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2014 Astros Minor League Thread

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  1. CJLarson

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    Add Adam Wainwright to that list.
     
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    If nothing more, I'd like to see Folty get more time with Brent Strom to work on his spike curveball.
     
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    The wrap-up of the Redhawks game subtlety beats the drum for the dismantling of the tandem system.

     
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    I for one would be very happy to see it go. I haven't seen any evidence of it being truly beneficial to the players or the organization.

    I have seen several instances of players not liking it at all and actually being more concerned about health issues because of it.
     
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  5. tellitlikeitis

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    Don't read too much into that. It's more like an assignment in name only.
     
    #645 tellitlikeitis, May 5, 2014
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    From Baseball Prospectus' Monday Morning Ten-Pack ($$):

     
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    Tony Kemp (last entry) and Josh Hader (first entry) were mentioned in a Baseball Prospectus feature making its return: the Eyewitness Accounts.

    This article provides some background to the whole process.
     
    #647 tellitlikeitis, May 6, 2014
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    great link, thanks TILIS
     
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    The front office usually cites health as a reason for keeping the tandem system. Compared to other minor league systems, we apparently had relatively few pitching injuries last year.
     
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    Fangraphs has a nice writeup on Jandel Gustave, one of the lottery-ticket fireballers in the low minors. The summary:

     
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    I know it might be too soon but does anyone here know the most likely OKC rotation. Mainly when Folty is scheduled to pitch. Mainly looking to see if he is scheduled for the series in Nashville May 15th-18th.
     
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    They are going with a 6 man rotation, so he should be scheduled to start the 18th.

    It's only been one start for both out of the tandem system, but Nitro and Folty just had their most powerful performances.

    Nitro 6.2 IP 4 H 0 BB 8 K, this on the heels of Folty's 12k, 1 h effort
     
    #652 sealclubber1016, May 7, 2014
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    In all of this NFL Draft hubbub, Jon Singleton just homered.
     
    #653 tellitlikeitis, May 8, 2014
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    Great to see him having a good month. After wasting away the last year, he finally looks like a possible player again
     
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    So, when is he called up?
     
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    Considering he is a pot head and alcoholic who just had a 50 game suspension, hard to say
     
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    Where does the alcoholic comment come from?
     
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    He admitted it in his "tell all" article to the chronicle prior to the season.

    I think he's recovered now, from both, and clearly is performing back to his previously expected level... but the organization wants to not only keep him down for discipline reasons (and to ensure there's no extra temptations once he gets called up), along with preserving his super-2 status.
     
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    Please share the information you have that shows he has recovered from Drug addiction and Alcoholism.

    I would love to see that information that you have access to that the rest of us don't.

    Thanks in advance, Nick
     
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