Astros trade Adron Chambers to the Blue Jays for Will DuPont and Alejandro Solarte By kyuss94 on Jun 12 2014, 10:02a The Astros have swapped Adron Chambers for two baby Blue Jays. What are Solarte and DuPont like as prospects? Adron Chambers, signed by the Astros in the offseason, has been pushed off the roster with Preston Tucker moving up to AAA and traded to the Blue Jays in exchange for two young prospects. Both are intriguing and worthy gambles in exchange for the limited fourth OF-type that they gave up. Will DuPont A star football player for Lafayette high school in Missouri, DuPont is a big time athlete who burned up the field as a wide receiver and kick returner, reportedly running the 40 yard dash in as little as 4.45 seconds. He has a slight build at 6'1", 175 and is likely a long-term second baseman but has a chance to play shortstop or even third base if he fills out and adds arm strength. His football play shows serious lateral agility and acceleration that are assets as an infield defender. As a high schooler, DuPont showed an uphill swing with some buckling in his back side, and needs to adjust his approach to be that of a contact hitter rather than a dead pull guy as he currently swings the bat. DuPont has shown the ability to take a walk and will make for a good ball of clay for the Astros. Alejandro Solarte Information is sparse on Solarte, but the 19 year old Venezuelan has a projectable frame at 6'4", 180 lbs. and has had highly impressive walk rates in the GCL thus far, walking just 1.85 per 9 in 2013. A big bodied pitcher with command is never a bad thing to get in your system, and though he's something of an unknown now, he could turn into a name to watch in the Astros system as he matures physically and as a baseball player.
Dupont Spoiler <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.sports-reference.com/wg.fcgi?css=1&site=br&url=%2Fminors%2Fplayer.cgi%3Fid%3Ddupont000wil&div=div_standard_batting"></script> Solarte Spoiler <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.sports-reference.com/wg.fcgi?css=1&site=br&url=%2Fminors%2Fplayer.cgi%3Fid%3Dsolart000ale&div=div_standard_pitching"></script> My guess is that they'll both be in Greeneville.
The Astros have worried about Grossman's arbitration year salaries with their last contract offer. Not saying how the Astros will handle Santana, but I would think they try to lower there risk with him as well.
That's different. They were trying to take a calculated risk and lock him up cheap. Didn't really have anything to do with delaying his clock. He was already in the majors.
Rio's grand slam from last night: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5yENFulGP58" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The River is bigger than I expected. I like how he cocked his swing before he hit the ball. Looks good, thx for posting.
Different, but it shows how the Astros value risk. If they are looking at a small risk like Grossman to maximize value, they are looking at least as closely on getting as much value as possible from Santana.
Appel getting knocked around by a pretty mediocre Rancho Cucamonga squad (other than Seager, he is facing a pretty bad lineup).
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Appel done after 3IP, Morton now pitching. Final line for Appel: 4ER, 6H, 3K, BB on 71 pitches.</p>— Eric Smith (@Eric_L_Smith) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_L_Smith/statuses/477278195830366208">June 13, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
F you Appel. Is this guy just practicing his fastball right down the middle of the plate or something? He's on track to hit the majors as a reliever some time in 2021.
In all seriousness though, I think they need to just get him out of Lancaster... he's not making any sort of progress there. Sure, its counter-intuitive that he would do better at a higher level, but hell... it sure as **** can't be much worse, and maybe he's one of those change of scene guys (and unfortunately in the minors, change of scene = different level).
