tellitlikeitis: Thanks for keeping up with this. I regularly check the board to see what you have posted. It will be an interesting off season, and I look forward to your posts.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Astros">#Astros</a>' Carlos Correa will soon start playing winter ball with Puerto Rico. Plans to begin 2013with Quad Cities.</p>— Brian T. Smith (@ChronAstros) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronAstros/status/264523464277377024" data-datetime="2012-11-03T00:24:43+00:00">November 3, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Luhnow said Correa, Singleton will be in camp with Astros.</p>— Brian T. Smith (@ChronAstros) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronAstros/status/264530364930879488" data-datetime="2012-11-03T00:52:08+00:00">November 3, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Astros">#Astros</a>' Jonathan Singleton went 1 for 2 in AFL Rising Stars game. George Springer 0 for 1. Jarred Cosart 2 IP, 2 ER, 1 H, 2 BB, ND.<a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23MiLB">#MiLB</a></p>— Brian T. Smith (@ChronAstros) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronAstros/status/264939299772973057" data-datetime="2012-11-04T03:57:06+00:00">November 4, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
MILB.com Organization All-Stars Also, a couple more releases.... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Also, 3 releases that I didn't have in my post from last week: Rodney Quintero, Gabriel Garcia & Kilby Pena.</p>— Jayne (@whattheheck57) <a href="https://twitter.com/whattheheck57/status/266590614706065409" data-datetime="2012-11-08T17:18:50+00:00">November 8, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="267019861018951680"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/whattheheck57">whattheheck57</a> Both were massive shots. One to the base of the light standard. He might have 900 ft. of home runs today.</p>— Kevin Goldstein (@Kevin_Goldstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kevin_Goldstein/status/267019988899078144" data-datetime="2012-11-09T21:45:01+00:00">November 9, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Springer added another walk to his final line. So... he went 3-3 with 2 homers (1 solo and 1 2-run shot). Jio Mier, who played third and hit leadoff today, had an RBI double and a golden sombrero. Jarred Cosart got the start and went 4 innings. He allowed 3 runs on 4 hits, walked 1, and struck out 6. Alex Sogard got the victory with a 1-2-3 6th inning, striking out 1, and Chia-Jen Lo got the save, allowing a hit and striking out 2.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Astros">#Astros</a> George Springer staying hot. 2HR's yesterday and 3-5, 2B, 3B, 2RBI's today. Hitting .293 now in Arizona Fall League play.</p>— Top Prospect Alert (@MinorLeagueBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MinorLeagueBlog/status/267504236051439617" data-datetime="2012-11-11T05:49:14+00:00">November 11, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
George Springer hit his 4th homer in Arizona Fall League play today, as Mesa fell 8-4 to Salt River. He's now hitting .290/.429/.613 with 4 homers and 14 RBI. Springer has also added 4 doubles and 2 triples and has been successful on all 5 of his stolen base attempts. Jio Mier went 3-5 with a double out of the leadoff spot, and he's now hitting .296/.316/.426 with 7 RBI.
FanGraphs Houston Astros Top 15 Prospects (2012-13) #1 Jonathan Singleton (1B) #2 Carlos Correa (SS) #3 Delino Deshields Jr. (2B) #4 George Springer (OF) #5 Lance McCullers Jr. (P) #6 Jarred Cosart (P) #7 Mike Foltynewicz (P) #8 Rio Ruiz (3B/DH) #9 Carlos Perez (C) #10 Nick Tropeano (P) #11 Robbie Grossman (OF) #12 Asher Wojciechowski (P) #13 Colton Cain (P) #14 Adrian Houser (P) #15 Rob Rasmussen (P) Players considered, that did not make the list, included Domingo Santana, Jonathan Villar, Nolan Fontana, Marc Krauss and Kevin Comer.
TCB's Top 30 prospect rankings 30) Chris Devenski 29) Brett Oberholtzer 28) Adrian Houser 27) Andrew Aplin 26) Bobby Borchering 25) Brett Phillips 24) Brady Rodgers 23) Jiovanni Mier 22) Aaron West 21) Paul Clemens 20) Kevin Comer 19) Vincent Velasquez 18) Joseph Musgrove 17) Asher Wojciechowski 16) Nolan Fontana 15) Carlos Perez 14) Preston Tucker 13) Robbie Grossman 12) Ariel Ovando 11) Jonathan Villar 10) Rio Ruiz 9) Mike Foltynewicz 8) Nicholas Tropeano 7) Domingo Santana 6) Lance McCullers 5) Jarred Cosart 4) Delino DeShields 3) George Springer 2) Carlos Correa 1) Jonathan Singleton
