I love scouting via highlight reels and single ABs: Knorr looks like another "unheard of Astros pitcher who will pitch in MLB" clone. Needs to sharpen the curve and keep it down. Amilcar Chirinos, who I had never heard of before, looks kinda "meh". He's got a straight FB, a bit of a change, and not much else Drew Brutcher sure as hell "looks" like a hitter. Dude is not small. Nice stance and swing. Hector Salas has "pissant" potential. I now know what these 4 guys look like, is my main takeaway
Value Comps: Chirinos: Enoli Paredes Brutcher: Jon Kemmer Knorr: Brandon Bielak Salas: Yohander Martinez
Enoli had a super fastball . Really heavy when it was on I'm bummed he got hurt and didn't make it Awesome guy to be a fan of Edit I saw he pitched for Mil last year , what a fan I am lol
But none more than that? No restrictions? Shouldn't you have to place a drafted guy at a higher level? Something?
Kemmer was a great story, I was rooting for him to get a taste of MLB for a few days at least. Alas...
It has been a long while since I looked into this ... I think every team can protect N minor leaguers from being drafted by another minor league team in the minor league Rule 5 draft :shrug: If the Astros could only protect their Top 30 prospects (implies N == 30), that covers more likely than not all of the players who have a shot at The MLB. Non-Top 30 players are JAGs that all minor league teams need to fill their rosters. Anyway in function the Minor League Rule 5 draft usually does not involve real prospects.
Yes, basically each org can protect one roster’s worth of eligible players (by assigning them to AAA). From the list I posted above, Houston could protect ~30 of those guys. So the only guys left eligible for the minor league phase are guys a team doesn’t really want. It’s effectively a minor league waiver process, and the vast majority of prospects who pass thru a minor league rule 5 end up being released within a year (whether picked or not). Its truly just a way for teams with shallow/crummy farms to get first dibs on guys before they’re released.
