Minor Lines 9/14: The pitchers are coming

"MLB vet Jose DeLeon still waits for his first decision win of 2025 in a WooSox uniform; he may not end up getting it, as this was his best chance. The Mets had just one hit against him with two outs in the sixth. In the end, giving up four walks on the day caught up to him, as number three and number four came consecutively, followed by that one hit in the worst possible place, an RBI double to let Syracuse claim the lead. Jovani Moran came in and allowed two more batters to score, doing the team in."

"Offensively, the team wasn't exactly moving runners around the basepaths. In fact, Worcester failed to get a runner in scoring position all afternoon. Their only two RBIs came from Password Garcia driving Abraham Toro, who had just singled, in with a moon shot, his 21st total of the season. This game was 7-2, and in both ways, it appears very much like the rout the scoreboard says it was, and, through DeLeon's best start of the year and still ending up with the decision loss, much closer than a five-run loss all at the same time."

"And thus completes the season for Portland. The Sea Dogx had been walked off mutliple times on the week by the Mets' Double-A affiliate in Binghamton, the Rumble Ponies. While this game was only a one-run game, it was NOT a walk-off win, but it was actually LITERALLY a one-run game. The only run was scored in the first inning, when Dalton Rogers got a ground-out double play, but, due to the two singles he allowed to start the afternoon, a Binghamton run scored. Rogers was solid the rest of the night, but Portland couldn't get him any run support, which seems about in line with how Portland's season went... more on the pitching staff in a second."

Jose DeLeon threw his best start of the year but took a 7-2 loss after four walks and a late RBI double allowed Syracuse to seize the lead. Jovani Moran surrendered two additional runs in relief. Worcester managed no runners in scoring position and produced only two RBIs, one from Password Garcia's 21st homer scoring Abraham Toro. Portland finished its season with a 1-0 loss as Dalton Rogers allowed two early singles that produced the lone run, then settled down but received no run support. Franklin Arias and Drew Ehrhard provided Portland's only hits, and Arias finished atop the prospect rankings among the next group.

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