April Update: Players traded away for players currently on Houston's 25 man roster: Minor leaguers: Brady Aiken has thrown 0.2 awful innings of A ball for Cleveland. (Counting him, Nix, and Marshall as a trade for Bregman.) Jacob Nix hasn't pitched this year. Mac Marshall hasn't pitched this year. Franklin Perez hasn't pitched for Detroit. Jake Rogers is crushing AA with 147 wRC+ Daz Cameron is struggling in AAA with 71 wRC+. Hector Perez has a 3.85 xFIP in 16 AA innings for Toronto. David Paulino is struggling in AAA for Toronto. Gilberto Celestino has a 49 wRC+ in A ball for the Twins. Jorge Alcala has a 3.02 xFIP in AA for the Twins. Major Leaguers: Trent Thornton has thrown 28.1 innings of 3.85 xFIP for Toronto. Former Astros in top 120 of position player fWAR in MLB: 74. SS Jon Villar 0.7 fWAR 85. OF JD Martinez 0.6 fWAR 88. 2B Enrique Hernandez 0.6 fWAR 102. OF Dexter Fowler 0.4 fWAR 119. OF Ramon Laureano 0.4 fWAR Former Astros in top 120 of pitching fWAR in MLB: 8. Joe Musgrove 1.1 fWAR 31. Charlie MOrton 0.7 37. Josh Hader 0.6 70. Ken Giles 0.5 97. Francisco Liriano 0.4 100. Jordan Lyles 0.4 109. Trent Thornton 0.4 120. Vince Velasquez 0.3
I haven't seen it, but I've been hearing he's looking absolutely horrible at running routes in CF this year. His defensive value per stats still appears to be good based on TOOTBLANs.
He's very fast, and he has a cannon for an arm. Other than that he's not so special. And ----- anyone who regularly uses the term "tootblan". Go back to Jr High.
Hunter Pence just hit a grand slam to tie the game in the 8th at Pittsburgh. He is having a nice start to the season.
Guy has great heart for the game. He’s great in the minors up to the AAA level, but can’t get his footing in the Major league. Glad he’ll keep playing pro ball....