No AAA stats have proven that they obviously will not get close to translating BUT I do think the baseball looks about twice the size to him now after facing MLB pitching for a couple of weeks. I think he has made adjustments to his approach from his time in the majors and we will see a new and improved Reed up soon. Can easily send down Tucker and/or White down soon unless they can show some consistent signs of life (fingers crossed). At the very least Reed should be up in September and get some AB's to see what he can do. Glad he seems to have benefited from his brief stint in the majors. Hopefully it translates against MLB pitching soon enough. I really don't care who it is at this point but 3 of Bregman, Reed, White, Tucker and Gurriel have potential to be solid contributors this season but hasn't happened just yet. If any of these 3 guys can put up slightly above average stats our lineup will look so much better especially in the bottom half. Really need 3 of them to figure out. My money is on Bregman, Gurriel and Reed. Bregman in Left, Gurriel at 3B, Valbuena at 1B, Reed DH at least against righties come September.
I am so glad we still have our system in full. People in the media are underestimating how good it is. To me, with all of the young, interesting Latin talent in the lower levels, this is a top 5 system.
Yes adding 2 high upside guys in the lower levels adds to the plethora. Add to the fact that we could add Lourdes Gurriel JR and it gets even better. Any idea when he is planning to sign with a team? Winter? next summer? I believe there is some deadline that he is waiting for but can't remember.
I believe he has to wait until after October 19 (birthday) as he would no longer be younger than 23 and subject to July 2nd signing limits.
It is worth pointing out that the PCL (where the Astros AAA affilate plays) is an above average offense league. You got to take the Fresno offense stats with a large grain of salt.
This sounds right. Hopefully we can sign him around that time. Would be nice to add another high ceiling prospect out of nowhere with a great pedigree/bloodline.
I do forget this. Explains why guys like Danny Worth's stats are impressive. You can't even really look at Away games as a good tell.
AAA baseball is filled with guys who will never reach the majors, or have little or no impact if they do get promoted. At any given point, there are few ML calibur talents to face off against. You have the AAAA guys who feast of minor league talent and inflate their numbers, but when they face a legit curve ball, an above average fast ball, a wicked breaking ball, they fail. Likewise with pitchers, they carve up incomplete hitters. But in regards to prospects, you play your percentages. The more the merrier. We've seen what putting all of your eggs in one basket. Even when the Astros were not producing ML players during the McLane era, there was always 3 or 4 intriguing prospects. If you compile all the prospects, you still had hits in guys like Pence, Altuve, Keutchel, Ensberg, JD Martinez, etc. Though it was a pathetic record of finding ML talent. I wonder what the stats for ML success are for guys who are ranked in the top 30 by team each year? The fail rate is astronomically high I'd assume. Pretty soon we are going to know if Reed, Bregman, Fisher, Teo, are players or minor league talent Sharks. Too bad Golf took the Masters, because it almost seems Major League is where guys who've masters baseball skill play.
Hows Kemp been doing since being sent down? I thought he fared okay on the big club -- certainly more productive than Gomez or Marisnick. I might prefer him to Tucker as an everyday LF -- we'd improve defensively and be faster on the base paths.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Paulino made a second rehab start today (4 IP, 1 R, 0 ER) with the GCL Astros. Should soon rejoin AA or jump to AAA.</p>— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakemkaplan/status/760578815831617536">August 2, 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">Yulieski Gurriel is DHing for <a href="https://twitter.com/JetHawks">@JetHawks</a> tonight. Batting 3rd.</p>— Jason Schwartz (@jasondschwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasondschwartz/status/760579547704143872">August 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
My post-deadline updated Top 30 prospects: 1. Bregman A- 2. Reed B 3. Tucker B 4. Whitley B 5. Martes B 6. Musgrove B 7. Paulino B 8. Fisher B 9. Cameron B- 10. Perez B- 11. Abreu B- 12. M. Sierra B- 13. Teoscar B- 14. Moran B- 15. Hoyt B- 16. Kemp B- 17. Stubbs B- 18. Nova B- 19. Wrenn B- 20. Rodgers B- 21. Celestino C+ 22. Rogers C+ 23. Gustave C+ 24. A. Sierra C+ 25. Emanuel C+ 26. Thornton C+ 27. Bostick C+ 28. Dawson C+ 29. Armenteros C+ 30. Aplin C+ There were probably 50+ other guys I have as C+/45 grade guys. Still an incredibly dee system with a lot of top end talent even after Bregman/Reed/Musgrove graduate. (Sorry I posted this in the Musgrove thread by accident.)
What do your grades mean? A = Allstar/Ace B = Above Average Regular/MOR SP/Elite RP C = Fringe Regular/Average RP ?
Tonight's probables: AAA: Mike Hauschild AA: Francis Martes A+: Joshua James A: Yoanys Quiala Rookie: Ricardo Castro
Miguelangel Sierra with another bomb for Greeneville, his 11th in 130 plate appearances. Didn't know he had this kind of power.
