Forgot Berryhill was even still in the system. 2021 Astros prospects list looks pretty ****ing rough outside of the top 2-3 names and Chas. Click is looking better and better over time, imo.
Yeah I thought he’d be a monster in the style of Adam Dunn. Reed was SO consistently good in college and there really wasn’t anything overtly concerning in his years in the minors. In the end I just don’t think he liked playing baseball that much and wasn’t willing to work hard enough to adjust to how big league pitchers were attacking him.
Looking at Berryhill’s 2021 numbers again surprised me. He was hitting the ball hard. He hasn’t really fallen off that much as he’s gotten into the upper levels but he just must not generate any loft; he only has 8 HR in 90 AAA games despite playing in a HR friendly league and maintaining a high BABIP which indicates he’s still making hard contact. Depending on how bad he wants it, I imagine he could play in the majors without embarrassing himself.
Fayetteville won 10-2 this morning to go to 14-8 on the season. Cesar Hernandez went 3-5, a double short of the cycle. Nehomar Ochoa hit a HR. Juan Santander went 3-5 with a walk and 2 doubles. Tredwell and Langford combined for 6.2ip, 2er, 7k, 5bb.
Colton Gordon was activated to Sugar Land. Their rotation looks like it’ll be totally made over as Houston’s SP get healthy and they add Gordon. Which will be good because Tamarez, Kouba, and Gusto have struggled pretty badly to start the season. A rotation of Arrighetti, France, Blubaugh, Gordon and Henley (or maybe even Hunter Brown) would look really good as insurance in AAA vs what they started the season with.
Such a high potential prospect. I so wish he could take one more big step forward on his contact ability, he’d be a superstar.
Don't Say Ludicrous again or he will end up in your kitchen until Jake shows up. Like a good neighbor.
Juan Santander has a 171 wRC+ in a ball. Astros prospects with a wRC+ >170, age 21 or younger, min 50 pa, since 2006: Yordan Alvarez Domingo Santana Ryan Clifford Jacob Melton Seth Beer Juan Santander Cam Fisher has a 175 wRC+ in High A. Astros prospects with >174 wRC+ in High A, min 50 pa, since 2015: Yainer Diaz Zach Dezenzo Drew Gilbert Seth Beer AJ Reed Joe Perez Kyle Tucker Cam Fisher
Basically Dubon's role right now. With more tools and more swing and miss- maybe expect similar type production/results. I'd be fine with him replacing Dubon next year if all goes well for Leon this year.
Are minor league production qualities required to be subpar on purpose or what? Just stick with the main video angle and quit hopping around.
Dubon's not a free agent until 27. I think the team would miss his defensive versatility. He's filled in all over the diamond and earned that gold glove. The last time Leon played a position other than OF or 2B was in 21. I do like his improvements this year with the bat. Nice to have options in the OF.
I think Leon's rise to actual potential MLBer coincided with them ditching the infield experiment. He may be able to be an emergency 2B for a couple of innings if there is a weird availability issue during a game. Outside of that I think he should be strictly an OF.
I thought it was after 25 since this was his second go round in arbitration. If it's not until after 26 that's 2 more years- I was thinking if you had a replacement lined up I wouldn't want to pay his final year arbitration price- maybe move him instead for some depth in the bullpen or something like that- but either way Leon coming on to be a solid 4th OF that can play emergency IF would be a win compared to what it looked like the last couple years.
