Weekly Wrap-Up - August 15 Edition

I am trying something new out this week. I will look back over the last 7 days to see which Nationals' prospects I am tracking have performed the best. First, the bats. The candidates (in reverse order):

• 7th: Josh Labandeira (296/321/407) - In 7G at SS in Harrisburg, Labandeira had 8H (3 doubles), 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, and 5K. He committed 1E in the field.
• 6th: Ian Desmond (318/423/455) - In 6G at SS at Potomac, Desmond had 7H (1 double and 1 triple), 3R, 1RBI, 4BB, 4K, and 2SB. Unfortunately, he made 3E in the field.
• 5th: Kory Casto (350/480/400) - In 6G at 3B at Potomac, Casto had 7H (1double), 4R, 2RBI, 5BB, 2K, and 1GIDP.
• 4th: Dee Brown (364/440/500) - In 6G (5 in LF; 1 at DH) with Vermont, Brown had 8H (1HR), 7R, 4RBI, 3BB, 7K, and 1CS.
• 3rd: Marlon Byrd (500/548/607) - In 7G in CF with New Orleans, Byrd had 14H (3 doubles), 6R, 3RBI, 3BB, 1K, 1CS, and 3GIDP.
• 2nd: Dutch Zimmerman (355/355/645) - In 8G at 3B with Harrisburg, Zimmerman had 11H (3 doubles & 2HR), 6R, 5RBI, 0BB, 2K, and 1CS.
• Winner: Rick Short (615/677/808) - In 7G (2 @1B, 1 @2B, & 4 @ 3B), Short had 16H (2 doubles & 1HR), 5R, 10RBI, 5BB, and 1K. He made 3E in the field, all at 3B.

And from the pitching side, there were only 4 candidates:

• 4th: Danny Rueckel - In 3G in relief for Harrisburg, Rueckel had 2IP with 4H 0R 1BB 0K with 1 win.
• 3rd: Bill Bray - In 2G in relief for New Orleans, Bray had 2IP with 1H 0R 0BB 4K.
• 2nd: Mike Hinckley - In one start for Potomac, Hinckley threw 7IP with 5H 3R(2ER) 4BB 5K 1HR 1WP 1HBP 1E with 1 win.
• Winner: Matthew Perks - The 2004 19 year old 18th round draft pick threw a shutout for the GCL Nationals in his one start. He had 8IP with 2H 2BB 6K.