I think Feldman is a better starter replacement option than Devenski should Fiers or somebody else come up lame.
The Astros should factor that into the "overpay" part of the trade. Joe Musgrove and Brady Rodgers as well as Devenski could pick up the slack, if there are injuries to the starting rotation.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OF Stephen Wrenn has been promoted to Class-A <a href="https://twitter.com/QCRiverBandits">@QCRiverBandits</a>! ¡Buena suerte, Stephen! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoeToTheShow?src=hash">#JoeToTheShow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/curtislumber">@curtislumber</a>! <a href="https://t.co/O1FOmh6zkN">pic.twitter.com/O1FOmh6zkN</a></p>— Tri-City ValleyCats (@ValleyCats) <a href="https://twitter.com/ValleyCats/status/758361149125648384">July 27, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LHP Framber Valdez has been called up to Class-A <a href="https://twitter.com/QCRiverBandits">@QCRiverBandits</a>! ¡Buena suerte! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoeToTheShow?src=hash">#JoeToTheShow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/curtislumber">@curtislumber</a> <a href="https://t.co/0GmKmAGzq1">pic.twitter.com/0GmKmAGzq1</a></p>— Tri-City ValleyCats (@ValleyCats) <a href="https://twitter.com/ValleyCats/status/758364592753872896">July 27, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Noticed Osvaldo Duarte has played CF, SS, and 2B since moving up to Lancaster. Interested to see reports on him.
Here is a report on Garrett Stubbs and Ramon Laureano from Bobby Demuro of Today's Knuckleball. He will also be watching Lancaster's series with Bakersfield this week. Demuro is based in LA, so he's seen plenty of the Cal League. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Video+report on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> prospects Laureano & Stubbs just moved to Double-A: <a href="https://t.co/wI51noebt9">https://t.co/wI51noebt9</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AstrosFuture">@AstrosFuture</a> <a href="https://t.co/iKTUgNclr4">pic.twitter.com/iKTUgNclr4</a></p>— Bobby DeMuro (@BobbyDeMuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyDeMuro/status/758408409041375233">July 27, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
@ahverdejo: #Astros first-round pick Forrest Whitley made his 2nd appearance in the GCL on Tuesday, tossing two shutout innings and striking out two.
He won't pitch many innings for the Stros this year, he's pitched a ton of them already. Nice to see Wrenn called up.
The GCL Astros may have had one of the worst box scores I've ever seen. They lost 11-0, and only scratched out one hit with one walk, while striking out 12 times. They also managed to commit 8 errors by 8 different fielders... only the right fielder avoided a miscue.
MLB top 30 Astros prospects 1. Bregman (Overall 65) 2. Reed (55) 3. Martes (55) 4. Tucker (55) 5. Whitley (55) 6. Paulino (55) 7. Musgrove (55) 8. Fisher (50) 9. Cameron (50) 10. Abreu (50) 11. Moran (50) 12. Hernandez (45) 13. Perez (45) 14. Sierra (45) 15. Davis (50) - Not sure if he should be a 45, or if the people ahead are 50s 16. Kemp (50) - Same as above 17. Arauz (45) 18. Celestino (45) 19. Hoyt (45) 20. Ferrell (45) 21. Dawson (45) 22. Nova (45) 23. Sierra (45 - rest are 45 overall) 24. McCurry 25. Brady Rodgers 26. Jake Rogers 27. Wrenn 28. Gustave 29. Gudan 30. Martin Bonus: Before the update, Stubbs was added to rank 26 and he was overall 45.
