Is he good at 3rd right now? No he isn't, but they think that he can improve a lot and be a solid fielder....... will he do it? IDK, but he is considered to have the skills to play there and Davis never really had those skills.
Yainer Diaz hit his first home run as a member of the Astros organization. The two-run blast is his 6th of the year.
Last night ... Will Wagner, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K I can't lie. I am liking what I am seeing
Last night's minor league roundup here: A: Fayetteville Woodpeckers (37-48) lost 15-4 (BOX SCORE) The Woodpeckers got the game started off right scoring 3 runs in the first on a Diaz 2 run HR and Sandle RBI single. Tokar got the start but struggled allowing 7 runs over 3 innings. The bullpen struggled giving up 8 more runs as the Woodpeckers lost in a blowout, 15-4. Note: Wagner is hitting .471 this season. Will Wagner, 2B: 3-for-4, 2 R, BB Yainer Diaz, 1B: 2-for-5, R, HR, 2 RBI Nerio Rodriguez, C: 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB Heitor Tokar, RHP: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Kasey Ford, RHP: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Carlos Hiraldo, RHP: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K Daniel Procopio, RHP: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 0 K Will Wagner, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Chayce McDermott debuted for the FCL Astros yesterday and threw 3 innings with 7 k and 1 bb. Adrian Chaidez debuted today and had 5 k in 1.2 ip.
Came in with the bases loaded and struck out the batter. It's a pretty cool narrative if nothing else.
If the Astros can keep the aura of confidence in the minor league, it will be a very good environment for developing the "true potential" of many of these young players. So far, its seems they are doing well, because they can prove to the new guys, that guys are actually graduating into the MLB, wether it's with the Astros or another team. It seems the Astros minor league system is producing legitimate ML players. And regardless of where they get drafted, guys in the system are making ML clubs teams. So, right now, the Astros organization can show them their resume, and get the young guys to buy into the coaching.
Has the Astros organization produced an abundance of MLB players? Is there a site that compiles this info? I suppose you could simply count the number of active MLB players drafted by each organization. Or weight this number by the WAR of each player. Would be interesting to see.
Matthew Barefoot hit his first Corpus home run tonight. He now has 17 between the two A clubs and CC.
Tough ending to a dominant Asheville debut for Julio Robaina: 5.2 IP, 2 H, unearned run, BB, 10 K The unearned run scored on a walk-off single in the 10th.
VERY rough analysis (especially since it only includes players who have 10+ MLB plate appearances this year, so doesn't include most pitchers), but there are 688 players who have 10+ plate appearances in the majors so far this year. 28 (4.0698%) were originally signed by Houston. So based on that sample, Houston has been above average at identifying/signing future major leaguers, but my guess it that there are at least a few teams that have more. But that doesn't include players who Houston identified early and developed in their system (i.e., Yordan Alvarez, Jonathan Arauz). Btw, here's the list: Carlos Correa Jose Altuve Enrique Hernandez Yuli Gurriel Kyle Tucker J.D. Martinez Myles Straw Teoscar Hernandez Josh Rojas Ramon Laureano Tony Kemp George Springer Abraham Toro Brett Phillips J.D. Davis Alex Bregman Chas McCormick Jake Rogers Bryan De La Cruz Jason Castro Daz Cameron Adrian Houser Jacob Nottingham Jake Meyers Rio Ruiz Vince Velasquez Garrett Stubbs Taylor Jones My guess is that Houston has been above average but not elite at identifying future MLB talent over the last ~10 years. HOWEVER, if you sort that list by fWAR, 10 of the top 100 players (and 19 of the top 300) were drafted/signed by the Astros. So certainly Houston has been elite at identifying future stars, although that was likely aided by their high draft position from 2011-2015.
I pulled the data for pitching. This season 808 players have thrown a pitch in the majors this season. 41 (5.07%) were originally drafted/signed by Houston. Sorted by fWAR, 5 of the top 100 and 12 of the top 300 were signed/drafted by Houston. Here's the 41: Luis Garcia Lance McCullers Jr. Patrick Sandoval Jose Urquidy Richard Rodriguez Framber Valdez Cristian Javier Jose Cisnero Adrian Houser Ryan Thompson Dallas Keuchel Bryan Abreu Juan Minaya Humberto Castellanos Michael Feliz Elieser Hernandez Jandel Gustave Vince Velasquez Brandon Bielak Reymin Guduan Ralph Garza Nick Tropeano Tyler Ivey Peter Solomon Jake Rogers Brett Phillips Jack Mayfield Albert Abreu R.J. Alaniz Ryan Hartman Jordan Lyles Kent Emanuel Enoli Paredes Nivaldo Rodriguez Jorge Alcala Thomas Eshelman J.B. Bukauskas Cionel Perez Trent Thornton Corbin Martin Mike Foltynewicz So Houston has been really good at identifying future MLB pitchers and pretty good at identifying future stars.
J.J. Matijevic hit his 10th homer of the year for Sugar Land. Alfredi Jimenez vs. Aberdeen: 4 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 K Nate Perry (4) and Victor Mascai (6) have both homered for Fayetteville. The six home runs (he hit two in the FCL) are a new career high for Mascai, who entered tonight hitting .200 in 17 games with the Woodpeckers, but it comes with a .793 OPS as he's drawn 12 walks.
Matijevic is a legit threat to hit 30 HR in the majors if he is able to make enough contact. Next season will be big for him to show he can handle LF and keep his k rate low enough to be playable. The power is unquestioned.
Scott Schreiber has whacked two homers for Corpus tonight to give him 15 on the season between Asheville and the Hooks.
