2016 Astros Minor League Thread

Another name with the O's that was seriously involved in the Bud Norris package?

Jake Arrieta.

 

Wow!!! Never heard of that before....

 

He was a nobody...great arm, no idea how to pitch. He just happened to turn it around at age 28? once he got to Chicago.

 

Arietta was traded by the O's for Scott Feldman, not Bud Norris.

 

Uh...and?

 

"Involved" implies that he was actually traded for Bud Norris. I was clarifying that he wasn't, in case there was any confusion.

 

I assumed everyone knew that we did not in fact trade for Jake Arrieta, or Manny Machado or Jim Palmer for that matter. He was "involved" in the trade talks when the Stros sent Bud to Baltimore.

 

Gives extra credibility to Luhnow. He has an eye for talent. But gotta hand it to him, he rolls the dice. He may look really bad after some of the recent trades, but you got to give help to the ML team. And rookies are all over the place, some never make it, other take a few seasons, others need to get shocked by getting traded or DFA, while a handful get it almost immediately.

 

Bregman.

 

9HR, 9K, and 15BB. Not bad...not bad at all

 

Bregman should be on cusp of darting into the top 10 of all prospects. From the sound of things, there was very little hype about Bregman. I think most saw him as trade bait with Correa at SS.

Boy an offense consisting of Correa, Altuve, Bregman, Springer will be awesome to watch. If Reed, Moran, Fisher, K. Tucker, play slightly above average ML hitting, the team is going to score a lot. You already can see star power in Altuve, Spreading, and Correa. Bregman should be another star power player.

 

Wow. He's out-Correa'ing Carlos Correa.

An infield of Altuve, Correa, and Bregman will hopefully be fun to watch for a really long time.

 

Great sign for Perez to be in full season ball already. Huge upside there.

 

With Moran and Kemp being promoted, here is my Top 30 Astros Prospects:

1. Bregman A-
2. Tucker B+
3. Reed B+
4. Musgrove B
5. Paulino B
6. Cameron B-
7. Martes B-
8. Fisher B-
9. Perez B-
10. A. Sierra B-
11. M. Sierra C+
12. Celestino C+
13. Davis C+
14. Gustave C+
15. Abreu C+
16. Aplin C+
17. Ferrell C+
18. Quiala C+
19. C Sierra C+
20. Bostick C+
21. Sandoval C+
22. Garcia C+
23. Bower C
24. Rafael C
25. Fontana C
26. Grills C
27. Gonzalez C
28. Vasquez C
29. Smith C
30. Hermelyn C

 

It will be interesting to see who comes up first between Reed and Bergman

 

From BA chat.

Matt H. (Houston): Alex Bregman has been on a somewhat unexpected tear in the AA Texas League. Has his performance there led you to re-evaluate his ceiling?
Ben Badler: I’ve always been high on Bregman. The game power he has shown thus far has been more than I would have expected at this point, but more than anything, he’s just reinforced the confidence I had in him before. He has a tremendous swing; short, simple, on plane through the hitting zone forever, and his approach is outstanding too. He’s the real deal.


Dave (NJ): Has anything changed with Francis Martes this year? Was the pat month or so just rust or is his tools noticeably worse this year? He had a good start last night.
Ben Badler: He hasn’t been throwing enough strikes and he hasn’t been able to command those strikes within the zone. You can have great stuff, but you can’t strike out anyone when the count is 2-0 or 3-1, and hitters have all the leverage in their favor when you’re falling behind that often. I do think that’s something he can and will turn around though.


Jeff (Kent): If Albert Abreu harnesses his control, can he be a future front line starter? Or is he closer to a mid rotation upside?
Ben Badler: Between the delivery and the repertoire, it’s a starter profile all the way for me. He has a plus fastball and three secondary pitches that can miss bats. You’re right, he does have to get the ball in the strike zone more, but there is a front-end starter ceiling in there.
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