<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And Alex Bregman is 3-for-4 with three singles. The only out was his first AB when left fielder appeared to rob him of a homer.</p>— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/735656350613688320">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Carlos Gomez had 3 outfield assists tonight, including gunning down two runners at home. He also hit a solo HR (his only hit)... still, a pretty decent contribution to a 2-1 win.
I was hoping Gomez would continue to struggle... would add more weight to what Bregman is doing. Now that Carlos is dominating AA pitching after just 2 games... I will back off the "promote Bregman" bandwagon. Its clearly batting practice right now in the Texas League!
Lancaster is currently up 19-10. They're about to start the 5th inning. They're 8-12 with runners in scoring position so far.
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160526&content_id=180417816&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb A conversation with Bregman starting from about the 19 minute mark. Quick summary: He's working hard...100% comfortable @3B...ready for MLB.
Let me just say that I love how direct he is about wanting to be up with big league club. I don't know if he'll have a Correa type impact, but I love the attitude.
Angel Heredia is a guy who has popped up with a pretty decent season. He was originally signed by the Pirates as an infielder, but was released after one season. The Astros signed him as a pitcher in 2012, and he got busted for a positive PED test that same year. Since then, he's made his way up the system. He was recently promoted to Corpus and has been functioning as their long reliever, so to speak. In his 4 appearances with the Hooks, he's struck out 18 while walking 2 in 11.1 innings. On the year, he's struck out 35 in 23.2 innings between Corpus and Lancaster. Spoiler <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.sports-reference.com/wg.fcgi?css=1&site=br&url=%2Fregister%2Fplayer.cgi%3Fid%3Dheredi001ang&div=div_standard_pitching"></script>
Heredia is a lot like Juan Minaya in his long road thus far. Heredia is Rule 5 eligible this offseason so I'm sure they wanted to get a long look at him in the upper levels. Same for Evan Grills, whose first 3 appearances in Corpus have been stellar. The Hooks' bullpen (Heredia, West, McCurry) has been very underrated. All 3 of those guys have a good chance to see time in a MLB bullpen soon.
Kent Emanuel is starting for Corpus tonight. The lefty, who was the Astros' 3rd-round pick in 2013, is coming back from Tommy John surgery. Spoiler http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=emanue001ken
Don't know if this guy's legit or not. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AJ Reed got pulled because he has a plane to Anaheim to catch. So settle down.</p>— ManniFresh (@Mannifresh25) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mannifresh25/status/736421956669431808">May 28, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Probably not. This is from the Fresno Bee sports writer: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A.J. Reed moved extremely slow on a double to RF, which likely could've been a triple had he sprinted the entire time. But he hardly jogged.</p>— Bryant-Jon Anteola (@Banteola_TheBee) <a href="https://twitter.com/Banteola_TheBee/status/736388772703535104">May 28, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I don't think anyone has said what happened for sure, but he probably hurt his hamstring again
