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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 1, 2022 14:22:19 GMT -6
Contreras has also played some left field and first base. We should be able to get him in the lineup fairly often even with fat boy behind the plate. Lee is a good defensive catcher but he just does not have the eye for hitting so vaya con dios amigo. Let's hope Click is active come trade deadline, and not just for relievers. If they get Contreras, I hope they don’t break the bank because that dude won’t be coming back. |
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Post by m240 on Jul 1, 2022 14:59:11 GMT -6
a little birdie told me Lee was on his way up
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Post by olpapa on Jul 2, 2022 20:28:36 GMT -6
Astros #13 prospect Jaime Melendez had another good start for Corpus Christi tonight. 6 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 Ks. This comes after being named the Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Month for June. www.milb.com/news/melendez-tabbed-astros-top-pitcher-in-juneMelendez is just 20 years old which is on average 4.6 years younger than the players he is competing against at AA. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 2, 2022 20:47:01 GMT -6
Astros #13 prospect Jaime Melendez had another good start for Corpus Christi tonight. 6 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 Ks. This comes after being named the Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Month for June. www.milb.com/news/melendez-tabbed-astros-top-pitcher-in-juneMelendez is just 20 years old which is on average 4.6 years younger than the players he is competing against at AA. Trade him |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 6, 2022 22:12:05 GMT -6
Another good outing from Hunter Brown tonight: 5.0 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 BB, 5 K
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 10, 2022 2:12:01 GMT -6
Fangraphs finally released their Astros prospect list for this season blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-33-prospects-2022/Things that stood out to me: 1. They confirmed what I thought I saw on a video of Hunter Brown; occasionally gets the slider up to 96 MPH 2. Really glad to see some Barber love. 91% in-zone contact rate! 3. I think they're right with Diaz. Probably not an everyday catcher. But I think the robo strikezone gets used in the near future and that probably helps. I could see him as a guy that catches twice a week, plays 1B 3-4 times a week, and you might have another Diaz (Aledmys) at 1B when Yanier is catching or on the bench. Platooning them could be a post-Yuli option, at least short-term. 4. Whitley... "at this point, I consider him a relief-only prospect." Oof. Not surprising though. He could be a weapon in the pen though. It would be just such a sad ending for a guy with three plus pitches and all his hype. 5. Glad to see some Correa love. We probably don't talk about him enough, but his offensive profile looks very enticing now that he's catching full-time. 6. Whitaker just barely on the list, oof. Can't say it's unfair though. Really hope he turns things around. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 10, 2022 2:48:01 GMT -6
Fangraphs finally released their Astros prospect list for this season blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-33-prospects-2022/Things that stood out to me: 1. They confirmed what I thought I saw on a video of Hunter Brown; occasionally gets the slider up to 96 MPH 2. Really glad to see some Barber love. 91% in-zone contact rate! 3. I think they're right with Diaz. Probably not an everyday catcher. But I think the robo strikezone gets used in the near future and that probably helps. I could see him as a guy that catches twice a week, plays 1B 3-4 times a week, and you might have another Diaz (Aledmys) at 1B when Yanier is catching or on the bench. Platooning them could be a post-Yuli option, at least short-term. 4. Whitley... "at this point, I consider him a relief-only prospect." Oof. Not surprising though. He could be a weapon in the pen though. It would be just such a sad ending for a guy with three plus pitches and all his hype. 5. Glad to see some Correa love. We probably don't talk about him enough, but his offensive profile looks very enticing now that he's catching full-time. 6. Whitaker just barely on the list, oof. Can't say it's unfair though. Really hope he turns things around. No Enmanuel Valdez? He doesn't even crack the top 30? |
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Post by bearbryant on Jul 10, 2022 4:26:12 GMT -6
3. I think they're right with Diaz. Probably not an everyday catcher. But I think the robo strikezone gets used in the near future and that probably helps. I could see him as a guy that catches twice a week, plays 1B 3-4 times a week, and you might have another Diaz (Aledmys) at 1B when Yanier is catching or on the bench. Platooning them could be a post-Yuli option, at least short-term.  |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 10, 2022 6:37:46 GMT -6
Fangraphs finally released their Astros prospect list for this season blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-33-prospects-2022/Things that stood out to me: 1. They confirmed what I thought I saw on a video of Hunter Brown; occasionally gets the slider up to 96 MPH 2. Really glad to see some Barber love. 91% in-zone contact rate! 3. I think they're right with Diaz. Probably not an everyday catcher. But I think the robo strikezone gets used in the near future and that probably helps. I could see him as a guy that catches twice a week, plays 1B 3-4 times a week, and you might have another Diaz (Aledmys) at 1B when Yanier is catching or on the bench. Platooning them could be a post-Yuli option, at least short-term. 4. Whitley... "at this point, I consider him a relief-only prospect." Oof. Not surprising though. He could be a weapon in the pen though. It would be just such a sad ending for a guy with three plus pitches and all his hype. 5. Glad to see some Correa love. We probably don't talk about him enough, but his offensive profile looks very enticing now that he's catching full-time. 6. Whitaker just barely on the list, oof. Can't say it's unfair though. Really hope he turns things around. No Enmanuel Valdez? He doesn't even crack the top 30? Bit of an odd omission, but not shocking. He's sort of exploded this year, and the process of making these lists involves months of research and talking to scouts. The list was probably finished before he annihilated AA to start the season. But it probably wouldn't have changed much; they mentioned him about a month and a half ago, and pretty much just don't believe in him blogs.fangraphs.com/monday-prospect-notes-5-23-22/ |
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 10, 2022 8:14:41 GMT -6
No Enmanuel Valdez? He doesn't even crack the top 30? Bit of an odd omission, but not shocking. He's sort of exploded this year, and the process of making these lists involves months of research and talking to scouts. The list was probably finished before he annihilated AA to start the season. But it probably wouldn't have changed much; they mentioned him about a month and a half ago, and pretty much just don't believe in him blogs.fangraphs.com/monday-prospect-notes-5-23-22/Yeah, I posted before that I read somewhere he couldn't hit the high fastball. And if he couldn't overcome that, with his good minor league numbers, he might be a good trade candidate. I just couldn't remember where I saw that analysis of him. Thanks for finding it. Hopefully, this analysis on him his wrong The Astros, with having expensive vets, will need more help from their low salary prospects, like Pena, to be solid additions to the team. How would you rank the Astros current minor league prospects, on actually making the team in the future and being solid starters? This is my July 10th list 1. Brown 2. Diaz 3. Leon 4. Barber 5. Valdez 6. Lee (I know this is too low of rank for him - b/c Astros place a high value on defense at the C) 7. Whitley 8. Dubin 9. Santos 10. Perez |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 10, 2022 10:24:14 GMT -6
With all the hype Whitley got from the beginning, his fall to earth has made him quite the bust. I wish him well but will go back to forgetting he’s on our farm.
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 10, 2022 10:30:35 GMT -6
With all the hype Whitley got from the beginning, his fall to earth has made him quite the bust. I wish him well but will go back to forgetting he’s on our farm. At this point, I just hope Whitley can be Harder 2.0. Forget starting. That he can be dominant for two innings. |
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Post by m240 on Jul 10, 2022 11:15:27 GMT -6
With all the hype Whitley got from the beginning, his fall to earth has made him quite the bust. I wish him well but will go back to forgetting he’s on our farm. If you stop and think about it Whitley only really had one good year and that year only consisted of 4 or 5 starts at each level. Then the crap started. He really was a good kid and from what I know remains a good person, he just had other avenues in his life where he could draw positive outcomes from. That allowed him to not have to put in the effort necessary to become successful in baseball. That and his lack of discipline will keep him from becoming as good as he could of been. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 10, 2022 12:42:25 GMT -6
With all the hype Whitley got from the beginning, his fall to earth has made him quite the bust. I wish him well but will go back to forgetting he’s on our farm. If you stop and think about it Whitley only really had one good year and that year only consisted of 4 or 5 starts at each level. Then the crap started. He really was a good kid and from what I know remains a good person, he just had other avenues in his life where he could draw positive outcomes from. That allowed him to not have to put in the effort necessary to become successful in baseball. That and his lack of discipline will keep him from becoming as good as he could of been. Getting busted for Adderall just seemed like the beginning of the end for him. |
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Post by m240 on Jul 10, 2022 12:48:56 GMT -6
If you stop and think about it Whitley only really had one good year and that year only consisted of 4 or 5 starts at each level. Then the crap started. He really was a good kid and from what I know remains a good person, he just had other avenues in his life where he could draw positive outcomes from. That allowed him to not have to put in the effort necessary to become successful in baseball. That and his lack of discipline will keep him from becoming as good as he could of been. Getting busted for Adderall just seemed like the beginning of the end for him. yes it did, stupid kid mistake |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 10, 2022 13:55:33 GMT -6
Bit of an odd omission, but not shocking. He's sort of exploded this year, and the process of making these lists involves months of research and talking to scouts. The list was probably finished before he annihilated AA to start the season. But it probably wouldn't have changed much; they mentioned him about a month and a half ago, and pretty much just don't believe in him blogs.fangraphs.com/monday-prospect-notes-5-23-22/Yeah, I posted before that I read somewhere he couldn't hit the high fastball. And if he couldn't overcome that, with his good minor league numbers, he might be a good trade candidate. I just couldn't remember where I saw that analysis of him. Thanks for finding it. Hopefully, this analysis on him his wrong The Astros, with having expensive vets, will need more help from their low salary prospects, like Pena, to be solid additions to the team. How would you rank the Astros current minor league prospects, on actually making the team in the future and being solid starters? This is my July 10th list 1. Brown 2. Diaz 3. Leon 4. Barber 5. Valdez 6. Lee (I know this is too low of rank for him - b/c Astros place a high value on defense at the C) 7. Whitley 8. Dubin 9. Santos 10. Perez 1. Brown 2. Barber 3. Diaz 4. Lee 5. Whitley 6. Hensley 7. Leon 8. McDermott 9. Perez 10. Cerny |
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Post by olpapa on Jul 10, 2022 17:50:00 GMT -6
Whitley started for Sugar Land today, but left in the second inning after throwing 20 pitches (15 for strikes), allowing 1 hit, no runs, no walks and striking out 1. I’m not sure what the nature of his injury is.
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 10, 2022 17:54:54 GMT -6
Whitley started for Sugar Land today, but left in the second inning after throwing 20 pitches (15 for strikes), allowing 1 hit, no runs, no walks and striking out 1. I’m not sure what the nature of his injury is. They're grooming him to be a reliever? He is being traded? |
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Post by m240 on Jul 10, 2022 18:02:30 GMT -6
Whitley started for Sugar Land today, but left in the second inning after throwing 20 pitches (15 for strikes), allowing 1 hit, no runs, no walks and striking out 1. I’m not sure what the nature of his injury is. They're grooming him to be a reliever? He is being traded? He was pulled for an injury. Boy is made of glass. Sad really but I doubt he makes it to the big leagues. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 10, 2022 23:19:27 GMT -6
Ugh!
You can see at 0:14 the discomfort. You can only hope that it's nothing serious. Near the end of the clip it looks like he's grabbing his bicep, hopefully just a cramp or mild strain. Really stinks though.
EDIT: Nevermind, shoulder. Honestly this might be it.
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Post by bearbryant on Jul 11, 2022 2:57:50 GMT -6
If the Astros can have two, young catchers on the roster not an embarrassment with the stick when given the opportunity, that'd say more on behalf of Mr. Click than his predecessors with respect to the position
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 11, 2022 11:23:44 GMT -6
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 11, 2022 22:12:39 GMT -6
Good news on Whitley
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 12, 2022 4:00:12 GMT -6
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Jul 12, 2022 16:43:24 GMT -6
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Post by thomasj13 on Jul 12, 2022 17:57:40 GMT -6
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 12, 2022 23:43:44 GMT -6
Yanier Diaz 2-for-3, Emanuel Valdez 2-for-4, Joe Perez 3-for-4, Will Wagner 2-for-4, Correa 2-for-5
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Post by unionstation82 on Jul 13, 2022 4:04:22 GMT -6
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Post by olpapa on Jul 13, 2022 6:29:32 GMT -6
You boys ain’t right🙂
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Post by Ashitaka on Jul 14, 2022 0:14:13 GMT -6
Yanier Diaz 1-for-4 with a solo bomb. Pedro Leon 2-for-3 with a walk and no strikeouts. Peter Solomon 2 ER in 5 innings. That's his third good game in a row. After an awful start to the year he has a 1.59 ERA in July.
Justin Dirden went 3-for-5 and was a triple short of the cycle for the Hooks. Hitting .291/.373/.554 this season in AA.
Decent outing for Chayce McDermott. 1 ER and 6 K in 3 IP, but 3 BB as well, and he's still just in A+ ball.
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