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Post by m240 on Oct 18, 2018 22:37:31 GMT -6
The B man is starting to show why Luhnow drafted him and he is looking real good for 2020. Things look good for our team long term. Great time to be an Astros fan.
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Post by olpapa on Oct 19, 2018 15:54:19 GMT -6
Whitley has 14 Ks and has allowed 3 hits and 3 BB through 7.1 IP so far in the AFL. Bukauskus has 9 Ks and has allowed 5 hits and 2 BB through 7.1 IP..
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Post by m240 on Oct 20, 2018 8:46:36 GMT -6
Everyone has high expectations for Whitley and he has looked great in both outings. Now Bakaukas has looked almost as good and has been a bit of a surprise so far. I mean I thought he would do well but he is doing a little better than that. Hernandez as a hitter has looked good so far but he has always been a bit streaky so I want to hold off on too much praise until he gets some more abs.
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 20, 2018 9:29:21 GMT -6
If Tucker can step it up in the pros, then look out. If the guy can hit .270-ish with speed and gap power, I’ll take it.
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Post by m240 on Oct 20, 2018 16:22:49 GMT -6
Tucker is a guy who really needs to step up next year. We need him to hit 270ish with 20-25 home runs and 75-90 rbis. If we get that from him then it would really create a situation here that is a nice one to have. With Alvarez and Straw ready to go in 2019 as well where do you get enough at bats for Springer, Reddick, Tucker, Kemp, Marisnick, Straw, and Alvarez
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 20, 2018 16:58:06 GMT -6
Tucker is a guy who really needs to step up next year. We need him to hit 270ish with 20-25 home runs and 75-90 rbis. If we get that from him then it would really create a situation here that is a nice one to have. With Alvarez and Straw ready to go in 2019 as well where do you get enough at bats for Springer, Reddick, Tucker, Kemp, Marisnick, Straw, and Alvarez As much as I like Reddick, I wish this was the last year of his contract. Then again, I wish we’d sign Brantley, who would also block prospects. Another season in the minors will tell us about Tucker. After that, it’s put up or shut up time with him. I don’t know what we’ll get from Alvarez or Straw, but let’s hope Myles can supplant Marisnick. Whitley seems more ready than anyone down on the farm at this point. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 20, 2018 19:10:22 GMT -6
Tucker is a guy who really needs to step up next year. We need him to hit 270ish with 20-25 home runs and 75-90 rbis. If we get that from him then it would really create a situation here that is a nice one to have. With Alvarez and Straw ready to go in 2019 as well where do you get enough at bats for Springer, Reddick, Tucker, Kemp, Marisnick, Straw, and Alvarez As much as I like Reddick, I wish this was the last year of his contract. Then again, I wish we’d sign Brantley, who would also block prospects. Another season in the minors will tell us about Tucker. After that, it’s put up or shut up time with him. I don’t know what we’ll get from Alvarez or Straw, but let’s hope Myles can supplant Marisnick. Whitley seems more ready than anyone down on the farm at this point. Brantley, with his injury-proness and bad defense, should be a DH |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 20, 2018 19:13:22 GMT -6
As much as I like Reddick, I wish this was the last year of his contract. Then again, I wish we’d sign Brantley, who would also block prospects. Another season in the minors will tell us about Tucker. After that, it’s put up or shut up time with him. I don’t know what we’ll get from Alvarez or Straw, but let’s hope Myles can supplant Marisnick. Whitley seems more ready than anyone down on the farm at this point. Brantley, with his injury-proness and bad defense, should be a DH I’m down with that. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 20, 2018 19:26:12 GMT -6
Abraham Toro-Hernandez went 2-5 for Scottsdale today. Ronnie Dawson went 2-3, walked twice and stole 4 bases.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Oct 20, 2018 20:31:21 GMT -6
As much as I like Reddick, I wish this was the last year of his contract. Then again, I wish we’d sign Brantley, who would also block prospects. Another season in the minors will tell us about Tucker. After that, it’s put up or shut up time with him. I don’t know what we’ll get from Alvarez or Straw, but let’s hope Myles can supplant Marisnick. Whitley seems more ready than anyone down on the farm at this point. Brantley, with his injury-proness and bad defense, should be a DH How about we just don't hope for injury-prone, poor defending players to be signed by our team? |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 21, 2018 0:22:35 GMT -6
Brantley, with his injury-proness and bad defense, should be a DH How about we just don't hope for injury-prone, poor defending players to be signed by our team? Well, if not Brantley, how about BRYCE HARPER!!! |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 21, 2018 0:24:00 GMT -6
How about we take baby steps? The team really should wean itself off Marisnick.
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 21, 2018 5:54:56 GMT -6
How about we take baby steps? The team really should wean itself off Marisnick. Straw cancels out Marisnick... Gone Gattis Sipp Maldonado Most Likely McCann Keuchel Marisnick The Clipboard will do it's best but might not be enough: Morton Marwin |
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Post by m240 on Oct 21, 2018 7:36:25 GMT -6
Tucker is a guy who really needs to step up next year. We need him to hit 270ish with 20-25 home runs and 75-90 rbis. If we get that from him then it would really create a situation here that is a nice one to have. With Alvarez and Straw ready to go in 2019 as well where do you get enough at bats for Springer, Reddick, Tucker, Kemp, Marisnick, Straw, and Alvarez As much as I like Reddick, I wish this was the last year of his contract. Then again, I wish we’d sign Brantley, who would also block prospects. Another season in the minors will tell us about Tucker. After that, it’s put up or shut up time with him. I don’t know what we’ll get from Alvarez or Straw, but let’s hope Myles can supplant Marisnick. Whitley seems more ready than anyone down on the farm at this point. It appears as if we have a year of his contract that is not going to work for us. I do believe that he will step it up just a touch next year in response to what I think will be a challenge by Tucker to replace him in right. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 22, 2018 15:18:25 GMT -6
Whitley is the starter for Scottsdale tonight. Hoping he has another good outing.
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 22, 2018 18:56:48 GMT -6
Morton please stay. Maldanado too...
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 22, 2018 21:45:17 GMT -6
Morton please stay. Maldanado too... That was the most epic of all bad blocking in the ALCS. It’s to the point where I thought his re-signing used to be a done deal but now not so much. If he were reliable at all on offense, it’d be different. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 23, 2018 19:04:34 GMT -6
Arizona Farm League update:
Forrest Whitley - 12 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 19 K, ERA 3.00
J.B. Bukauskus - 7.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, ERA 0.00
Trent Thornton - 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 12 K, ERA 2.57
Erasmo Pinales - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, ERA 0.00
Abraham Toro-Hernandez- 25 AB, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 4 K, BA .400, OPS 1.116
Ronnie Dawson - 32 AB, 10 H, 4 2B, 8 BB, 9 K, 7 SB, 1 CS, BA .323, OPS .913
Drew Ferguson - 6 AB, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K, BA .167, OPS .417
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 24, 2018 9:49:31 GMT -6
I have my eye on ole J.B. I am looking forward to watching him for many years.
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Post by m240 on Oct 24, 2018 9:56:32 GMT -6
Arizona Farm League update: Forrest Whitley - 12 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 19 K, ERA 3.00 J.B. Bukauskus - 7.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, ERA 0.00 Trent Thornton - 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 12 K, ERA 2.57 Erasmo Pinales - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, ERA 0.00 Abraham Toro-Hernandez- 25 AB, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 BB, 4 K, BA .400, OPS 1.116 Ronnie Dawson - 32 AB, 10 H, 4 2B, 8 BB, 9 K, 7 SB, 1 CS, BA .323, OPS .913 Drew Ferguson - 6 AB, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K, BA .167, OPS .417 A couple of thoughts on Whitley and Bukauskus, we have discussed the study that was done on over working young arms and the long term impact that overworking has on the overworked hurler. We all remember the team overworking McCullers and the impact that it seems to of had on him. So this relates to Whitley and Bukauskus in this way. Whitley had 26 innings in AA this year and he should have an additional 20-22 in the AFL. So he will only log a total of 48 innings for 2018. He had 92 innings in 2017 so based upon the study the max innings he should have for 2019 would be 142. Bukauskus had 59 total between multiple levels this year and will also get around 20 in the AFL. That would be a total of 79 innings for 2018 and his limit next year would be 129. My point here is that it is highly doubtful that either Whitley or Bukauskus most likely will not be a factor in our starting plans for next year, other than an emergency starter of course. 2020 these guys will be front and center for us, not 2019. We have to plan on not having McCullers for next year so if we fail to sign either Keuchel or Morton we will be in trouble as there really are not many acceptable starters on the market this year. I expect that we will trade for a proven starter with more than one year left on his contract much like we did last year with Cole. That trade plus finding a catcher and another 800+ ops bat will dominate the off season. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2018 10:42:14 GMT -6
I trust Luhnow has his eye on a veteran pitcher who he can sign at a good team value...look for a 3 year deal....
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Post by m240 on Oct 25, 2018 15:02:49 GMT -6
Bukauskus had a bit of a rough night giving up 4 runs in a little over 4 innings.
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Post by olpapa on Nov 1, 2018 19:10:46 GMT -6
This from mlb.com on Whitley in the AFL:
Best curveball
Forrest Whitley, RHP, Astros
Whitley is baseball's top pitching prospect, in large part because he can miss bats with four pitches. He has one of the better curveballs in the Minors, though it hasn't been as sharp as usual in the Fall League, grading as his fourth-best offering on some days. He's still racking up strikeouts, topping the AFL with 23 in 17 innings.
Best changeup
Forrest Whitley, RHP, Astros
Considering that he has a mid-90s fastball with life and plane, a hard 12-to-6 curve and a harder slider with late bite, it seems unfair that Whitley possesses a quality changeup as well. He sells the pitch by maintaining his arm speed and it dodges bats with depth and fade. His changeup has helped him limit lefties to a .196 average in three pro seasons.
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Post by olpapa on Nov 3, 2018 19:10:15 GMT -6
Whitley pitched 2 hitless, scoreless innings in the AFL Fall Stars Game tonight. He walked 2 and struckout 1.
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Post by m240 on Nov 8, 2018 8:14:10 GMT -6
Bukauskus had some bumps last night but hung in there strong and only gave up one run despite allowing 4 walks. He only gave up 1 hit and 1 run. He is starting to round into pretty good shape.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2018 9:42:11 GMT -6
Sure would be nice to get Whitley and J.B some tutelage with J.V. before he retires. These guys might end up being a 1-2 homegrown (same time) punch not seen since Glavine-Smoltz
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Post by olpapa on Nov 8, 2018 10:40:27 GMT -6
Bukauskus had some bumps last night but hung in there strong and only gave up one run despite allowing 4 walks. He only gave up 1 hit and 1 run. He is starting to round into pretty good shape. JB also had a wild pitch that allowed the only run he gave up to score. He got a lot of help from his friends though. Drew Ferguson threw out a runner at second and the catcher threw out two runners attempting to steal while JB was on the mound. Vladimir Guerrero Jr went 0-2 against JB. That is a good sign. |
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Post by m240 on Nov 8, 2018 16:37:58 GMT -6
It might also mean that JB does a good job of holding the runners
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Post by olpapa on Nov 8, 2018 17:20:40 GMT -6
It might also mean that JB does a good job of holding the runners True. |
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Post by m240 on Nov 15, 2018 12:45:06 GMT -6
Last game for the AFL tonight. whitley is not starting but I wonder if he gets into the game.
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