Troy Scribner vs. San Jose: 6 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 8 K Scribner was an undrafted free agent in 2013 from Sacred Heart. He went 10-3 with a 2.09 ERA across 3 levels last season, striking out 102 in 81.2 innings.
In this latest installment of Minor League Transactions, the Astros signed RHP Yeyfry del Rosario, who was released by the Blue Jays on March 31. He is a 20 (turns 21 on the 27th of this month) year-old from the Dominican who was the #29 prospect in the Blue Jays system, according to the 2013 Baseball America Prospect Handbook. His strikeout numbers rose each year, but so did his walk rate. The 4.9 walks per 9 innings figure after leaving the complex leagues was probably the chief factor in his release despite his youth. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.sports-reference.com/wg.fcgi?css=1&site=br&url=%2Fminors%2Fplayer.cgi%3Fid%3Ddelros000yey&div=div_standard_pitching"></script> Some blurbs on him from Bluebird Banter, the Blue Jays' SB Nation blog: February 2013 February 2014
D.J. Fisher just hit his 1st homer of the year for Quad Cities. Also, Jake Nottingham has homered for the 2nd straight game as the River Bandits are smacking Clinton 6-0. They're heading to the 4th inning.
Wilson Karaman on Minorleagueball dropped some more blurbs, good and bad, about Astros prospects. Scouting the California League He included takes on Brett Philips, Edison Frias, AJ Reed, Chase Macdonald and JD Davis.
Carlos Correa's bases-clearing double from last night <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p>"<a href="https://twitter.com/williamjhaskell">@williamjhaskell</a>: Correa's bases-clearing double from the game tonight <a href="http://t.co/6gefsjxbjf">pic.twitter.com/6gefsjxbjf</a>" <a href="https://twitter.com/AstrosCounty">@AstrosCounty</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/lukie1308">@lukie1308</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanSides">@RyanSides</a> *faints*</p>— Jared Colville (@jcolville12) <a href="https://twitter.com/jcolville12/status/587960430485643264">April 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Is there any concern that, at this point, all of those doubles haven't yet turned into hr's? If not, he's going to force Luhnow's hand this summer. The kid is just too ridiculously good. If the big club is hanging around .500, he could be the impetus to push them over.
Just throwing it out there. He's still very young and the power can still develop. Not even sure why I asked it now that I think about it. Stupid question is stupid question.
Absolutely not. He is still growing and you can see the lift developing and he is hitting the ball very hard. I am not going to tell you that he is going to hit 40 homers a season, but he isn't going to be a punching Judy.
Yep.... that Bagwell guy also had the reputation of "too many doubles, not enough HR's" in the minors, and we know how that turned out. (even if some of those HR's were chemically induced... which there's no evidence for that... he still would have been considered a "HR" hitter, especially with playing most of his games in the Astrodome). In the end, I prefer guys like Berkman... they're just good hitters that happen to hit the ball well enough to be HR's (vs. just being a "guess", "hard-swinging/hard-missing" HR or bust type).
Does anyone know the website that has all MLB and minor league affiliates box scores each day broken down by organization? I remember the index page being mostly blank with each MLB team name in a rectangle with the team's primary color. For the life of me I can't find it through Google.
