All "Of The Future Prospect Team" C - Castro 1B- Singleton 2B- Altuve SS- Villar 3B- Paredes RF- Santana CF- Springer LF- Martinez Bench: Shuck, Wates, DeShields, Mier, Kvasnicka Rotation: Cosart, Lyles, Oberholtzer, Foltynewicz, Buchanan Bullpen: Keuchel, Seaton, Tropeano, De Leon, Clemens, Armstrong, Houser Add in the #1 overall pick this year, Luhnow's int'l signing expertise, a clear payroll, and the guys currently in Houston who may stick/surprise/be flipped for add'l prospects, and you have a bright future for the 'stros.
Hold up hoss. While the Astros system is easily the best its been in nearly a decade, it's still not a highly regarded system. Why? None of our prospects have put up a big season at AA or higher. Our system is actually probably middle of the pack. Odds are we'll get at least a couple of productive big leaguers out of that group but until one busts out that great season and establishes himself as a star prospect, I wouldn't count my chickens.
I think George Springer did well enough in his first camp to be considered for the Lancaster outfield. Domingo Santana in left, Jay Austin in center, and Springer in right with Emilio King as the 4th man? http://www.astroscounty.com/2012/03/where-should-springer-start-season.html
Lucas Harrell with a very solid start today. 5IP, 0 er, 3 h, 0 bb, 11 ground ball outs. 0 k's though. His era dropped to 2.16. Quietly having a very nice spring. Also, I don't care if it's spring training, I love any time the Astros kick carlos zambrano's ass. EDIT: Damnit...wrong thread
Update on minor league rosters: http://www.astroscounty.com/2012/03/minor-league-rosters.html <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Outfielder Jordan Scott starting the season with Lexington. I'm looking forward to seeing him play when they come through Greenville.</p>— Bryan Trostel (@The_Batguy) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Batguy/status/185157777247834112" data-datetime="2012-03-29T00:13:48+00:00">March 29, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Also starting in Lexington: Gominsky, King, Neiko Johnson, Todd, Howick, Duffy, Pena, Kvasnicka, Hamblin, and DDJ. Jordan Kreke to Corpus.</p>— Bryan Trostel (@The_Batguy) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Batguy/status/185164105420767232" data-datetime="2012-03-29T00:38:57+00:00">March 29, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> A few guys are confirmed to be heading to OKC. http://farmstros.blogspot.com/2012/03/coming-soon-to-redhawks-field-at.html
Thanks for the info! I had to look up Jordan Kreke. He's a retread from the Atlanta system. His interview with Astros Country upon signing with the Astros is probably one of the funniest/saddest things I've read about the Astros system in a while Other observations: Jio Mier: Repeating Lancaster (a terrible sign). Pretty much just organizational depth now. George Springer: No training wheels here; the brass is putting the talented, but raw outfielder at High-A in his first full season. Kvasnicka: Switching back to C and repeating Lexington. If he doesn't hit, he's done prospect-wise. OKC has a ton of AAAA-level players and should be good record wise.
Also, none of those players are confirmed to be heading to OKC as of yet. They are highly likely to be there, however nothing's been said. My bad on that.
Mier spent half of last year in Lexington, and Villar is likely to be back in CC, which means Mier is stuck regardless. More troubling is Bushue in Lexington for a 3rd season and Kvasnicka in Lexington again despite being 2-3 years older than the competition. They did the same thing with Wates, having him start off in Lancaster. They must think higher of Springer's offense than most experts do to be starting him off at a more advanced league.
I'm guessing he'll be in Lexington. I see a few 2011 draftees heading there, so that would probably be the most logical destination.
Interesting. http://farmstros.blogspot.com/2012/03/countdown-to-98.html Comments under the Lexington Legends tab: Clinton said... (BTW, his blog: http://grandoldgame.blogspot.com/ His most recent posts are of some minor league assignments. Also snapped some really nice pics of Astros minor league camp earlier this month.) Larry McCoy said...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="185499793710264321"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/Subber10">Subber10</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/native_astro">native_astro</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/LEXthePEX">LEXthePEX</a> He's going to be in extended spring training, so my guess is back in Tri-City to start.</p>— Bryan Trostel (@The_Batguy) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Batguy/status/185500741560057856" data-datetime="2012-03-29T22:56:37+00:00">March 29, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I just noticed Jared deleted his facebook . Now if he gets called up I can't say I'm FB friends with an Astro. NOOO!!!!!
Thinning out the herd a little more... http://whattheheckbobby.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-releases-and-retirements.html Martin was probably a long shot to make it to the Major Leagues, but he would have been the first player from Swaziland (a country nearly surrounded by South Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland)) to play in the Majors. OK, he was raised in Brenham and played at A&M.
4 more cut, and Carlos Corporan most likely heading to OKC to start: http://whattheheckbobby.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-roster-moves-from-saturday.html?m=1
That sucks about Arias. I remember the 2009 offseason, and thinking Arias & Gervacio should be our setup man & closer for 2010. Arias blew out his shoulder, and Gervacio suffered injuries as well.
