Nationals Farm Authority

On October 13, the Nationals added OF Dee Brown and RHRP Josh Perrault to the Peoria Saguaros roster in the Arizona Fall League.

From my review of Savannah in 2006, here is the background on Brown … The son of the late Eagles All-Pro defensive lineman, Jerome Brown, the 23-year old 2005 10th rounder showed the makeup that drew the Nationals to him. After a slow start to the season, Brown heated up enough to warrant a promotion to Potomac where he continued to hit putting himself on the radar as one to watch. In 103 games, Brown batted 278/326/408 with a combination of power (33 extrabase hits) and speed (12/16 in SB attempts). Bobby Williams felt, “When he swings at good pitches, he has success. Once he learns the strike zone, he has a chance to be a good hitter with power.” Brown was Savannah’s Player of the Month for July, as selected by the Nationals.

Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
SAV	SAL	103	385	55	107	22	5	6	51	157	18	90	12	4	278	326	408
POT	CAR	32	109	16	33	4	1	4	24	51	6	27	2	1	303	364	468
Total		135	494	71	140	26	6	10	75	208	24	117	14	5	283	335	421

Perrault was Savannah’s Pitcher of the Month, also in July. Perrault was selected from the Diamondbacks by the Nationals in the AAA portion of the 2005 Rule 5 draft. He spent the majority of 2006 in Savannah (33G) with a short stop in Potomac (14G)

Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	AVG
SAV	SAL	0	0	33	4	45.67	41	21	19	3	9	42	3.74	1.09	8.3	1.8	230
POT	CAR	2	0	14	3	17.67	14	2	2	1	9	14	1.02	1.30	7.1	4.6	219
Total		2	0	47	7	63.33	55	23	21	4	18	56	2.98	1.15	8.0	2.6	227