I live in Austin and went to the Express game last night
they won, but it is a very terrible team to watch
towles is the only thing close to being a prospect on that team, besides maybe johny ash, but he is not hitting at all

J.R. hit a homer last night and is looking solid defensivly
Humberto is a much better defensive player and comparable hitting-wise

Cooper clearly was unhappy with Towles’ proclivity for strike outs in his last month or so. His Round Rock strike out rate is still high (16.1%) but it is lower than his strike out rate at the ML level (21%). Overall, you have to like a .900 OPS by a catcher in AAA.

Give him some real time behind the plate down there….Its a 15 games sample against pitchers that have never faced him before. If he still has these numbers at 150 AB’s im for the idea of bringign him up, but lets let him work on hitting well in AAA for a month or so more first

exactly

he come right back up, but a .903 OPS is pretty damned good.

Q’s been playing fairly well, so i don’t think there’s much urgency. i’d give it at least until after the all-star break before really wondering whether or not it’s time for him to return.