Brian McTaggart posted the official rosters of all the teams. Most of the Valley Cats are in Lexington. That's probably going to be our only winning team this year. Enjoy. http://brianmctaggart.mlblogs.com/2011/04/03/astros-set-minor-league-rosters/
Top prospects are in red. Near top prospects in blue. Oklahoma City Red Hawks Roster Pitchers Doug Arguello Gustavo Chacin Sergio Escalona Casey Fien Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson Jordan Lyles Fernando Nieve Sergio Perez Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. Jose Valdez Andy Van Hekken Henry Villar Ross Wolf Wesley Wright Catchers Robinson Cancel Carlos Corporan Infielders Koby Clemens Brian Dopirak Anderson Hernandez Tommy Manzella Ozzie Navarro Jose Vallejo Outfielders Brian Bogusevic Colin DeLome Drew Locke J.B. Shuck
Corpus Christi Hooks Roster Pitchers Erick Abreu Jonathan Aristil David Berner David Carpenter Cesar Carrillo Xavier Cedeno Kyle Greenwalt Dallas Keuchel Arcenio Leon Matt Nevarez Ross Seaton Pat Urckfitz Shane Wolf Catchers Brian Esposito Federico Hernandez Infielders David Flores Jimmy Paredes Andrew Simunic Wladimir Sutil Jimmy Van Ostrand Brandon Wikoff Outfielders Brandon Barnes Jon Gaston J.D. Martinez T.J. Steele
Lancaster JetHawks Roster Pitchers Wander Alvino Jake Buchanan Jose Cisnero Kirk Clark Robert Donovan Bobby Doran Zachary Grimmett Wes Musick Mike Ness Colton Pitkin James Robinson Jose Trinidad Catchers Jordan Comadena Rene Garcia Ben Heath Infielders Jose Altuve Miguel Arrendell Erik Castro Kody Hinze Jonathan Meyer Jonathan Villar Outfielders Jay Austin Jake Goebbert Grant Hogue Austin Wates
Lexington Legends Roster Pitchers Ruben Alaniz Tanner Bushue Jason Chowning Jorge DeLeon Brad Dydalewicz Mike Foltynewicz Gabriel Garcia Murillo Gouvea David Martinez Juan Minaya Carlos Quevedo Alexander Sogard Brian Streilein Catchers Roberto Pena Chris Wallace Infielders Tyler Burnett Delino Deshields, Jr. Mike Kvasnicka Jhonny Medrano Jio Mier Telvin Nash Ben Orloff Outfielders Daniel Adamson Adam Bailey Enrique Hernandez Bryce Lane
Sigh... we still don't have any prospects at AAA/AA that project to major league starting fielders. I don't know why we still have Lancaster as the high-A affiliate. It's so bad for pitchers that the organization is starting to have better prospects skip the level and go straight to AA. And hitters stats completely fall off because it's such a hitters league/park. Jon Gaston 2009 22 Lancaster CALL A+ HOU 139 607 518 119 144 31 15 35 100 14 4 71 164 .278 .367 .598 .966 2010 23 Corpus Christi TL AA HOU 132 520 461 64 113 16 8 13 51 13 5 47 105 .245 .320 .399 .720
Andy Van Hekken wins the award for most years on the same AAA roster without being released or called up.
Pleasantly surprised to see Jimmy Paredes at AAA and good for Ross Seaton to get out of Lancaster...didn't go to well there. Slightly surprised to see J.D. Martinez at AA but he should be at AAA by mid-season. Jo Mier needs to show something this season, no more adjustment periods for him. He is young but another bad season makes him go from top prospect to organizational guy.
I think Jio's problem was gaining strength an keeping muscle. He looked pretty filled out this spring training so maybe he overcomes his hitting problem and starts hitting for more power. I think its baffling though how we let go of Marcus Nidiffer. The story was that we told him that we had enough depth at 1st base and catcher and then just cut him loose. After the dude mashed 10 homeruns or so in the short season. I wouldn't say that this organization has depth at any position including the outfield prospects. The Angels snatched him up a day later to play catcher for their A ball team.
Really...Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson? That was Will Ferrell's persona for the schtick he pulled off during an Express game last year. Somewhere in the Astros organization is an intern that isn't very good at his editing job.
Paredes is at double A, which is where he should be. He's skipping high A altogether, nobody skips 2 levels, he still has major fielding issues he needs to sort out. And i agree about seaton, i hate having Lancaster as an affiliate, its skews everything. A pitcher could be making some progress, but when he's giving up so many hits it hurts his confidence. One thing is for sure, its good to see some actual prospects making it past A ball
Just wait a year. The prospects list likely will be very different. That is the beauty of minor league ball. Some players will take a big step forward while others will regress.
Astros announce Ryan Rowland-Smith will stay in the organization. Cleared waivers. Re-signed to minor league deal.
To lazy to repost this all here ... Where did these guys come from: Oklahoma City Where Did These Guys Come From: Corpus Christi Where Did These Guys Come From: Lancaster Where Did These Guys Come From: Lexington Fun with Rosters! There are 99 players in Eddie's Farm, from Triple-A Oklahoma City through Low-A Lexington. 53 of them were acquired through the draft. Seven were acquired through trades. Number of draft picks still in the system, by year: 2005: 4 2006: 2 2007: 4 2008: 11 2009: 14
Oops...typo on my part. Yea, any pitcher they think is worth a darn should just skip Lancaster and move to CC. If you find a pitcher who can thrive, or even survive, there then you found something but other then that pitching in Lancaster is a nightmare.
Tanner Bushue threw 8 shutout innings as Lexington blanked Bryce Harper and the Hagerstown Suns 7-0 tonight. Telvin Nash and Daniel Adamson homered for the Legends. Delino DeShields Jr. went 1-5. He's hitting .138 in the early going....