His performance is clearly not the reason he hasn’t been called up. The Astros are simply in a position where they don’t need to call anyone up unless you’re talking about the next Alcantara or something. i do wonder if Dusty runs Montero and Neris into the ground if they might be willing on taking a gamble on him out of the pen. He could theoretically sit 99-100 as a SIRP.
I just don’t think there will be a roster crunch this year. There are 4 guys on the 60 day so they need to net 4 roster spots. Free agents (9): Montero, Smith, Verlander, Castro, Vazquez, Diaz, Gurriel, Mancini, Brantley Non-tender candidates (3): James, Taylor, Goodrum DFA candidate (1): Bermudez Total net 40 man spots opening: 9 Must adds (3): Brown, Diaz, Murray Should add (3): Hensley, Julks, France Maybe adds: Berryhill, Robaina Probably safe not to add: Adolph, Kessinger, Brewer, Macuare, Salazar I really don’t think they’ll need to add Berryhill or Robaina so they can add the 6 high risk guys and still have 3 openings for free agents before having to cut anybody worthy of a 40 man spot. Jones would likely be the next in line for the chopping block if needed, but it also wouldn’t be the end of the world if Julks or France were exposed to the Rule 5.
Miguel Palma hit another HR for Asheville. Since 2006, here are the Astros prospects who hit for a wRC+ of >130 in high A at age 20 or younger (min 50 pa): Domingo Santana Jon Singleton Carlos Correa Kyle Tucker Jacob Nottingham Brett Phillips Jason Martin Jose Altuve COLIN BARBER MIGUEL PALMA All 8 of the guys who met the criteria prior to Barber and Palma have reached the majors.
I do believe wRC+ is ballpark adjusted but I could be wrong. If it’s not park adjusted it’s at least league adjusted.
For the year, or for forever? My point was that guys from years ago don't play in the same parks as guys now. I don't know the answer to that either. Maybe they're all equalized? Somehow I doubt it though. ETA: that's a good barometer for at least making the show. There's a mixed bag once they get there, as would be expected.
I'm not sure if it actually happened, but Yohander Mendez apparently got the save in the FCL Blue team's 2-1 win over the Cardinals today.
I doubt it’s adjusted for comparing different years. But it is still a good measure of a prospects performance relative to other hitters in the same league in the same year, which unless you think there’s been a stark change in overall quality of player makes it a pretty good stat to use for comparing across years.
Agreed totally. I just take some MiLB stats in certain parks, Asheville and a few other being at the top of the list, with some grains of salt.
To be fair, a good chunk of the players on the list played High A at Lancaster, which was even more of a launching pad, right?
All the guys on the list whose names end in a vowel posted an .850+ OPS season. Bodes well for Palma.
Hamilton took way too long to get to AA, should have been up there by june. EDIT: Not because he was bad, but the team wasn't nearly aggressive enough. If you're drafted at 23, there's no reason to not be extremely aggressive with a player, considering the average major leaguer debuts at 24.
Oh Hell, I had completely forgotten about the ludicrousness of the Cali-League. It wasn't just Lancaster. Good call.
