2017 Astros Minor League Thread

Interesting. I would have never guessed that Tolliver and Jankowski would be early call-ups this year. Good for them.

Kinda sucks for the all the position guys who have no avenue to move up.

 

Didn't realize that Stassi isn't on the 40 man roster anymore, just checked with Centeno's call-up in light of McCann going on the DL. I assume that means Stassi's chances of catching on with the Astros are essentially over (barring some injuries to McCann, Gattis and/or Centeno)? Being fourth in line with no minor league options left is not a good place.

 

Nolan Fontana has been promoted to the majors by the Angels. That makes 8 guys from that draft to reach the majors.

Out of 41 picks, 10 didn't sign. Of those 10, 6 ended up in affiliated ball. Pat Blair topped out in AA. Mike Clark never got out of Rookie league. Tanner Mathis signed with Houston the next year and topped out in High A. CJ Hinojosa, Zach Remillard, and Joe Shaw are still active in other orgs.

Out of the 31 picks who signed, 8 have reached the majors (5 with Houston, 3 with other teams, although Hauschild is back in Houstons farm). Another 7 have reached AAA (all still active: Aplin, Phillips, Heineman, Holmes, West, Ballew, Dimock). Even accounting for the extra pick and pool manipulation that netted McCullers (and to a lesser extent Ruiz and Phillips), it's a very productive draft. There will very likely be 10+ major leaguers, with 3 or 4 having extended careers (2-3 becoming stars).

 

I think Centeno was called up instead of Stassi because they knew it would only be for a week and they will need that 40 man spot in short order. Due to Stassi's recent performance in AAA they figured he wouldn't pass through waivers (while Centeno will), and it wasn't worth risking losing him permanently to call him up for 2-3 games. I think if there were a longer term injury to Gattis or McCann, Stassi would be added and called up.

That said, it is hard to see Stassi having a long term future with Houston; he's much more likely to draw interest from another team and bring back a lottery ticket in trade. But if Luhnow decides Gattis is better used as a strict DH next year I could see Stassi being the backup to McCann.

 

Aplin appears to have lost 40-man spot.

 

Did Tolliver get sent down? I kinda liked his stuff. Makes sense though since he won't be able to pitch for a few days

 

Jeeebus, if those guys worked any slower there'd be moss growing on the umpire.

 

He was the bright spot of the weekend, you could tell he was crazy nervous that first inning, but he can help the team this year if he can pitch like that.

 

Lollygagger.

 

I may have asked you this before, but where did this guy come from and what's he got? I never noticed or paid attention to him before this year. He was raking the first month or 2, last I looked.

 

Cionel Perez went 7 no-hit innings. 1 walk, 10 Ks.

He look OK.