The numbers/value that Dexter Fowler put up this season would be a decent ceiling for Laureanoof everything goes right.
Ramon Laureano is definitely a sleeper to get some PT in the outfield for the Astors in 2017. Has been really impressive as of late
Prospect Report: http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/al...amon-laureano-garrett-stubbs-earn-promotions/ "I was talking with an Astros prospect guru the other day, and he asked me for a comp to Laureano. Because of their similar builds, my mind immediately went to the Astros superstar second baseman, Jose Altuve. But looking past the statistics and surface-level stuff, Laureano is that type of player. He’s involved in everything on the field, he’s an aggressive, scrappy, smaller guy, and he has a surprising amount of pop despite his unassuming stature."
Altuve can't be a good comp for Laureano. There are some similarities (slight builds, speed, scrappy, similar power), but they are really different players. Laureano has some things Altuve doesn't (ability to play CF, probably more power/walk potential), but he does not and never will have Altuve'a contact ability.
Absolutely. To be fair, the article calls it "incredibly unfair" to compare him to Altuve. Of course no prospect will have a contact tool comparable to Altuve. The writer merely noted some similar characteristics between the two and called them the same "type" of player (which is relatively accurate). I think the overriding gist was that there are *some* similarities between the players, so the classic player profile/comparison may not have been the best verbiage.
https://www.caller.com/story/news/l...ll-domestic-violence-beating-video/423442002/ https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/03/14/a...omestic-violence-video-lancaster-barnstormers A former Astros prospect has been released after the emergence of a shocking video in which he is seen beating his girlfriend. Danry Vasquez, a 24-year-old outfielder from Venezuela, was arrested in August 2016 on domestic violence charges and released by the team. He was playing for the Double A Corpus Christi Hooks at the time of his arrest. Charges against Vasquez were dismissed after completed the terms of a plea deal, which included taking classes and paying a fine, Nueces Couty district attorney Mark Gonzalez told Corpus Christi NBC affiliate KRIS. The station also obtained video of the incident, captured by a security camera in a stairwell at the Hooks’ home stadium. In the video, which can be seen at the top of this page, Vasquez repeatedly strikes the woman and drags her down the stairs. After the video was published, the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League announced they had released Vasquez. “Upon being made aware of the nature of the incident, the Barnstormers made a prompt decision to cut ties with the 24-year old outfielder,” the team said in a statement. The “nature of the incident” was well publicized before the Barnstormers signed Vasquez in January, though. A simple Google search would have turned up dozens of news stories about his arrest. Vasquez “allegedly struck his girlfriend multiple times,” the Associated Press reported at the time of his arrest. “Officers tell us that back in August, Vasquez allegedly backhanded his girlfriend three times in a stairwell at Whataburger Field,” KZTV reported in January 2017. Vasquez played two seasons in the Venezuelan winter league after his release by the Astros, batting .241 with four homers and 31 RBIs in 100 games. “Danry is a guy whose name I got from someone in winter ball,” Lancaster manager Ross Peeples said when the Vasquez signing was announced. “After talking with several other people about him, I am very excited to bring him in. He was a prospect a few years ago and is still pretty young. I am excited to see what he can do in our ballpark.” After the release of the video, though, Peeples decided the team had to let Vasquez go. “There is no choice but to sever the relationship,” Peeples said in a statement. “Neither I, nor the Barnstormers’ organization as a whole, can condone or associate with that behavior.”
In lighter news, mlb.com ranked Houston’s farm #4 for prospects 21 and under. All 4 of their top 100 guys are 21 or younger. My “all-21-and-younger” team: C Toro 1B Alvarez 2B Arauz SS Nova 3B Perez RF Tucker CF Celestino LF R Rodriguez DH H Martinez C Perry OF Machado IF M Sierra IF Carrasco P Whitley P Bukauskas P Solis P H Perez P C Perez P Macuare P E Rodriguez P Ivey P Solomon P P Sandoval P Bielek P Javier
Wow, what a piece of **** Danry is. It's not even like his girlfriend was pushing him or trying to set him off. He's just hauling back and hitting with seemingly no provocation. I can't believe he got no jail time too.
https://climbingtalshill.com/2018/05/02/is-it-time-for-the-astros-to-make-lineup-changes/ Another name to watch for is Drew Ferguson. The righty-hitting outfielder is off to a hot start with a .343/.435/.525 line and has four steals in six tries. He’s less of a speed threat than Kemp but does provide some pop, with 11 extra-base hits thus far. I was just browsing over our AAA roster yesterday and Drew caught my notice. I dont see his name thrown around in call-up conversations. He is an OF'r after all.
His issue is between his ears. He still hasn't made the changes to his delivery that they asked him to make. He has a real Tim Redding feel to him....... we will know it is "bye bye time" if Martes goes full Redding and tells his pitching coach to "**** off".