Spoiler 1. Forrest Whitley 2. Kyle Tucker 3. Bryan Abreu 4. Freúdis Nova 5. Jairo Solís 6. Abraham Toro 7. Garrett Stubbs 8. José Urquidy 9. Jeremy Peña 10. Myles Straw 11. Cristian Javier 12. Ronnie Dawson 13. Korey Lee 14. Jonathan Arauz 15. Grae Kessinger 16. Cal Stevenson 17. Brandon Bielak 18. Tyler Ivey 19. Rogelio Armenteros 20. Jordan Brewer 21. Enoli Paredes 22. Shawn Dubin 23. Luis Santana 24. Manny Ramirez 25. Peter Solomon 26. Jojanse Torres 27. Andre Scrubb 28. José Alberto Rivera 29. Luis Garcia 30. Taylor Jones
Who watches AAA games? Just curious if Tucker's batting average struggles (.194 in July) come from his inability to beat the shift. I remember everything he hit while with the Astros was right at someone, and if you can't beat the shift, the only alternative is to hit it over everyone's heads. % singles: Tucker: 46 Alvarez: 46 Springer: 53 Correa: 54 Bregman: 55 Altuve: 63 Brantley: 64
Andre Scrubb got the save for Corpus by throwing 2.2 scoreless innings; he allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out five. Shawn Dubin vs. Myrtle Beach: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 unearned runs, BB, 11 K; Dubin now has 114 strikeouts in 85 innings this season between the A clubs. Jairo Lopez walked two and struck out six over three scoreless innings for Tri-City. Safe to say that he'll make a few appearances on some top prospect lists in the offseason.
Who homered today Jack Mayfield (20, 2-run) Kyle Tucker (28, 3-run) Colton Shaver (17, 3-run) J.J. Matijevic (10, solo) Chandler Taylor (8, solo) Ruben Castro (2, solo) Joe Perez (2, 2-run)
Reymin Guduan suspended for the rest of the season due to disciplinary issue. Not a good idea to misbehave when you’re on the fringes of the 40 man.
Juan Paulino has had an interesting year. 142 wRC+, played C, 1B, 2B, and LF (along with pitching 1.2 innings) for Tri City. He has also stolen 9 SB. Still a non-prospect but appears to have some upside.
Jacob Meyers was promoted to AA and is in the Hooks’ lineup today with Whitley pitching. He didn’t have quite the breakout I was hoping for but still hit well enough to move up, and will be a breakout candidate again next year. He’s the best defensive outfielder in the organization outside of maybe Marisnick, so all he has to do is hit just enough to justify getting his defense on the field.
He was on the 40 man so wouldn’t be exposed to the Rule 5, but yeah, this makes it easy for them to dfa Guduan and protect someone else like Bailey or Javier.
Replacement prospect candidates: Seth Beer = JJ Matijevic; bat only prospect with draft pedigree Corbin Martin = Tyler Ivey; underrated college arm with MoR potential JB Bukauskas = Bryan Abreu; 2 elite pitches carrying bullpen risk but ToR potential Joshua Rojas = Jonathan Arauz; not an exact match but Arauz is an under the radar prospect with broad tools (including very low k rate), especially if he develops power as hoped. Derek Fisher = Ronnie Dawson; similar defensive profile with elite athleticism and plus raw power.
Will be interesting to watch... Reddick: .205/.524 in July, .111/.211 in August Tucker: .194/.681 in July, .353/1.085 in August Tucker passed Super 2 just before the trade deadline.
Korey Lee got the start... in left field for Tri-City today. Blair Henley continues to impress as he walked two and struck out five over 3.2 scoreless innings. He's allowed just two runs (one earned) in 23.2 innings between Tri-City and the GCL. At 22, Henley is rather old for a college junior so I'm thinking that he'll jump straight to Fayetteville to start 2020.
He'll be up in September and if I had to guess Hinch will give him every opportunity to win the job for the playoffs. Reddick has been horrendous the last month and a half.
I really don’t see what the big deal is with Tucker. He’s barely hitting .260 in his second full season of AAA. His 28 HRs and 80 RBI aren’t fooling me. But I hope he proves me wrong in September.
From what I’ve read about the Astros philosophy, they task their prospects/players to grasp the approach determined by their brass. The organization is willing to sacrifice immediate numbers in order to fix blatant holes in their players repertoire... And the organization shows patience and loyalty to the process and the player. Look at Whitley, they changed his mechanics and his numbers looked frightening to the casual fan, but he’s following the advice of the Astros and I suspect he’s well on his way to be and Ace. Tucker is working on fixing his approach, and if he gets it, he’s going to be real special. What do we care if he gets another outstanding AAA stat filled year, if he can’t handle big league pitching, it’s all a moot point. Big league pitchers expose the holes in a swing to the point of ruining all confidence. Astros keeping to their guns and holding onto Tucker and Whitley this trade deadline is very indicative of how much they think of their potential and talent. I’m sure it would have been a lot easier to part with those guys than have to stew together a musical symphonic masterpiece at the trade deadline.
