Double-A Harrisburg roster features Giolito and Lopez; Syracuse postpones opening series (updated)

By Byron Kerr

Nationals

April 06, 2016, 11:30am

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The Double-A Harrisburg Senators announced their 2016 roster highlighted by No. 1 Nationals prospect right-hander Lucas Giolito.

The starting rotation to begin the season is all right-handers: Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Tyler Mapes, John Simms and Austen Williams.

The roster also includes seven top 30 prospects according to Baseball America: Giolito, Lopez, Rafael Bautista, Williams, Abel de los Santos, Chris Bostick and Nick Lee.

Here is the roster:

Pitchers
Dakota Bacus
Abel De Los Santos
Robert Fish
Lucas Giolito
Juan Gutierrez
Bryan Harper
Nick Lee
Reynaldo Lopez
Tyler Mapes
Gilberto Mendez
John Simms
Wander Suero
Austen Williams

Catchers
Brian Jeroloman
Spencer Kieboom

Infielders
Chris Bostick
Wilmer Difo
Cutter Dykstra
Stephen Perez
Shawn Pleffner
Adrian Sanchez

Outfielders
Isaac Ballou
Rafael Bautista
Zach Collier
Kevin Keyes

* The Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs have announced that their first four games of the season have been postponed due to "unsafe playing conditions at caused by inclement weather," in a statement released by the team.

Their first game of the season will now be Monday, April 11 against Buffalo. The four games against Lehigh will be made up at a later date.

Update: The Chiefs announced they will play a morning doubleheader Friday in Allentown, Pa., against the IronPigs. It is not open to the public. The other two games will be made up at a later date.