Mark Demers

Big baseball fan, Nats and Yankees are my favorite teams. Love LSU Football and SU basketball. NY Giants are my NFL team. I enjoy food, hiking and camping.

[Earl Forcey @EarlForcey]

The #Commanders now have the 6th highest paid Defense in the NFL. Big year 3 for Dan Quinn. A defensive minded coach simply cannot have a bad defense again. #RaiseHail

[Maureen Cohen Harrington @VeganSkaterDC]

Sunset at the Columbus Fountain at Union Station, which after decades of being dry, now has water.

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

The San Francisco Giants have scored 30 runs over their last 2 games, their most in a 2-game span since 1944 👏

Before the last 2 days, the Giants ranked 29th in scoring (3.8). They've now moved up to 21st (4.2).

[Fredericksburg Nationals @FXBGNats]

Dashyll Tejeda hits his first home run in Single-A!

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Cause for concern, all signs point to a regression back to the norm for both pitching and offense

[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

Was this sweep at the hands of the Marlins a three-game blip, or cause for greater concern? “Our confidence is not getting torn down just cause of one series.” https://t.co/CRNyaY7b7z

[RotoWire @RotoWire]

Who's rising and who's falling? Get ahead of your league mates with this week's Minor League Barometer ⬇️

📈 Ethan Salas (SD): Back on the map at Double-A, slashing .309/.359/.500 with 7 HR, 30 RBI and 10 SB through 44 games.
📈 Tate Southisene (ATL): The 2025 first-rounder owns a .299/.435/.514 line with 8 HR and 35 SB in just 47 games.
📉 Ethan Holliday (COL): Underwent season-ending foot surgery after posting a .262/.395/.557 slash line with 9 HR and 32 RBI.
📉 Gavin Fien (WAS): The 19-year-old is hitting .164/.282/.254 at Low-A while adjusting to a new organization and a move to the outfield.
👀 Check Status: Jett Williams (MIL) has 5 HR and 12 SB at Triple-A, and Lonnie White (PIT) has broken out with 12 HR and 14 SB across High-A and Double-A.

@JesseLSiegel broke down the minor league prospects that are making headlines👇

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Somewhere Gio Gonzlaez is smiling #InefficientThrowing

[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

206 is the final tally.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Embarrassing series. Much ado about getting over .500 vs trying to fix all the holes across the organizational roster

[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

Final: Marlins 4, Nats 1. After a rousing May that ended with three straight series wins over contenders, the Nationals were swept by Miami to fall back under .500. Day off tomorrow, then their first West Coast trip of the season (at AZ/SF).

[MLB @MLB]

Max Meyer improves to 6-0 and the @Marlins complete a 3-game sweep in D.C.!

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

He will definitely be in Ashburn by camp now, this cements it LOL

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

A tremendous offseason of PR continues for Brandon Aiyuk.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

No one at 3B or 1B is irreplaceable for #Nats they are wasting a great talent

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

I get that he’s probably over-performing and that they don’t have an opening for a RHH at 1st or 3rd.

But at some point completely dominating AAA for months (as a former Top-50 pick who was a standout in the ACC) has to mean something. We are getting to that point.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Too bad the number of winning players is cumultively low on #Nats big league roster

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

Dylan Crews just threw a seed to the plate to keep the Marlins from scoring an insurance run. Perfect, strong throw from CF.

He does so many little things well. Winning player.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Time for a DFA for Parker

[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

And three batters later, the Marlins have extended the lead to 7-3.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Yet Ani and TBone keep feeding the computer lineups to Butera

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

Jorbit Vivas is 13-for-68 over his last 30 games.

That's a .191 batting average and a .550 OPS for a guy who has a below average fielding run value and 37th percentile speed.

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Hagen Smith (@whitesox No. 4 prospect) racks up 17 whiffs for Triple-A @KnightsBaseball:

⚫️ 4.1 IP
⚪️ 2 H
⚫️ 1 R
⚪️ 2 BB
⚫️ 9 K (season high)

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Get right series for Marlins

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

The Marlins rank 28th in the majors in homers.

They've gone back-to-back-to-back off Miles Mikolas to take a 4-0 lead at Nats Park. They've got 52 HR all season and 6 of them have come in the last 14 INN of play in this series. Tough time for them to find their power stroke.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Mid-season form

[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

Make it back-to-back-to-back home runs off Miles Mikolas in the top of the 5th.

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Two clowns

[Nats.Talk @TalkNats]

Upclose to the field Franny and Kolko

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

Tress Way taking reps at QB?

[Lynnell Willingham @Nell_BTP]

Not gonna tweet TOO MUCH from Ashburn, but its getting EXOTIC 🤭

[Mark Demers @MarkFD218]

@moneymetalcakes I think @EBJunkies needs some smelling salts he is struggling this morning.