2016 Astros Minor League Thread

Toro is listed as a SS on the official Greeneville roster, not sure what to read into that.

 

Wasn't Toro a HS SS who played 3B his first only year in Juco since his team needed him to?

Maybe the Astros will let Toro play SS until he proves otherwise? The Astro do the same by making most drafted pitchers starters until they prove otherwise.

 

It's a typo. You're close though...he was a catcher in HS and moved to 3B because of need.

"We liked him as a third baseman," [Mike Elias, scouting director] said. "We will explore the catching thing with him if it's something we feel is appropriate. We're mostly excited about his physical tools and the success he's had. He had a great season. Our scouts think he's got a third baseman's arm, he's got power and he's an athletic kid."

 

JD Davis continues being on fire. Moran faints.

 

BA's Top 10 Power-Speed Prospects List gave some love to Fisher and Teo Hernandez

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/list-top-10-power-speed-prospects/#sKvFVqVEpYWI76rc.97

 

Musgrove was one of the 10 Honorable Mentions.

 

Also Reed would have been somewhere ahead of Bell (#31)

 

Fwiw (prolly not much), my updated post R4Draft/J2 Astros Top 30 Prospects:

1. IF Alex Bregman A
2. OF Kyle Tucker B+
3. RHP Francis Martes B+
4. RHP Forrest Whitley B+
5. RHP Joe Musgrove B+
6. OF Derek Fisher B
7. RHP David Paulino B
8. OF Daz Cameron B
9. RHP Albert Abreu B-
10. OF Teoscar Hernandez B-
11. OF Stephen Wrenn B-
12. RHP Franklin Perez B-
13. RHP Brady Rodgers B-
14. OF Ronnie Dawson B-
15. RHP Elieser Hernandez B-
16. IF Miguel Sierra B-
17. IF Freudis Nova B-
18. 3B JD Davis B-
19. RHP James Hoyt B-
20. OF Andrew Aplin C+
21. IF Jonathan Arauz C+
22. RHP Brandon McCurry C+
23. RHP Jandel Gustave C+
24. LHP Reymin Guduan C+
25. RHP Cy Sneed C+
26. LHP Kent Emanuel C+
27. RHP Rogelio Armenteros C+
28. C Garrett Stubbs C+
29. RHP Jose Hernandez C+
30. RHP Keegan Yuhl C+

I had another ~40 guys graded as C+, with ~70 as a straight C, which left ~170 as non-prospects.

 

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I can only assume we were playing the Royals affiliate.

 

Close...

State College Spikes, affiliate of the Cardinals

 

His Ks are still elevated, but he looked like he had really turned it around. I expect he'd want to continue playing while he was hot.

 

Needs to get more comfortable hitting before we try him at 3B...

 

Luhnow said as much recently, when they call guys up they like to keep them at their natural position, the position they're comfortable with, while they get adjusted to the new level. Then after a couple/few weeks they can experiment.