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2017 Astros Minor League Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by tellitlikeitis, Nov 17, 2016.

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  1. tellitlikeitis

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    Patrick Sandoval had a solid first start for Tri-City: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 8 K

    Frankeny Fernandez went 3-4 and scored twice. Andy Piñeda finished 2-3 with 3 RBI. The two of them provide incredible speed in the outfield; Fernandez stole 20 in 52 games with Greeneville, while Piñeda swiped 18 in 40 games between Tri-City in the GCL last season.
     
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    After going hitless in his first 3 games with Corpus, Jason Martin is on a 14-game hitting streak.
     
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    Good to see that from Sandoval. I really liked that pick at the time, thought he had a lot of upside.... still only 20.
     
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    Yep. Projectable lefty with good velocity and a killer curve. I was pretty surprised he struggled in GCL and Greeneville.
     
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    Oz Ocampo watching a Freudis Nova at-bat:

     
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    To me, Nova is the best looking intl player Houston has signed since I have been following their system (10+) years. Very excited about his potential.
     
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    Freudis finished 3-5 and hit another RBI single in the 8th inning for the Orange team as they beat the Indians 9-6.
     
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    He's no Ariel Ovando
     
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    He's starting to turn it on.
     
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    That Altuve guy is pretty good.
     
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    How long until the Round Rock Express is back being Houston's AAA team?
     
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    2019
     
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    Kyle Tucker is 2-4 with an RBI ground-rule double and a solo homer. He now has 5 homers with Corpus and 14 on the season.
     
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    4 of 5 Tucker's HRs in AA have been opposite field. Damn impressive. Also really liking Whitley's stat lines, this much strikeout ability as a 19 year old is a huge indicator for success.
     
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    Brody Westmoreland went 4-5 with a 2-run homer and drove in 3 in Greeneville's 13-6 win over Bluefield.

    Westmoreland was the Astros' 30th-round pick last year out of the College of Southern Nevada.

    Tri-City only had 1 hit last night but still won 1-0 over Lowell; Miguelangel Sierra scored the only run of the game on a wild pitch. Abraham Toro, who's still playing 3B, had their lone hit.
     
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    Why are his IP so low? High pitch counts or are they babying him to bring him along? His K numbers look fantastic.
     
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    Astros are a team that believes they can get non-college pitchers to the majors with greater success than was done 5 years ago. I assume this involves pitch counts, rest, and bio-monitoring of some sort. Pitching prospects are notorious for flaming out/getting hurt and not recovering. Lately, the Astros have gotten the following guys from a young age to the majors with varying degrees of success once there:
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    McCullers
    Musgrove
    Paulino
    Martes
    Feliz
    Guduan
    Gustave

    This seems to me a very high number of young pitchers to survive the minors especially considering VV, Musgrove, and Paulino all had injury issues.
     
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    The more I hear about the Astros front office the more it seems like we really do hold a comparative advantage in that regard. Luhnow turned one of the league's worst systems into one of the league's best.
     
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    There are obvious drawbacks; most of them aren't ready to step in and throw 7 innings/200IP when they get called up. But that's a small price to pay to get most of their elite pitching talent to the majors and contributing in some form.
     
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