Aiken probably follows the McCullers path. GCL to Greenville this year. Starts next year in Quad Cities if all goes well.
Yep. I think there is a good chance for promotion though from QC to Lancaster next year and then he starts 2016 in Corpus. Gives him a chance for a rotation spot in 2017 at the ripe age of 20.
why would they release the next daryl strawberry? man i'm thankful the days where he was the only thing to get excited about are gone.
Today's BA Prospect Hot Sheet Chat had a lot of Astros-related questions. People are starting to beat the drum for Astros prospect news! I was a little surprised to see that the scouting opinion on Santana, Hader and Teo Hernandez hasn't shifted up significantly this year. Santana's been consistently solid, if unspectacular every year for a while now but this is truly a breakout year for Hader and Teo.
Meanwhile on the actual BA Hot Sheet, the Astros didn't land any prospects on the Hot-side. But on the Not Hot side:
He has an ERA Of 1.36 with a 9.55 K/9, 2.18 B/9, and 4.91 H/9 in his last 6 starts (after his first 2 bad starts). That trade looks very good right now.
In baseball it's always easiest to say that a prospect is not likely to pan out. Why? Because most never do. What was it Billy Beane said about ace pitching prospects? That you need three for every one that you will transform into a big league ace? Something like that.
You severely underestimate how good a starting pitcher is in relation to prospects. I'm not talking about Aces or #2 guys. Just your typical starter. Just look at it from a numbers standpoint. There are 5 starters per team. That's 150 total. On average a career is 6+ years. In other words, you get maybe 20~25 new starting pitchers into the system every year. Or less than 1 per team per year. And that's just ANY starter. Even including 5th starters. Unless you're a stud prospect or just randomly come out of nowhere like Keuchel, it's pretty much a given that a future in relief is much more likely.
