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Post by olpapa on Apr 14, 2018 8:49:39 GMT -6
McCurry is definitely forcing himself into the conversation. McCurry is a guy who having been suspended has had the desired effect on him. I am hoping Whitley will respond the same way. |
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Post by m240 on Apr 14, 2018 8:53:30 GMT -6
McCurry is definitely forcing himself into the conversation. McCurry is a guy who having been suspended has had the desired effect on him. I am hoping Whitley will respond the same way. Whitley is a good kid. He will be fine. Just had his head up his four pointed contact and got caught. He is not a Tim Tebow kind of guy but he is pretty straight laced. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 9:54:08 GMT -6
General Question......
Why do we have our AAA affiliate all the way over in CA? Seems we should have made a deal for a closer location to foster local interest in the big club. I forgot the details of the OKC move to Fresno, but I know it also sure hurts our chances of being in the vicinity to catch a game.
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Post by olpapa on Apr 14, 2018 10:33:35 GMT -6
General Question...... Why do we have our AAA affiliate all the way over in CA? Seems we should have made a deal for a closer location to foster local interest in the big club. I forgot the details of the OKC move to Fresno, but I know it also sure hurts our chances of being in the vicinity to catch a game. I am not sure if this is right..., the Ryans own the Round Rock team. If I recall correctly the Astros AAA affiliate ended up in OKC when their contract with Round Rock expired and the Rangers signed a deal with Round Rock. Then when the Astros contract with OKC expired the Dodgers signed a deal with OKC to put their AAA team in OKC and that is when the Astros AAA affiliate moved to Fresno. I think the Rangers contract with Round Rock expires after this season and from what I have read the Astros will move their AAA affiliate back to Round Rock next season. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 12:12:22 GMT -6
Thanks OP.... A return to Round Rock would be great news
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Post by olpapa on Apr 14, 2018 12:27:15 GMT -6
You’re welcome.
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Post by olpapa on Apr 14, 2018 12:36:09 GMT -6
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 14, 2018 12:39:35 GMT -6
General Question...... Why do we have our AAA affiliate all the way over in CA? Seems we should have made a deal for a closer location to foster local interest in the big club. I forgot the details of the OKC move to Fresno, but I know it also sure hurts our chances of being in the vicinity to catch a game. I am not sure if this is right..., the Ryans own the Round Rock team. If I recall correctly the Astros AAA affiliate ended up in OKC when their contract with Round Rock expired and the Rangers signed a deal with Round Rock. Then when the Astros contract with OKC expired the Dodgers signed a deal with OKC to put their AAA team in OKC and that is when the Astros AAA affiliate moved to Fresno. I think the Rangers contract with Round Rock expires after this season and from what I have read the Astros will move their AAA affiliate back to Round Rock next season. That's what I heard too. And something about San Antonio getting a new team or the Missions being reassigned to another MLB club (maybe Rangers?) |
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 14, 2018 13:50:09 GMT -6
We enjoy going to the games in San Antonio. We went a few years ago and watched Gallo and company play. The San Diego team had Renfro and Hedges.
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 15, 2018 6:09:06 GMT -6
Hmm.., I wonder what the story is with Nick Hernandez. I just checked the rosters of all the Astros minor league affiliates and his name still doesn’t appear on any roster. Baseball Reference doesn’t show him assigned to any minor league team this year either. Nick Hernandez is Keyser Soze!!! |
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Post by m240 on Apr 15, 2018 7:23:46 GMT -6
Tucker, White, and Armenteros all had a good night last night.
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Post by olpapa on Apr 15, 2018 7:50:56 GMT -6
From games played April 14:
AAA - Fresno 4 Reno 1
Tony Kemp CF- 1-2, BA .289...stole a his 4th base
Drew Ferguson RF- 1-4, BA .394
Kyle Tucker LF- 2-4, 2 2B, BA .300....threw a runner out at second
Tyler White 2B- 2-3, 1 2B, 1 HR(3), BA .378
Rogelio Armenteros RHP- 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, ERA 3.18
Andrew Thome RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, ERA 12.27
AA - NW Arkansas 11 Corpus 6
Myles Straw CF- 1-5, BA .310...stole his 8th base
Alex De Goti SS- 1-3, BA .357
Yordan Alvarez LF- 1-4, BA .310
Nick Tanielu 2B- 3-5, 1 2B, BA .259
Randy Cesar 1B- 2-4, 2 2B, BA .276
Arturo Michelena 3B- 1-4, BA .214
Yoanys Quiala RHP- 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, ERA 4.82
Erasmo Pinales RHP- 0.0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, ERA 14.40
Akeem Bostick RHP, 3.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, ERA 8.59
Riley Ferrell RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, ERA 3.86
A Advanced - Buies Creek 5 Salem 0
Ronnie Dawson CF- 1-3, BA .121
Josh Rojas 2B- 1-4, BA .286
Abraham Toro 3B- 2-3, 1 2B, 1 HR(1), BA .235
Troy Sieber 1B- 2-3, 1 2B, 1 HR(1), BA .286
Anibal Sierra SS- 1-3, BA .200
Brett Adcock LHP- 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, ERA 2.16
Jesus Balaguer RHP- 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, ERA 0.00
Justin Ferrell RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, ERA 0.00
a - Quad Cities - Postponed
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Post by olpapa on Apr 15, 2018 8:58:38 GMT -6
Tucker, White, and Armenteros all had a good night last night. If Tucker keeps playing like he has so far, either Fisher or Marisnick will be moving off the active roster in Houston around mid-June. If White continues to rake at AAA and the Astros offense continues to struggle, it is going to be hard to justify keeping White at AAA. If Armenteros continues to pitch like he did last night; Colin continues to pitch well and Dallas and LMJ continue to struggle, how long before Hinch/Luhnow consider making a change in the starting rotation? |
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Post by m240 on Apr 15, 2018 10:06:28 GMT -6
I agree that by mid June we will see changes of some sort. I doubt that all those things happen but rest assured 1,2,or 3 most certainly will
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Post by fanastro on Apr 15, 2018 12:32:12 GMT -6
Honestly I'm not high on Brendan McCurry. He's probably just this year's Jankowski.
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 15, 2018 13:49:31 GMT -6
Please, someone usurp Gattis’s hold on the DH job. I’m tired of him hitting like a caveman holding an obnoxiously large fish.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2018 14:41:28 GMT -6
Please, someone usurp Gattis’s hold on the DH job. I’m tired of him hitting like a caveman holding an obnoxiously large fish. I think we won't see less of Gattis until Tucker is called up at some point this season, if that even happens. |
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Post by m240 on Apr 15, 2018 18:20:38 GMT -6
good day today in the minors, 3-0 with a rainout. two shutouts to boot. Emanuel starting to show promise in AAA
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Post by olpapa on Apr 16, 2018 7:14:24 GMT -6
From games played April 15:
AAA - Fresno 5 Reno 0
Tony Kemp 2B- 1-3, BA .293
Drew Ferguson CF- 2-4, 1 2B, BA .405...has hits in 9 of first 10 games.., multiple hits in 5 of those...8 game hitting streak
Kyle Tucker DH- 0-4, BA .273
Tyler White 3B- 0-3, BA .350
Jon Kemmer RF- 2-4, 1 2B, BA .216
JD Davis 1B- 1-4, BA .167
Garrett Stubbs C- 1-3, BA .321
Alejandro Garcia LF- 1-3, 1 HR (1), BA .235
Kent Emanuel LHP- 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, ERA 0.82
Reymin Guduan LHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, ERA 0.00
Jacob Dorris RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
AA - Corpus Christi 10 Arkansas 7
Ryne Birk 2B- 2-6, 1 2B, BA .125
Stephen Wrenn CF/RF- 1-5, BA .235
Yordan Alvarez LF/1B- 1-6, 1 HR(2), BA .286...stole a base (2)
Carmen Benedetti RF/LF- 3-4, BA .333...stole 2 bases (3)
Nick Tanielu DH- 2-3, BA .300
James Ritchie C- 1-4, 1 2B, BA .150
Alex Winkelman LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, ERA 4.70
Sean Stutzman LHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, ERA 6.00
Kevin Hill RHP- 2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, ERA 6.23
Riley Ferrell RHP- 2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, ERA 2.08
A Advanced - Buies Creek 5 Salem 0
Ronnie Dawson CF- 3-5, 1 HR, BA .184
Josh Rojas 2B- 1-3, BA .289...stole a base (6)
Abraham Toro 3B- 1-3, BA .243
Chuckie Robinson C- 1-4, 1 2B, BA .129
Osvaldo Duarte LF- 1-4, BA .182
Chas McCormick RF- 1-3, 1 2B, BA .233
Kristian Trompiz 1B- 1-3, BA .129
Anibal Sierra SS- 1-3, BA .214
Corbin Martin RHP- 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, ERA 0.00....has allowed only 3 hits and no runs while striking out 13 in 10 innings in his first 2 starts. Easy to see why the Astros had him skip A ball and go directly to advanced A after being drafted last June and pitching just 5 innings in Rookie League and 27.2 innings at Short Season A ball last summer.
Carlos Sierra RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, ERA 4.50
A - Quad Cities - Postponed
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Post by olpapa on Apr 16, 2018 7:26:13 GMT -6
good day today in the minors, 3-0 with a rainout. two shutouts to boot. Emanuel starting to show promise in AAA I’m hoping Emanuel can continue to pitch well. I went back and looked at his game logs from last season and he gave up 36 earned runs in 38 innings pitched in his last 8 starts last season so the way he has pitched so far this year is a pleasant surprise. Another good sign is that he has only walked 2 in 11 innings pitched this year. |
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Post by olpapa on Apr 16, 2018 7:45:18 GMT -6
Ronnie Dawson is off to a slow start again this year....even slower than last year. Looking at his spilts and game logs from last year, he batted .250 in April and .181 in May in A ball before he started hitting around the second week of June. He ended up batting .272 in 116 games at A ball and .327 in 13 games at Advanced A in 2017. Just looking at his GO/AO ratio, I think he is a guy that the team will work with on adjusting his swing to get more loft on the ball as he advances to AA and AAA. His GO/AO ratio has been pretty consistently around 1.50 at Low A, A and Advanced A since being drafted in the second round in 2016.
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Post by m240 on Apr 16, 2018 7:45:40 GMT -6
He has definitely been a disappointment so far. In college he seemed like a stud bull, since signing he looks like a steer.
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Post by olpapa on Apr 17, 2018 7:29:55 GMT -6
From games played April 16:
AAA - Fresno 7 Reno 6
Kyle Tucker did not play
Drew Ferguson CF- 2-5, BA .405...on a 9 game hitting streak
Tyler White 3B- 1-4, BA .341
JD Davis LF- 2-3, 1 2B, BA .333...hope to see JD in LF more. Am wondering if they will give him a shot at playing some SS like they have Tyler White.
Tim Federowitz C- 3-4, 1 2B, BA .444
Alejandro Garcia RF- 1-3, BA .243
Antonio Nunez SS- 1-4, 1 2B, BA .238
Mike Hauschild RHP- 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, ERA 4.80
Matt Ramsey RHP- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, ERA 7.11
Chris Nunn LHP- 0.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, ERA 34.71.....yes 34.71
Brendan McCurry RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, ERA 3.68
AA - Corpus Christi 9 Arkansas 0
Myles Straw RF- 4-5, 1 3B, BA .382
Stephen Wrenn CF- 1-4, BA .237....stole his 3rd base of the season
Yordan Alvarez DH- 2-4, 1 2B, BA .308
Nick Tanielu 1B- 1-4, 1 HR(1), BA .294
Carmen Benedetti LF- 2-4, 2 2B, BA .355
Randy Cesar 3B- 2-5, BA .263
Ryne Birk 2B- 1-5, BA .135
Lorenzo Quintana C- 1-4, BA .250
Cionel Perez LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, ERA 4.50
Ralph Garza RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, ERA 2.13
Erasmo Pinales RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, ERA 12.00
A Advanced - Buies Creek 3 Myrtle Beach 0
Ronnie Dawson CF- 2-3, 1 2B, BA .220...stole his 2nd base
Josh Rojas 1B- 1-4, 1 2B, BA .286
Abraham Toro 3B- 2-4, 1 2B, BA .268
Osvaldo Duarte LF- 1-4, BA .189...stole his 3rd base
Chas McCormick RF- 1-4, BA .235
Anibal Sierra SS- 1-3, BA .226
Abdiel Saldaña RHP- 5 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, ERA 0.00
Jorge Alcala RHP- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, ERA 6.23
A - Quad Cities Not scheduled
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Post by m240 on Apr 17, 2018 13:29:15 GMT -6
Good to see Dawson starting to hit a little.
Benedetti smoking along at 355. Not bad. In fact the outfield in CC is pretty strong with Alvarez in left, Straw in center and Benedetti in right looking pretty impressive.
Keep an eye on Quintana. I bet before the year is out he is in AAA
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Post by m240 on Apr 17, 2018 21:07:55 GMT -6
Ferguson kicking a little more booty tonight
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Post by m240 on Apr 17, 2018 22:15:33 GMT -6
Did I miss something. Did we cut Singleton or just him time off for a reefer break
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 22:46:04 GMT -6
Did I miss something. Did we cut Singleton or just him time off for a reefer break He is serving a 100 game suspension for his third failed drug test. |
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Post by m240 on Apr 17, 2018 22:57:51 GMT -6
ah that is right a league imposed reefer break
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Post by olpapa on Apr 18, 2018 3:21:46 GMT -6
I’ll be late this afternoon or early this evening posting the results from the box scores of the April 17th games. Sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 6:42:42 GMT -6
I’ll be late this afternoon or early this evening posting the results from the box scores of the April 17th games. Sorry. Not a problem. We just appreciate that you do it every day. Thanks! |
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