His 2.38 ERA ranks ninth in the International League...From April 12 through May 11, Laffey
AVERAGE: Trea Turner, .324
WINS: Many Players, 3
posted a 1.55 ERA (5 ER/29.0 IP), including three scoreless outings.
HOME RUNS: Matt Skole, 4
ERA: Aaron Laffey, 2.38
SAVES: Rafael Martin, 7
ITS VOTH, NOT VOTH: Through seven starts, RHP Austin Voth is 2-1 with a 2.75 ERA (12 RBI: Matt Skole, 22
STRIKEOUTS: Austin Voth, 41
ER/39.1 IP) and leads Washingtons Minor League system (ninth in the International League) RUNS: Trea Turner, 32
INNINGS PITCHED: Austin Voth, 39.1
with 41 strikeouts...In addition, his 2.75 ERA is good for second among Nationals farmhands... STOLEN BASES: Trea Turner, 14
Voth also ranks among International League leaders in strikeouts per nine innings (9.38),
strikeout-to-walk ratio (4th, 6.83) and walks per nine innings (5th, 1.37)...Voth entered the HARRISBURG SENATORS
AVERAGE: Rafael Bautista, .297
WINS: Tyler Mapes, 5
2016 season as the No. 9 prospect in Washingtons system, per Baseball America.
HOME RUNS: Neftali Soto, 3
ERA: Tyler Mapes, 3.06
RBI: Neftali Soto, 21
SAVES: Juan Guttierrez/Bryan Harper, 2
HARRISBURG SENATORS (AA - Eastern League)
RUNS: Rafael Bautista, 25
STRIKEOUTS: Reynaldo Lopez, 31
Overall Record: 17-20
STOLEN BASES: Rafael Bautista, 20
INNINGS PITCHED: Tyler Mapes, 47.0
Standing - Games Back: 3rd place, -10.5, Eastern League Western
Period Record: 12-14
POTOMAC NATIONALS
WINS: Phillips Valdez/Boone Whiting, 4
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: INF Neftali Soto was named Eastern League Player of the Week AVERAGE: Andrew Stevenson, .341
ERA: Boone Whiting, 3.86
for the week of May 9-May 15...He hit .387 (12-for-31) with one double, two home runs, 13 HOME RUNS: Drew Ward, 7
SAVES: Ryan Brinley, 4
RBI, three runs scored, one stolen base and three walks in seven games during the week... RBI: Alec Keller/Drew Ward, 21
STRIKEOUTS: Phillips Valdez, 36
Soto reached base safely in all seven games and recorded six RBI on two separate occa- RUNS: Jose Marmolejos, 27
INNINGS PITCHED: Valdez/Whiting, 42.0
sions, May 10 at Richmond (SFG) and May 13 vs. Akron (CLE)...On the season, Soto is hitting STOLEN BASES: Andrew Stevenson, 14
.256 (22-for-86) with four doubles, three home runs, 21 RBI, eight walks, one stolen base and
HAGERSTOWN SUNS
seven runs scored in 23 games for the Senators.
AVERAGE: Victor Robles, .338
WINS: Jorge Pantoja, 5
ERA: Andrew Lee, 3.35
MEET MAPES: At 5-2, RHP Tyler Mapes leads Nationals Minor Leaguers and ranks tied for HOME RUNS: Victor Robles, 4
SAVES: Tommy Peterson, 4
third in the Eastern League in wins, while his 3.06 ERA is good for third in the system...In his RBI: Rhett Wiseman, 23
STRIKEOUTS: Andrew Lee/Jefry Rodriguez, 33
last start, May 17 at Erie (DET), Mapes tossed 6.0 innings of six-hit, one-run ball as Harrisburg RUNS: Victor Robles, 31
INNINGS PITCHED: Andrew Lee, 37.2
scored five runs in the ninth to win, 6-2...Mapes was selected in the 30th round of the 2014 STOLEN BASES: Victor Robles, 12
First-Year Player Draft out of Tulane (LA) University.
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS
AVERAGE: N/A
WINS: N/A
POTOMAC NATIONALS (A - Carolina League)
HOME RUNS: N/A
ERA: N/A
Overall Record: 19-16
RBI: N/A
SAVES: N/A
Standing - Games Back: 1st place, -5.0, Carolina League Northern
RUNS: N/A
STRIKEOUTS: N/A
Period Record: 13-10
STOLEN BASES: N/A
INNINGS PITCHED: N/A
INSTANT OFFENSE: At .341, OF Andrew Stevenson leads Washingtons Minor League
system and ranks fourth in the Carolina League in batting average...His 47 hits pace the GCL NATIONALS
WINS: N/A
league and he also ranks among Carolina League hitters in triples (2nd, 5), stolen bases AVERAGE: N/A
ERA: N/A
(5th, 14) and on-base percentage (7th, .399)...The 21-year-old lefty is in his second season in HOME RUNS: N/A
SAVES: N/A
Washingtons system after being selected in the second round of the 2015 First-Year Player RBI: N/A
STRIKEOUTS: N/A
Draft out of Louisiana State University...He entered the season rated as the No. 8 prospect in RUNS: N/A
STOLEN BASES: N/A
INNINGS PITCHED: N/A
Washingtons system, per Baseball America.
DR. DREW: 3B Drew Ward leads the Carolina League in slugging percentage (.564), is tied DSL NATIONALS
for second in the league with seven home runs and tied for fourth with 12 doubles...His seven AVERAGE: N/A
homers pace Washingtons Minor League system...In his second season with the Potomac HOME RUNS: N/A
Nationals, the former third-round pick (2013) is hitting .316 (42-for-133) with 12 doubles, sev- RBI: N/A
en home runs, 21 RBI, 17 walks and 26 runs scored in 35 games...Ward has hit safely in 11 of RUNS: N/A
his last 14 games, going 18-for-54 (.333) with eight doubles and two home runs along the way. STOLEN BASES: N/A
HAGERSTOWN SUNS (A - South Atlantic League)
Overall Record: 25-12
Standing - Games Back: 2nd place, -0.5, South Atlantic League Northern
Period Record: 16-8

WINS: N/A
ERA: N/A
SAVES: N/A
STRIKEOUTS: N/A
INNINGS PITCHED: N/A

*Bold indicates league leaders. *Minimum 2.7 PA/0.8 IP per team game to qualify.
*Active roster players only.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

PLAYER TEAM
AWARD
Trea Turner
Syracuse Chiefs
International League Pitcher of the Week (4/11-17)
Harrisburg Senators
Eastern League Player of the Week (5/9-15)
SOLAR POWER: The Hagerstown Suns lead the South Atlantic League in runs scored (199) Neftali Soto
while ranking third in stolen bases (52), fourth in on-base percentage (.337), fourth in slugging
UPCOMING SCHEDULES
percentage (.382) and tied for fourth in triples (13)...The Suns have won six straight games, DATE TEAM OPPONENT
outscoring their opponents 38-20 along the way.
May 18, 2016
Syracuse Chiefs
at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.

ASK THE WISEMAN: OF Rhett Wiseman leads all Nationals Minor Leaguers and is tied
for eighth in the South Atlantic League with 24 RBI...During Hagerstowns six-game winning streak, Wiseman has recorded 11 RBI, going 6-for-22 (.273) with three doubles, one
homer, one walk and four runs scored...He drove in three runs in back-to-back games, May
13-14...Wiseman, 21, was selected in the third round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft out
of Vanderbilt (TN) University...He was rated by Baseball America as the No. 21 prospect in
Washingtons system prior to the 2016 season.
AUBURN DOUBLEDAYS (Short Season A - New York-Penn League)
Season opener - June 17, 2016 at Batavia (MIA)
GCL NATIONALS (Rookie - Gulf Coast League)
Season opener - TBD
DSL NATIONALS (Rookie - Dominican Summer League)
Season opener - TBD

May 19, 2016

May 20, 2016
May 21, 2016

Syracuse Chiefs
Syracuse Chiefs
Syracuse Chiefs

vs. Norfolk, 6:35 p.m.

vs. Norfolk, 6:35 p.m.
vs. Norfolk, 1:05 p.m.

DATE TEAM

OPPONENT

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OPPONENT

May 18, 2016

May 19, 2016
May 20, 2016
May 21, 2016
May 18, 2016
May 19, 2016
May 20, 2016
May 21, 2016
May 18, 2016
May 19, 2016
May 20, 2016
May 21, 2016

Harrisburg Senators
Harrisburg Senators
Harrisburg Senators
Harrisburg Senators
Potomac Nationals
Potomac Nationals
Potomac Nationals
Potomac Nationals
Hagerstown Suns
Hagerstown Suns
Hagerstown Suns
Hagerstown Suns

at Erie, 11:05 p.m.

Off day
vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m.
vs. Bowie, 6:00 p.m.

vs. Carolina, 5:05 p.m. (DH)

vs. Carolina, 7:05 p.m.
at Frederick, 7:00 p.m.
at Frederick, 6:00 p.m

vs. Lakewood, 10:35 a.m.

at Greensboro, 7:00 p.m.
at Greensboro, 7:00 p.m.
at Greensboro, 7:00 p.m.