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well, while other people are hung up on how highly regarded Brett Phillips was when he was still in the system, here's this: [MEDIA]
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Because he really wasn't. Could he have been a "top 2 or 3" prospect among the OFs during his time in the Astros system? Sure.
Franklin Perez. He's been hurt for most of the year.
Jayson Schroeder in the GCL: 3 IP, H, 4 K
J.B. Bukauskas in his Carolina League debut: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
This might shock you, but he didn't allow a hit. Jaquez has given up 10 hits in 39 innings this season.
Martin lost the perfect game on a single with two outs in the 7th. Final line: 7 IP, H, 8 K
J.J. Matijevic went 2-3 with a solo homer in Buies Creek's 7-2 win. He now has 11 homers in the Carolina League and 14 on the season.
Mushinski's walked 5 per 9, but other than that, it's not a terrible line for the season. He's bounced back well from a pretty rough June.
Through the first 25 games of Alex McKenna's career, he's slashing .297/.398/.495 with 4 homers and 16 RBI. My extremely lazy-ass comp for him is...
In his Carolina League debut, Peter Solomon has allowed four hits, walked one, and struck out five over four scoreless innings. Buies Creek leads...
He went 0-4 yesterday but had a two-run homer on Sunday. He's got 6 on the year and is slashing .290/.368/.459 entering tonight. I think he can be...
Jayson Schroeder allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out one over three scoreless innings in the GCL.
Luis Encarnacion (6, solo) and Alex McKenna (4, 2-run) have homered for Tri-City today. McKenna has homered for the second straight game.
They wouldn't have done this if they weren't confident that they could rehabilitate his image. And yeah, I don't know what they do, but I know...