Raimy Rodriguez threw six shutout innings for Fayetteville and allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out five. This was probably his last outing as a teenager as he turns 20 next Wednesday. Fayetteville lost 2-1 and got no-hit. They were actually two outs away from winning this game until Delmarva got the go-ahead home run in the top of the 9th.
I’ve seen several people concerned about Brice Matthews power. He has a power - and projects to hit more homers in time. He isn’t a punching Judy hitter at all. I would compare his power to Brandon Phillips or Joe Morgan. You try to hamstring him and he will turn on an inside pitch on the hands.
Anthony Huezo hit his 3rd home run of the season down in the FCL. I still think there's something (he's 4 months younger than Nehomar Ochoa) there with him, but he's on year 3 in a complex league, and he hasn't really made much progress with his bat-to-ball skills.
Angel Peralta threw five shutout innings and allowed a hit, walked two, and struck out eight in the DSL Orange team's 2-0 win this morning. Peralta, an 18-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic, signed at the start of the 2024 IFA period. He's taken a big step forward in his second year as a pro after slogging to a 7.83 ERA in his pro debut last year, which was mainly because he walked 28 in 23 innings last season. Peralta is 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA in 8 appearances (6 starts, 33.2 IP total) this season. Side note: His full name is Angel Daniel Peralta, not to be confused with another pitcher in the system named Engel Daniel Peralta. Not sure if they're related.
Fangraphs released their Astros prospects list. This is the worst written least insightful writeup from that site I’ve ever seen. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/houston-astros-top-38-prospects/
I think they may have kind of rushed it trying to get every 'off-season' list out prior to the draft. Their lists are usually my favorite, but I wasn't really impressed with this one.
This was also the first article ever written by the new prospect writer, who is clearly not as good or as credentialed as Eric Longenhagen. Super disappointing as reading their prospect list is usually one of the highlights of the year for me.
