2015 Astros Minor League Thread

It's pretty clear to me:

If Luhnow doesn't acquire a 1B by the deadline, he intends to bring A.J. up this season.

 

Jason Martin, for sure.

His advanced feel for hitting (15% K-rate, 9% BB-rate), and surprising power (.158 ISO) in his first year of full-season ball as a 19-year old are super impressive. He has some pedigree as a prospect, too, as a former 8th-round HS draft pick.

Future is bright for him, I think. He's positioned for a breakout year next year.

 

Tyler White will get the nod before AJ.

 

he's pretty interesting. kemmer, who you mentioned earlier, is about the same level of interesting to me.

on the flipside, among the higher levels, stassi's continued descent has been disappointing, not that my expectations weren't already lowered to begin with. it's as if that hit in the head ended him.

 

As for lack of success, probably a tie between Ronny Torreyes and Joe Sclafani.

Both guys were tabbed as potential utility guys at the MLB level, and the stats projection systems (Steamer, Oliver, PECOTA, etc.) liked them at the beginning of the season, IIRC. We even used a 40-man roster spot on Torreyes this year.

Disappointing all around, unfortunately.

 

agreed, but i'd bet his leash/evaluation period is extremely short before reed gets a look.

 

Fontana on the major disappointment list as well.

 

Two guys that have been incredible surprises this year, for me: Francis Martes and David Paulino.

Both big arms that we acquired as young guys playing at the lower levels. Paulino came from the Jose Veras trade to Detroit, I think, and Martes was obviously a piece of the Cosart trade.

Now, both guys look like they have major-league potential.

I don't have the evidence (or patience) to back this up right now, but this front office has really excelled at identifying pitching talent, whether it's off the waiver-wire or as young, low level prospects.

Hitters? Not as much.

 

Preston Tucker, Carlos Correa, AJ Reed, DJ Fisher, Brett Phillips, Tony Kemp, Tyler White, Jacob Nottingham

Most of these guys haven't hit the show yet, but they certainly seem to be doing a fine job to me. This entire regime seems to be on another level right now.

 

DJ Fisher has been a bit of a disappointment this year. I expected him to blow through Lancaster, but after his monster debut he's struggled by Cali league standards.

Having said that, the fact that his struggles have come at the Hangar and not on the road does make me feel better about it. I get the feeling he's gonna get those home numbers back up and will be mashing by years end.

It's astounding how much talent has been removed from the minors this year (Ruiz,Folty,McCullers,Tucker,Velasquez,Correa,Mengden,Nottingham) yet we still may have the best farm in all of baseball.

 

Rehab aside, it's surprising for a low-level prospect in a trade for a reliever to perform as well as he has. It's a really, really nice surprise.

 

Good: Musgrove

Bad: Teoscar

 

I think this is right. I would be shocked if White wasn't called up in September, maybe even sooner. The problem is what to do with Carter and Singleton.

I'd like to see Singleton moved in a trade, personally.

 

Bad it has to be Teoscar Hernandez as he was number 8 prospect for the Astros and is not hitting at all this year.He is hitting only .210 as he is repeating double a, but has homered 13 times.

Good i have Tyler White, he was nowhere in prospect status, and i mean, nowhere, not top 30 or in the book in BAseball America and is hitting .400 at triple a and over .280 at double a with a very high OBP. Does not give you the power you need at 1b, but with our team, we don't need that at the moment, we need a guy that plays defense and gets on base, if is at 1b, so be it, we have power at SS, 3b, LF, RF and DH

 

I think Brewers and Singleton makes a lot of sense if Lind gets healthy.

 

I'm about ready to see Tyler White. Love that OBP. And if he doesn't stick, Moran & Reed would be next in line I imagine.